Freedom of association. First discussion

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Page 83 - No regulation shall make it an offence for any person or persons to take part in a strike (not being a strike by any law declared to be illegal) or persuade any other person or persons to take part in any such a strike.
Page 146 - The Members undertake to nominate non-Government Delegates and advisers chosen in agreement with the industrial organisations, if such organisations exist, which are most representative of employers or workpeople, as the case may be, in their respective countries.
Page 12 - ... banish idleness, advance husbandry, and yield unto the hired person, both in the time of scarcity and in time of plenty, a convenient proportion of wages.
Page 94 - An action against a trade union, whether of workmen or masters, or against any members or officials thereof on behalf of themselves and all other members of the trade union in respect of any tortious act alleged to have been committed by or on behalf of the trade union, shall not be entertained by any court.
Page 140 - ARTICLE 1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies this Convention undertakes to secure to all those engaged in agriculture the same rights of association and combination as to industrial workers, and to repeal any statutory or other provisions restricting such rights in the case of those engaged in agriculture.
Page 29 - Any person who, with intent to attack freedom of association, makes the conclusion, the execution or (even with due regard to customary notice) the continuance of a contract of work or service conditional upon the affiliation or nonaffiliation of one or more persons to an association, shall be liable to the same penalties.
Page 58 - Provides that any two or more trade unions may become amalgamated together as one trade union if in the case of each or every such trade union, on a ballot being taken, the votes of at least 50 per cent, of the members entitled to vote thereat are recorded, and of the votes recorded those in favour of the proposal exceed by 20 per cent, or more the votes against the proposal.
Page 30 - ... been paid as required by subsection (1) of this section. (3) The penalty so imposed shall be deemed to be increased by the amount so ordered to be paid, and such amount may be recovered accordingly. (4) Nothing in this section shall affect any other remedy of the employee. SEC. 51 (1) If an employer dismisses any employee from his employment or injures him in his employment, by reason merely of the fact that the employee — (a) Is an officer or member of an association...
Page 140 - The General Conference recommends that each Member of the International Labor Organization shall, on condition of reciprocity and upon terms to be agreed between the countries concerned, admit the foreign workers (together with their families) employed within its territory, to the benefit of its laws and regulations for the protection of its own workers, as well as to the right of lawful organization as enjoyed by its own workers.
Page 49 - ... He acts in his own name on behalf of the trade union and his authority need not be attested by any third party. The whole estate of the trade union is vested in him. On the death or removal of a trustee the property is automatically vested in his successor without any conveyance or assignment. He is not liable to make good any deficiency in the funds of the union. He may bring or defend actions on behalf of the trade union to the full extent of his representative capacity. In Russia the works...

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