FIGHTING FOr freedom of association every day
freedom of association is not a status – it is a process. It is a process of continually defending our rights and interests, of continuously striving to access more rights to strengthen our union for furthering and defending the interests of workers
FIGHTING FOr fARM WORKERS' RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
It is through combination and association in trade unions, exercising collective bargaining power and collective representation, that farm workers can overcome and eliminate the vulnerability deliberately built into agricultural work by farmers, buyers, traders, food companies and supermarkets. Then working in agriculture – feeding the world – can finally be a good job.
Freedom of Association
Compilation of decisions of the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association [6th edition, 2018]
this collection of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association is a value resource for trade unionists to understand the broad scope of the right to freedom of association and how employer and government actions, requirements and intervention violate this right
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