2012
Legal restrictions and/or effective practices of exclusion of migrants regarding membership of and participation in trade unions
-
Austria
Since 2006 all employees have the full active and passive right to vote for the workers' council and for the Chamber of Labour.
-
Bulgaria
No.
-
Cyprus
No formal restrictions.
-
Denmark
No.
-
Finland
No, there are no legal restrictions or practices excluding migrants from membership of and participation in trade unions.
-
France
There are no legal restrictions of exclusion of migrants regarding membership and participation in trade unions. Some local or sectorial unions are ethnic.
-
Germany
No, there are no legal restrictions or effective practices of exclusion of migrants and minorities regarding membership of and participation in trade unions.
-
Greece
No legal restrictions.
-
Hungary
No.
-
Ireland
There are no official legal restrictions or effective practices of exclusion for immigrants joining trade unions
-
Italy
No.
-
Poland
No.
-
Portugal
There are no legal restrictions or effective practices of exclusion of migrants regarding membership of and participation in trade unions.
-
Romania
No assessment available in this issue.
-
Slovenia
There are no legal restrictions for migrants and minorities to become members of trade unions.
-
Spain
No.
the Law on the Rights and Freedoms of Foreigners in Spain and their Social Integration is, in part, the result of a Constitutional Court decision of 2007 recognising immigrants’ right to associate, join trade unions and strike, regardless of their administrative situation. It also incorporates the EU Directives in this field.
-
Sweden
No, there is no evidence of legal restictions and/or effective practices of exclusion of migrants regarding membership of and participation in trade unions.