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• Introduction
• Preliminary considerations

Procedure in respect of the Committee on Freedom of Association and the social partners

• Function of the ILO and mandate of the Committee on Freedom of Association
• Fundamental obligations of member States in respect of human and trade union rights
• Obligations of governments relating to the procedure of the Committee on Freedom of Association Principles of the Committee on Freedom of Association relating to the functions of organizations of workers and of employers

Trade union rights and civil liberties

• General principles
• Right to life, security and the physical and moral integrity of the person
• The sentencing of trade unionists to imprisonment
• System of education through labour
• Arrest and detention of trade unionists
• Preventive detention and judicial safeguards
• Detentions during a state of emergency
• Guarantee of due process of law
• Special bodies and summary procedures
• Freedom of movement
• Rights of assembly and demonstration
• Freedom of opinion and expression
• Freedom of speech at the International Labour Conference
• Protection against disclosure of information on trade union membership and activities
• Protection of trade union premises and property
• State of emergency and the exercise of trade union rights
• Questions of a political nature affecting trade union rights

Right of workers and employers, without distinction whatsoever, to establish organizations without previous authorization

• General principles
• Distinctions based on race, political opinion or nationality
• Distinctions based on occupational category
• Other distinctions
• Requirement of previous authorization
• Legal formalities for the establishment of organizations
• Requirements for the establishment of organizations
• Registration of organizations

Right of workers and employers freely to establish and join organizations of their own choosing

• Principles of trade union structure and unity
• Sanctions imposed for attempting to establish organizations
• Favouritism or discrimination in respect of particular organizations
• Admissible privileges for most representative unions
• Right to join organizations of their own choosing
• Union security clauses

Free functioning of organizations. Right to draw up constitutions and rules

• Principles relating to legislation in this respect and interference by the authorities
• Model constitutions
• Racial discrimination
• Relations between first-level trade unions and higher-level organizations

Right to elect representatives in full freedom

• General principles
• Racial discrimination
• Employment in the profession or enterprise
• Duration of membership of the organization
• Political opinions or activities
• Moral standing of candidates for office
• Nationality
• Criminal record
• Re-election
• Obligation to participate in ballots
• Intervention by the authorities in trade union elections
• Challenges to trade union elections
• Removal of executive committees and the placing of trade unions under control

Right of organizations to organize their administration

• General principles
• Internal administration of organizations
• Control over the internal activities of trade unions
• Financial administration of organizations

Right of organizations freely to organize their activities and to formulate their programmes

• General principles
• Political activities and relations
• Other activities of trade union organizations

Right to strike

• Importance of the right to strike and entitlement to exercise the right
• Objective of the strike
• Scope of the strike
• Various types of strike action
• Prerequisites
• Recourse to compulsory arbitration
• Responsibility for declaring a strike illegal
• Cases in which strikes may be restricted or even prohibited, and compensatory guarantees
• Situations in which a minimum service may be imposed to guarantee the safety of persons and equipment
• Situations and conditions under which a minimum operational service could be required
• Examples of when the Committee has considered that the conditions were met for requiring a minimum operational service
• Non-compliance with minimum service
• Back-to-work orders, the hiring of workers during a strike, requisitioning orders
• Interference by the authorities during the course of the strike
• Police intervention during the course of the strike
• Pickets
• Wage deductions
• Sanctions
• Discrimination in favour of non-strikers

Right of workers' and employers' organizations to establish federations and confederations and to affiliate with international organizations of employers and workers

• Establishment of federations and confederations
• Rights of federations and confederations
• Affiliation with international organizations of workers and employers
• Participation in ILO meetings

Dissolution and suspension of organizations

• Voluntary dissolution
• Dissolution on account of insufficient membership
• Dissolution and suspension by administrative authority
• Dissolution by legislative measures or decree
• Intervention by the judicial authorities
• Use made of the assets of organizations that are dissolved

Protection against anti-union discrimination

• General principles
• Acts of discrimination
• Trade union leaders and representatives
• Need for rapid and effective protection
• Reinstatement of trade unionists in their jobs
• Discrimination against employers

Protection against acts of interference

• General principles
• Solidarist associations

Collective bargaining

• The right to bargain collectively
• Collective bargaining with representatives of non-unionized workers
• The workers and matters covered by collective bargaining
• The principle of bargaining in good faith
• Recognition of the most representative organizations
• The principle of free and voluntary negotiation
• Restrictions on the principle of free and voluntary bargaining
• Time-limits for bargaining
• Duration of collective agreements
• Extension of collective agreements
• Relationship between individual employment contracts and collective agreements
• Incentives to workers to give up the right to collective bargaining
• Closure of the enterprise and application of the collective agreement
• Relationship between ILO Conventions

Consultation with the organizations of workers and employers

• General principles
• Consultation during the preparation and formulation of legislation
• Consultation and employment flexibility
• Consultation and processes of restructuring, rationalization and staff reduction
• Consultation and the modification of bargaining structures

Participation of organizations of workers and employers on various bodies and in various procedures

Facilities for workers' representatives

• General principles
• Representation functions
• Collection of dues
• Access to the workplace
• Facilities on plantations
• Facilities in the event of staff reductions

Conflicts within the trade union movement

Annex I: Procedures of the Fact-Finding and Conciliation Commission and the Committee on Freedom of Association for the examination of complaints alleging violations of freedom of association

Annex II: Chronological index of cases