However, an additional obstacle to be overcome is whether or not they enjoy the basic right to join trade unions.

This new law gave workers the right to join Trade Unions so that they could work together to improve working conditions and pay.

The Bulgarian Constitution recognizes workers' rights to join trade unions and to organize.

Meanwhile, "worker committees" in factories are thought to undermine workers' rights to join trade unions and organise freely.

With the exceptions of the country's domestic workers and maritime employees, the law provides that workers have restricted rights to join trade unions.

It is absolutely essential that we enshrine in European law the right to join trade unions and the right to bargain collectively.

Employment, provision of goods and services, right to join trade unions, access to places and facilities, land, housing and other accommodation.

In previous years, trade unions have criticised the Doing Business report for ignoring the rights of workers, particularly the right to join trade unions.

Trade union rights and consultation Migrant workers have a constitutional right to join trade unions and to form their own unions.

Regarding public officials whose right to join trade unions is restricted (see conclusion concerning Article 5), they may nonetheless elect representatives to participate in the collective bargaining.

The Ministry of Labor and Human Resource Development also stated it would close down those businesses whose workers were denied the right to join trade unions.

The right to freedom of association includes the right to join or form other 'associations' (such as political parties) as well as the right to join trade unions.

Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others, including the right to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

These conventions are designed to restrict the use of child labour, prohibit the use of forced labour, and guarantee the right to join trade unions and engage in collective bargaining.

Trade unions are recognized within the 1996 Constitution of South Africa, which provides for the right to join trade unions, and for unions to collectively bargain and strike.

Under the original proposal, non-EU workers would get equal treatment with EU nationals as regards pay and dismissal, health and safety at work and the right to join trade unions.

The law provides workers in export processing zones (EPZs) the right to join trade unions and bargain collectively, although EPZ workers often did not exercise their full labor rights.

The right to join trade unions is guaranteed to migrants in all countries, with the exception of Lithuania, where only citizens and permanent residents can enjoy this right, although the law is being amended.

Employees have the right to join trade unions and we respect unions legally empowered to represent our staff, however, the fair treatment and equitable payment of staff does not rest on union membership.

The Court said that an essential part of the right to join trade unions that employees should be free to instruct or permit their unions to make representations to their employers or to take action in support of their interests.

Trade union rights and consultation By virtue of Article 1 of the Law on Trade Unions,6 only Lithuanian citizens and other persons who are permanently resident in the country have the right to join trade unions and to participate in their activities.

This case involved the trade unions of employees of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a government signals and intelligence department, who argued that they had an expectation to be consulted before the Minister took the decision to deny them the right to join trade unions.