Discussion of Associational Freedom in The United States

Manish  Awasthi; Vipul  Upadhyay; Shashank  Dwivedi

doi:10.55544/sjmars.1.1.3

Authors

Manish Awasthi Department of Law, Sri P. Basi Reddy College of Law, INDIA
Vipul Upadhyay Department of Law, Sri P. Basi Reddy College of Law, INDIA
Shashank Dwivedi Department of Law, Sri P. Basi Reddy College of Law, INDIA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55544/sjmars.1.1.3

Keywords:

freedom of association, workers, ILO, USA, labor law

Abstract

This article studies the freedom of association of employees in international labor law and US law; compares and contrasts between international law and US law, and from there, points out the shortcomings of employees’ freedom of association in the law of this leading country.

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