ABSTRACT
The systems of the ILO, the Revised Social Charter and the European Convention on Human Rights converge on an extensive definition of union rights including collective bargaining and the right to strike. The recent Law No.6356 on Unions and Collective Agreements broadens in many respects the freedom to organize, bringing an enforced union security for union officials and representatives, seemingly easier conditions required to obtain authorization to bargain, a simplification of the procedure for calling a strike, fewer prohibitions of strike and lesser penalties attached to unlawful strikes. However, some of the basic principles that guide collective industrial relations persist, such as the single union membership, single collective agreement in a workplace, and a right to strike limited within a collective agreement process. This prudent approach of the Turkish system will probably lead ILO organs to continue to criticize some issues; in particular, the double condition required for the authorization to bargain, a still relatively large area where strikes remain forbidden and a system of postponement of strikes coupled with compulsory arbitration, which are some examples where noncompliance with international standards may be alleged
Keywords : Law No.6356 on Unions and Collective Agreements, ILO, union rights, strikes, European Court of Human Rights.
