International standards concerning collective bargaining

- C11 Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921

- C84 Right of Association (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947

- C87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948

- C98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

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>> Studies and publications

- C135 Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971

- C141 Rural Workers' Organisations Convention, 1975

- C151 Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978

- C154 Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981

- R91 Collective Agreements Recommendation, 1951

- R143 Workers' Representatives Recommendation, 1971

- R149 Rural Workers' Organisations Recommendation, 1975

- R159 Labour Relations (Public Service) Recommendation, 1978

- R163 Collective Bargaining Recommendation, 1981

Collective agreements and other documents

- Transnational collective agreement between trade unions and Volkswagen of Argentina and Brasil enterprises.

- Collective agreement General Motors of Argentina-SMATA,1993 (only available in Spanish)

- Framework agreement between the National Institute of Technological Education of the Ministry of Culture and Education, the Workers' Federation of Income and Horizontal Buildings and the Argentinian Chamber of Joint-ownership of a block of flats and Real Estate Activities (only available in Spanish)

- Collective convention and framework agreement of the security secotr, Argentina, 1992 (only available in Spanish)

- Collective agreement regulating labour relations in the metalurgic sector, Montevideo, 27 June 2003 (only available in Spanish)

- Collective agreements at activity or industry levels (insurance and construction) in Argentina, France and Uruguay
(only available in Spanish)

- Collective agreement of the construction sector in Uruguay (only available in Spanish)

- Collective labour convention N° 306/98: Income and Horizontal Buildings Sector, Argentina (only available in Spanish)

- Training activities between the "Unión Obrera de la Construcción" (Construction Workers' Union) of Argentina, the Research, Training and Safety Fund of the Construction Industry (FICS) and the Argentinian Chamber of Construction (CAC).
(only available in Spanish)

- Santo Domingo's agreement to adopt a tripartite subregional labour agenda . May 2002. (only available in Spanish)

- Inter-confederal agreement for collective bargaining 2003. It includes aspects of continuing vocational training and competence development and vocational qualifications (only available in Spanish)

- Framework agreement between the Municipality of the City of Buenos Aires and several Social Institutions for the Management of Vocational Training. (only available in Spanish)

- Basic agreements on Vocational Training Policy, Spain. (only available in Spanish)

- II National agreement on continuing vocational training. Spain, 1996. (only available in Spanish)

- III National agreement on continuing vocational training. Madrid, 19 December 2000. (only available in Spanish)

- Collective bargaining in Spain in 2001. (only available in Spanish)

- Inter-confederate agreement for collective bargaining 2003. It includes aspects related to continuing training, competency development and vocational qualification. (only available in Spanish)

- Accord qui a été mis au point le 20 septembre 2003 à l'issue des négociations sur la formation professionnelle entre les organisations syndicales (FO, CGT, CFDT, CFE-CGC et CFDT) et le patronat (MEDEF, CGPME et UPA). Destiné à faciliter et à améliorer l'accès de tous les salariés à la formation tout au long de la vie professionnelle, le texte a été approuvé par les instances de FO. (Agreement concerning vocational training among trade union organizations FO, CGT, CFE-CGC and CFDT and employers' organizations MEDEF, CGPME and UPA - France) (See: Dossiers/Emploi, chomage, formation)


Studies and publications

Cinterfor/ILO. Union participation in vocational training in Latin America and the Caribbean. 2000.

Cinterfor/ILO. Globalization and labour relations

Bronstein, A. Pasado y presente de la legislación laboral en América Latina (Past and Present of Labour Legislation in Latin America). San José, Costa Rica, ILO, 1998 (Only available in Spanish)

Villasmil Prieto, H. Las relaciones laborales en la era de la mundialización: una visión desde la OIT (Labour relations in the globalised era: a view from ILO's perspective). San José, Costa Rica, ILO, 2002. (Only available in Spanish)

Rueda-Catry, M.; Sepúlveda Malbrán, J. M. Vega Ruiz, M. L. Estudio comparado: tendencias y contenidos de la negociación colectiva: fortalecimiento de las organizaciones sindicales de los Países Andinos. (Comparative study: trends and contents of collective bargaining: trade unions' strengthening in the Andean Countries) Lima, ILO, 1998. (Only available in Spanish)

Sepúlveda Malbrán, J. M.; Vega Ruiz, M. L.. Las relaciones laborales: un desafío para el sindicato. (Labour relations: a challenge for the trade union). Lima, ILO, 1999. (Only available in Spanish)

Bronstein, A. Elementos para un diagnóstico de las relaciones de trabajo en Centroamérica. (Labour relations in the globalised era: a view from the ILO perspective). Guatemala, ILO, 1997. (Only available in Spanish)