Argues that, globally, only a minority of workers benefit from free and fair representation of their rights, needs and interests. Focuses on the regulatory environment provided by the State, whilst underlining that this does not constitute the public dimension of a fundamentally private...

The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work adopted in 1998 could not be clearer: “the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining” and “the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation” (ILO, 1998, Para. 2 (a) and (d)) are...