2013 Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights - Democratic Republic of the Congo
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6 June 2013
Anti-union discrimination: In July 2012, five trade union delegates who had been dismissed from the Société Nationale d'Assurance were reinstated. Management had categorically refused to bargain with workers.
In March 2013, Jean Ngandu, regional Deputy Secretary of the Confédération Démocratique du Travail was dismissed for his trade union activities.
The Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Congo reported that public authorities fail to respond to anti-union discrimination.
Remittance of union dues: Despite collective agreements with respect to union dues, employers often do not remit union dues or only remit parts of it.
Refusal to bargain in good faith: The Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Congo has reported that while employers agree to bargain they put pressure on the unions to replace bargaining agents and threatened not to continue negotiations unless they did so.
Legal restrictions: The Labour Law excludes civil servants from the right to collective bargaining. Foreign workers must be resident for twenty years before they are eligible to become trade union leaders.
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