Which ILO convention specifically promotes collective bargaining and protection against anti-union discrimination?

ILO Convention No. 98 promotes collective bargaining and protection against anti-union discrimination.

The International Labour Organization adopted the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention in 1949. It calls for protection against discrimination intended to undermine a worker’s union membership or participation in union activities.

It also encourages mechanisms for voluntary negotiation between employers and workers’ organizations. Those negotiations can cover employment conditions, including wages, hours, and other workplace terms.

Convention No. 98 is closely related to ILO Convention No. 87, adopted the previous year. Convention No. 87 deals primarily with freedom of association and the right to organize, while Convention No. 98 concentrates on collective bargaining and protection from anti-union discrimination. The two are frequently cited together in discussions of fundamental labor rights.