La sindicalización en América Latina es baja. Lo que pone en tela de juicio la representación  de los trabajadores por medio de los sindicatos. Sin embargo, esta afirmación dejaría de lado que la propia normativa nacional impide formalmente que un significativo número de trabajadores puedan constituir un sindicato en la empresa o en la industria. El presente estudio aborda esta problemática integrando en su análisis tanto la interpretación normativa como los datos estadísticos oficiales para dilucidar esta interrogante. 

International Labor Standards recognize the right to collective bargaining of public servants and officials, allowing for the exclusion of high-level employees (with policy-making power, managerial positions or positions based on trust) and members of the armed forces and police. The negotiation topics cover the conditions of work and employment, which includes salary negotiation. The principle of budget balance is a valid limit to collective bargaining.

The level of membership of trade Unions in Latin America is low. This affects the level of representation of workers by the unions. However, this statement would leave aside the fact that the national legislation formally prevents a substantive number of workers to establish a union in the enterprise or in the industry. The present investigate clarifies this issue based on an analysis or the normative framework and based on official statistical data.

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International Labor Standards recognize the right to collective bargaining of public servants and officials, allowing for the exclusion of high-level employees (with policy-making power, managerial positions or positions based on trust) and members of the armed forces and police. The negotiation topics cover the conditions of work and employment, which includes salary negotiation. The principle of budget balance is a valid limit to collective bargaining.

The level of membership of trade Unions in Latin America is low. This affects the level of representation of workers by the unions. However, this statement would leave aside the fact that the national legislation formally prevents a substantive number of workers to establish a union in the enterprise or in the industry. The present investigate clarifies this issue based on an analysis or the normative framework and based on official statistical data.

International Labor Standards recognize the right to collective bargaining of public servants and officials, allowing for the exclusion of high-level employees (with policy-making power, managerial positions or positions based on trust) and members of the armed forces and police. The negotiation topics cover the conditions of work and employment, which includes salary negotiation. The principle of budget balance is a valid limit to collective bargaining.