Compilation of decisions of the Committee on Freedom of Association

Right of workers and employers, without distinction whatsoever, to establish and to join organizations3

Distinctions based on occupational category

Workers in small businesses

1. If an exemption for small businesses employing ten or fewer employees from the right to form trade unions was envisaged, this would clearly be in contravention of Article 2 of Convention No. 87, which states that all workers without distinction whatsoever have the right to establish or join an organization of their own choosing.

1. The right to organize should not be dependent on the size of the enterprise, or the number of workers employed by it.