A Simple Worker's Guide to the Right to Self-Organization and Union Formation/Registration

2009A SIMPLE WORKER'S GUIDE TO THE RIGHT TO SELF-ORGANIZATION AND UNION FORMATION/REGISTRATION1. What is the right to self-organization?It is the right of the workers and employees in the public and private sectors to form, join or assist unions, organizations or associations for purposes of collective bargaining and negotiation and for mutual aid and protection. It also refers to the right to engage in peaceful concerted activities and to participate in policy and decision-making processes affecting their rights and benefits. HEISca2. What are the constitutional bases for the right to self-organization?The right of the people, including those employed in the public and private sectors, to form unions, associations, or societies for purposes not contrary to law shall not be abridged (Section 8, Article III, Bill of Rights).The State shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas, organized and unorganized, and promote full employment and equality of employment opportunities for all.It shall guarantee the rights of all workers to self-organization, collective bargaining and negotiations, and peaceful concerted activities, including the right to strike in accordance with...