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  • 12 - Freedom of Association and the Right to Organise

  • from Part IV - Collective Labour Rights
  • Hugh Collins, London School of Economics, K. D. Ewing, King's College London, Aileen McColgan, University of Leeds
  • Book:
    Labour Law
    Published online:
    02 October 2025
    Print publication:
    31 October 2025, pp 465-512

  • Summary

    Trade unions play a critical role in labour law, in representing workers, negotiating terms and conditions of employment by collective bargaining, lobbying for stronger legislation to improve working conditions and enhance job security, and assisting in the enforcement of legal rights before courts and tribunals. Employers are often hostile to trade unions, and workers need legal protection from the consequences of such hostility. In this Chapter we consider the legislation designed to protect workers from exclusion, blacklisting, discrimination, and victimization because of their trade union membership and activities. We also examine the right not to be a trade union member, as well as the purpose and implications of such a right.T