It became a legal union with the power to bargain collectively in 1977.

Over the next 10 years, the government approved legislation giving teachers a process for appealing dismissals, a pension plan and the right to bargain collectively.

Articles 53 and 54 affirm the right of workers to bargain collectively and to strike, respectively.

The 1934 waterfront strike ended with a union victory and spurred passage of federal laws ensuring workers' right to organize and bargain collectively.

We will demand the right for employees in publicly owned industries to organize, to bargain collectively, and to strike.