freedom of association
Right to organize
Freedom of association is the right to join or form groups—political parties, unions, clubs, religious organizations—without government interference.
It also implies the right not to associate.
The principle underlies much of civil society: The law violated their freedom of association.
Courts often balance it against anti-discrimination laws when private groups claim the right to exclude.
- assembliesOrganized group gatherings
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
- civic participationActive role in community affairs
labor rights · human rights · advocacy groups · club membership · membership dues · dignity · mutual aid · trade unions · privacy rights · political parties · democratic rights · unionization · constitutional rights · peaceful protest · workers' rights · non-discrimination · group rights · right to organize
- freedomfree will, expression, speech, political liberty, belief
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- labor lawlabor code, labor law, labor laws, labor standards, labour law
- Charter Rightsfundamental freedoms, legal rights, equality rights, democratic rights, language rights
- labor relationslabor relations, labor disputes, collective agreement, union elections, bargaining
- labor rightsworker rights, labor laws, union rights, employee rights, right to strike
freedom of associationclosed shop
Employment requiring union membership
conscription · forced labor · involuntary servitude · impressment
freedom of associationproscription
Formal ban or condemnation
freedom of associationtotalitarianism
State controls everything absolutely
authoritarianism · one-party state · police state · Gleichschaltung · collectivization
freedom, freely, unfree, freeing, freed, freeborn, freeman, freelance, association