Compilation of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association

Collective bargaining15

Workers covered by collective bargaining

Non-unionized workers

1. With regard to legislation that grants non-unionized workers the right to choose the collective agreement they desire when one or more have been concluded within the company, the Committee considered that non-unionized workers are in a better position to determine which union has best succeeded in defending the interests of the occupational category to which they belong by means of the collective agreement it has concluded with the company. It also considered that their right to choose does not undermine the principle of promoting free and voluntary collective bargaining laid down in Article 4 of Convention No. 98, as it is not restricted by the existence of more than one collective agreement within an enterprise.