Standards & rights at work

ILO standards have helped member countries lay a basis for progress towards social justice in the postal and telecommunications services sector. Among the key standards for the sector are the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87); the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98); the Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151); the Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154); and the Maximum Weight Convention, 1967 (No. 127).

Useful links/resources

ILO Conventions (ILOLEX database)

• C87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948. Ratifications.
• C98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949. Ratifications.
  
• C127 Maximum Weight Convention, 1967. Ratifications.
  
• C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973. Ratifications.
  
• C155 Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981. Ratifications.
  
• C158 Termination of Employment Convention, 1982. Ratifications.
  
• C161 Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985. Ratifications.
  
• C171 Night Work Convention, 1990. Ratifications.
  
• C175 Part-Time Work Convention, 1994. Ratifications.
  
• C177 Home Work Convention, 1996. Ratifications.
  
• C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999. Ratifications.
  

Committee of Freedom of Association

• Cases related to Postal and telecommunications services.