Constitution, configuration and registration of trade unions in Latin America: The spurious reign of Law

• Autor: Villavicencio Ríos, Alfredo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/10854
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/10854
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Labor process; litigation strategy; case theory; hearings; allegation; Libertad sindical; sindicato; autodeterminación; registro sindical; autonomía sindical

The right of freedom of association, nowadays, is considered a fundamental right of workers. However, and though it has been internationallyrecognized in several   Covenants of the International Labor Organization, it has been a tendency among Latin American governments to limit the exercise of this freedom.In the present article, the author criticizes what he considers to be an excessive regulation of the exercise of the right of freedom of association by workers, present in almost every country in the region. These limitations are manifested through constitutional or legal restrictions to the formation of labor unions, union unity regimes and difficulties for the constitution of labor unions. In that way, he calls for the guarantee of the right of freedom of association for workers in Latin America.