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ILO Convention 87

The ILO Freedom of Association Convention, guaranteeing the right of workers and employers to establish and join organizations of their choosing without prior authorization, and protecting these organizations from interference or dissolution.

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Updated March 25, 2026 Civil Rights
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Suppression of Organized Labor: Union Busting, NLRB Destruction, and Collective Bargaining Revocation

A multi-pronged attack on organized labor: destruction of the NLRB's quorum through the first-ever mid-term firing of a board member, an executive order stripping collective bargaining from 950,000 …

  • On January 27, 2025, Trump fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox — the first time a president has ever removed a Board member before the end of …
  • A federal judge on March 6, 2025 found Wilcox's firing 'illegal,' but the DC Circuit stayed her reinstatement, and the Supreme Court on May …
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