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General principles (Right of organizations to elect their representatives in full freedom)Description:(CFA: Digest of Decisions 2006) Subject classification: Freedom of Association Document:0701 Subject: Freedom of Association, Collective Bargaining, and Industrial Relations Display the document in: French Spanish Document No. (ilolex): 2320060701 General principles (See also para. 417)388. Freedom of association implies the right of workers and employers to elect their representatives in full freedom. (See the 1996 Digest, para. 350; 305th Report, Case No. 1874, para. 268; 329th Report, Case No. 2177/2183, para. 639; and 333rd Report, Case No. 2301, para. 591.) 389. Workers and their organizations should have the right to elect their representatives in full freedom and the latter should have the right to put forward claims on their behalf.(See the 1996 Digest, para. 352.) 390. It is the prerogative of workers’ and employers’ organizations to determine the conditions for electing their leaders and the authorities should refrain from any undue interference in the exercise of the right of workers’ and employers’ organizations freely to elect their representatives, which is guaranteed by Convention No. 87.(See the 1996 Digest, para. 351; 306th Report, Case No. 1884, para. 692; 333rd Report, Case No. 2301, para. 591; and 335th Report, Case No. 2276, para. 404.) 391. The right of workers’ organizations to elect their own representatives freely is an indispensable condition for them to be able to act in full freedom and to promote effectively the interests of their members. For this right to be fully acknowledged, it is essential that the public authorities refrain from any intervention which might impair the exercise of this right, whether it be in determining the conditions of eligibility of leaders or in the conduct of the elections themselves. (See the 1996 Digest, para. 353; 302nd Report, Case No. 1817, para. 322; 304th Report, Case No. 1865, para. 251; 328th Report, Case No. 2128, para. 262; 329th Report, Case No. 2090, para. 273; 333rd Report, Case No. 2301, para. 591; and 337th Report, Case No. 2327, para. 210.) |
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