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"ILO: Convention No 87 (1948) Concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (entry into force 1950)" [2005] ELECD 248; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 25

Section Title: ILO: Convention No 87 (1948) Concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (entry into force 1950)

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

25. ILO: Convention No 87 (1948) Concerning
Freedom of Association and Protection of the
Right to Organise (entry into force 1950)

Commentary: The right to organise trade unions has been recognised by the ILO
as a fundamental right for workers, irrespective of the level of development of
member states. For ILO perspectives, see ILO (1985), Freedom of Association: Digest of
Decisions and Principles of the Freedom of Association Committee of the Governing Body of
the ILO, 3rd edn, Geneva. For academic commentary, see Swepston L. (1998), `Human
Rights Law and Freedom of Association: Development through ILO Supervision',
International Labour Review, 137, 169­94. For a historical perspective, see Dunning H.
(1998), `The Origins of Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association and the Right
to Organize', International Labour Review, 137, 149­67. See further, ILO (1998), `An
Annotated Bibliography: International Protection of Freedom of Association',
International Labour Review, 137, 259­93.




Article 2
Workers and employers, without distinction whatsoever, shall have the right to establish and,
subject only to the rules of the organisation concerned, to join organisations of their own
choosing without previous authorisation.


Article 3
1. Workers' and employers' organisations shall have the right to draw up their constitu-
tions and rules, to elect their representatives in full freedom, to organise their adminis-
tration and activities and to formulate their programmes.
2. The public authorities shall refrain from any interference which would restrict this right
or impede the lawful exercise thereof.


Article 4
Workers' and employers' organisations shall ...