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libertad sindical

English translation: Freedom of association or Right to form and join trade unions

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Spanish term or phrase:libertad sindical
English translation:Freedom of association or Right to form and join trade unions
Entered by: Betty Marilyn Poku

14:39 Sep 20, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Human Resources
Spanish term or phrase: libertad sindical
A report on the state of labor in Argentina:

En materia de libertad sindical, el informe examina una serie de situaciones que constituyen obstáculos o violaciones a este derecho. En particular, se destaca la persecución política y judicial que sufren los trabajadores docentes de Tierra del Fuego, los azucareros de Salta y Jujuy, los estatales de Rio Negro y los trabajadores del subterráneo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

My first tendency was to translate the term as "the right to unionize" or "the right to collective bargaining". Then I saw a number of relevant reference online to "freedom of association". Neither one seems quite right here.

Many thanks!
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 16:11
Freedom of association & Right to form and join trade unions
Explanation:
Your suggestions of freedom of association is correct as this term means that workers have the right not only join a trade union but also to form one. If you wish to use a term that explains this concept you could use a short sentence such as, right to form and join trade unions.

Please see the links below, both of which clearly explain the term freedom of association.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2018-09-20 20:09:08 GMT)
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Perhpas I didn't make it clear that either one of the options I provided can be used not both.
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Betty Marilyn Poku
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:11
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Freedom of association & Right to form and join trade unions
Betty Marilyn Poku
4right to form and join a union
patinba
4trade union rights
philgoddard
4trade union freedom
Chema Nieto Castañón


  

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right to form and join a union


Explanation:
Nothing wrong with your other options, but I think this is simple and clear.

Rights of a union member
Union Member Rights in the Workplace. The National Labor Relations Act guarantees your legal right to join or form a union without interference, restraint or coercion from your employer. ... Employees have the right to unionize, to join together to advance their interests as employees, and to refrain from such activity.
Union Member Rights in the Workplace – The NewsGuild – CWA

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 16:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 152
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trade union rights


Explanation:
I don't disagree with the previous two answers, but this is simpler and more concise. Trade union rights principally consist of the right to form or join a union.

philgoddard
United States
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Freedom of association & Right to form and join trade unions


Explanation:
Your suggestions of freedom of association is correct as this term means that workers have the right not only join a trade union but also to form one. If you wish to use a term that explains this concept you could use a short sentence such as, right to form and join trade unions.

Please see the links below, both of which clearly explain the term freedom of association.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2018-09-20 20:09:08 GMT)
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Perhpas I didn't make it clear that either one of the options I provided can be used not both.

Example sentence(s):
  • Everyone has the right to freedom of association with others including the right to form and to join a trade union.

    Reference: http://www.tft-transparency.org/app/uploads/2015/09/Factshee...
    Reference: http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4898
Betty Marilyn Poku
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac
36 mins
neutral  philgoddard: This is saying the same thing twice.
55 mins
  -> I was trying to give two answers at once I'm not sure if this was clear enough. Either one of the options can be used
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3 days 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
trade union freedom


Explanation:
Este es uno de esos conceptos amplios e inclusivos que no pueden -ni deben- reducirse a elementos particulares.
A modo de referencia, ver por ejemplo aquí (relativo al concepto de libertad sindical en Portugal);

<<The content of trade union freedom divides into a series of corollaries: the positive freedom to form a union or join an existing one (...), freedom not to join any or a particular union (...), freedom in determining the internal organization and regulation of a union (...), the right to bargain , the right to organize at enterprise level (...), the right to participate and the right to strike . The legal rules regulating trade union freedom establish a series of constitutional principles to which its exercise is subject (...).>>
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/efemiredictionary/trade-unio...


Trade union rights might also work here although the very concept of rights versus freedom is subtly different here as rights tend to refer to the particular legal articulation of the somewhat wider concept trade union freedom -which is also used as rights i.e. trade union freedom bill https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://...
Trade union freedom act https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/efemiredictionary/trade-unio...

See also,
WHY WE NEED A TRADE UNION FREEDOM CAMPAIGN
https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://h...

<<As for trade union freedom in the United States, she wished only to point out that The New York Times of 4 October 1971 had reported that President Nixon had ...>>
https://books.google.es/books?id=F1lBrp-vSw4C&pg=PA64&lpg=PA...

<<As for trade union freedom, which was talked about in the same breath, it is guaranteed everywhere in the liberal states. I have not yet seen it genuinely ...>>


Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 21:11
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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