I‑ Government Role
•Government has traditionally abstained from interference in substantive terms in the private sector
•Government employees able to negotiate and strike
•1993 Government temporarily set aside some aspects of certain collective bargaining agreements that unions had negotiated
Government has traditionally abstained from interference in substantive terms in the private sector
   Although barrage of legislation in 1970s increased government substantive and procedural intervention
   Government does provide mediation but this was restructured in 2000 into the NMO, National Mediation Organization

1993 Government temporarily set aside some aspects of certain collective bargaining agreements that unions had negotiated
   Did so for reasons of economic policy
   Unions responded by filing complaint against government with ILO