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General principles (Right of organizations freely to organize their activities and to formulate their programmes)Description:(CFA: Digest of Decisions 2006) Subject classification: Freedom of Association Document:0901 Subject: Freedom of Association, Collective Bargaining, and Industrial Relations Display the document in: French Spanish Document No. (ilolex): 2320060901 General principles 495. Freedom of association implies not only the right of workers and employers to form freely organizations of their own choosing, but also the right for the organizations themselves to pursue lawful activities for the defence of their occupational interests. (See the 1996 Digest, para. 447; 308th Report, Case No. 1934, para. 127; 323rd Report, Case No. 2075, para. 523; 329th Report, Case No. 2140, para. 295; 330th Report, Case No. 1888, para. 658; 334th Report, Case No. 2313, para. 1119; and 335th Report, Case No. 2236, para. 970.) 496. Any provision which gives the authorities, for example, the right to restrict the activities and objects pursued by trade unions for the furtherance and defence of the interests of their members would be incompatible with the principles of freedom of association.(See the 1996 Digest, para. 448.) |
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