ICFTU INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS annual survey of violations ➔of trade union rights Period under review: January to December 2002. The survey was written by the ICFTU Trade Union Rights Department. ICFTU Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5, bte 1, B-1210 Brussels - Belgium Tel. 32-2-224.02.11 - Fax 32-2-201.58.15 E-mail:
[email protected] - website: www.icftu.org ICFTU annual survey OF VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS 2003 030 ContentsFOREWORD 5 ASIA AND 129 Introduction THE PACIFIC 132 Australia EIGHT ILO CORE 133 Azerbaijan LABOUR 134 Bangladesh STANDARDS 7 137 Brunei 137 Burma AFRICA 9 Introduction 139 Cambodia 12 Algeria 141 China 13 Angola 146 Fiji 14 Benin 148 Hong Kong SAR (China) 14 Botswana 151 India 16 Burkina Faso 153 Indonesia 16 Cameroon 156 Japan 18 Central African Republic 158 Kazakhstan 19 Chad 160 Korea,Democratic People’s Republic of 20 Côte d’Ivoire 161 Korea,Republic of 22 Democratic Republic of Congo 166 Kyrgysztan 24 Djibouti 167 Laos 25 Equatorial Guinea 168 Macau SAR (China) 26 Egypt 169 Malaysia 27 Ethiopia 171 Maldives 28 Gabon 172 Nepal 29 Ghana 173 Pakistan 30 Guinea 175 Philippines 31 Kenya 178 Singapore 33 Lesotho 179 Sri Lanka 35 Libya 181 Tajikistan 35 Madagascar 182 Taiwan 37 Malawi 183 Thailand 38 Mauritania 188 Turkey 40 Mauritius 191 Vietnam 41 Morocco 42 Mozambique EUROPE 193 Introduction 43 Namibia 196 Andorra 45 Nigeria 196 Belarus 46 Rwanda 200 Belgium 47 Senegal 201 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) 48 South Africa 202 Bulgaria 50 Sudan 203 Croatia 51 Swaziland 205 Czech Republic