FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND RIGHT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN ILO REGULATIONS

Abstract

The international labour standards are the cornerstone of the ILO’s activities, and the freedom of association is undoubtedly the cornerstone of labour law at national and international level. Political, economic, and social transformations, which remain as influential even though we are in 2016, did not diminish the importance, significance, functions or purposes of collective bargaining, nor their role in industrial relations, although, in recent years, has advocated for the abandoning of labour law and replacing it with civil and commercial rules.

Since 1947, the International Labour Organisation was concerned with the issue of freedom of association and the exercise of trade union rights. As a result of this concern, the organization has developed legal instruments governing freedom of association and right to collective bargaining, thus developing Convention no.87 / 1948 and the Convention No.98 / 1949