Peru: Civil Service Act threatens trade union rights

PSI (Public Services International to which Public Sector unions like UNISON are members of) affiliates in Peru are fighting the approval process and the final issue of the Civil Service Law 30057.

This law contains serious threats to human rights including labour and trade union rights of over half a million Peruvians who provide public services to the citizens of Peru.

The new law removes the right of public sector unions to negotiate wages, determines a model of union organisation in the sector, establishes annual punitive assessments with provision for forecast layoffs, and allows for the implementation of reforms in the structure of employment and public services without any legislative consultation. The new Act denies the right of strike in essential sectors, but does not determine which sectors are essential.

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