Compilation of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association

Collective bargaining15

Incentives to workers and employers to give up the right to collective bargaining

1. When examining various cases in which workers who refused to give up the right to collective negotiation were denied a wage rise, the Committee considered that it raised significant problems of compatibility with the principles of freedom of association, in particular as regards Article 1, paragraph 2(b), of Convention No. 98. In addition, such a provision can hardly be said to constitute a measure to encourage and promote the full development and utilization of machinery for voluntary negotiation ... with a view to the regulation of terms and conditions of employment by means of collective agreements, as provided in Article 4 of Convention No. 98.