Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2002, published 91st ILC session (2003)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Sweden (Ratification: 1949)

The Committee notes the comments of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprises concerning the deduction of trade union dues from non-unionized workers’ wages. In this respect, the Committee recalls that it has always considered that "union security" clauses in collective agreements, which make payment of union dues compulsory by all workers, whether or not they are trade union members, are compatible with the Convention provided that they are the result of free negotiation between workers’ organizations and employers (see General Survey on freedom of association and collective bargaining, 1994, paragraph 102).