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FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

27 Apr 2023

What is the difference between the International Labor Organization (ILO) core labor standards Declaration and the ILO core Conventions? In 1998 the ILO adopted its “Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work” covering four subjects as deserving of special status and treatment: freedom of association and collective bargaining, forced labor, child labor, and discrimination.1 The Decla. [...] 1 The only way to test compliance with the principles of the Declaration, whether by governments or by companies such as Amazon, who says “our policies and practices align with international labor standards,” is by reference to the requirements of the Conventions and decisions of the Committee.3 What is the difference between freedom of association (FOA) and collective bargaining (CB)? Freedom of. [...] The right to collective bargaining is one component of freedom of association, along with the right to organize and the right to strike. [...] 4 As the Committee on Freedom of Association has put it: “While having stressed the importance which it attaches to freedom of expression as a fundamental corollary to freedom of association and the exercise of trade union rights on numerous occasions, the Committee also considers that they must not become competing rights, one aimed at eliminating the other…”11 The ILO has further stated that und. [...] S., and one which Amazon has exploited, is the use of anti-union consultants to formulate and implement management’s anti-union tactics, including communications in captive audience meetings.14 This is another form of interference with workers’ freedom of association: bringing outside consultants into the workplace not only to script captive audience meetings, but also to “roam the floor” in the w.

Authors

emma.bayes

Pages
7
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Canada