Extracts of ILO Convention n. 98 composed by 16 articles ratified by 123 countries as to 31/12/1995
CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND TO BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY
(1/7/1949)
Article 1
1. Workers shall enjoy adequate proteetion against aets of anti-union tiserimination in respect of their employment.
2. Such protection shall apply more partieularly in respeet of acts calculatet to:
- make the employment of a worker subjeet to the condition that he shall not join a union or shall relinquish trade union membership;
- cause the dismissal of or otherwise prejudice a worker by reason of union membership or because of participation in union activities outside working hours or, with the consent of the employer, within working hours.
Article 2
1. Workers' and employers' organisations shall enjoy adequate protection against any acts of interference by each other or each other's agents or members in their establisbment, functioning or administration.
2. In particular, acts which are designed to promote the establishment of workers' organisations under the domination of employers' organisations, or to support workers' organisations by financial or other means, with the object of placing such organisations under the control of employers or employers' organ isations, shall be deemed to constitute acts of interference within the meaning of this Article.
Article 3
Machinery appropriate to national conditions shall be established, where necessary, for the purpose of ensuring respect for the right to organise as defined in the preceding Articles.
Article 4
Measura appropriate to national conditions shall be taken, where necessary, to encourage and promote the full development and utilisation of machinery for voluntary negotiation between employers or employers' organisations and workers' organizations, with a view to the regulation of terms and conditions of employment by means of collective agreements.
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