The International Labour Organization (ILO) has organized a committee that will analyse the complaints that state that Venezuela is not complying with labour regulations, including freedom of association and the right for workers unions.

The ILO Governing Body’s decision is unusual and was made after the call off in January of a high level mission, when the Venezuelan government did not confirm that ILO representatives could gather with the persons requested.

The complaint was presented by the main business chamber in Venezuela, Fedecámaras, which is involved in a long time conflict with the government.

“A research committee was established”, said ILO spokesperson, Hans von Rohland, who added that the last research of this kind was developed in Zimbabwe in 2008.

ILO Government Body includes 28 authorities, 14 employers’ representatives, and 14 workers representatives.

There have only been 12 researches of this kind during the last 60 years, and one of them was in Myanmar due to forced labour under a military government”, said Von Rohland.

The level of cooperation this research committee might have from the government is yet to be seen, particularly prior the presidential election, which will be developed on May 20^th.

Source: Reuters