ABSTRACT
The right of Commonwealth Caribbean workers to freely associate, and to form and be members of trade unions, is for the most part guaranteed by regional Constitutions 1 and other specifi c indigenous legislation. 2 It is considered as a fundamental and indispensable element of industrial relations generally, 3 but this entitlement to organise is of itself only a segment of a jigsaw puzzle. Workers must be able to have recourse to various means which will ensure that the employer ‘hears’ their standpoint, and vice versa. These objections are designed to effectively cause a change in what either party considers to be the adverse positions taken by the employer or the employee and their representatives.
