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Find out more about your union and collective bargaining rights today.","Labour Laws Pakistan: Trade Unions","\u002Fen-pk\u002Fwork-in-pakistan\u002Flabour-law\u002Ftrade-unions","labourlaw.labourlawpage","en_PK","2025-07-28T12:45:42.326529+00:00","2025-11-27T07:39:43.286255+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F1001\u002Fedit\u002F",[18,21,24,27],{"title":19,"slug":20},"Pakistan","en-pk",{"title":22,"slug":23},"Work in Pakistan","work-in-pakistan",{"title":25,"slug":26},"Labour Law","labour-law",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":29,"description":9,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":20,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"Trade Union, Collective Bargaining, CBA - Pakistan","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fen-pk\u002Fwork-in-pakistan\u002Flabour-law\u002Ftrade-unions\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2025-07-28T14:45:42.326529+02:00","2025-11-27T08:39:43.402713+01:00","\u003Cdiv class=\"cobra-ll-view\">\n\n  \n\n    \n    \n  \n  \u003Ch1>Trade Unions\u003C\u002Fh1>\n  \u003Cspan class=\"lastupdated\">This page was last updated on:\n      2026-04-03\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n  \n\n    \n  \n    \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Freedom to Join and Form a Union\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>Constitution and labour law provide for freedom of association and allow workers and employers to join and form unions. (Section 3 of Industrial Relations Act 2012). Constitution also supports freedom of association, subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan, public order or morality (art. 17). IRA 2012 includes many exclusions which in effect deprive workers of the right to form and join unions. \u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Freedom of Collective Bargaining\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>Inudstrial Relations Act 2012 (section 19 onwards) allows employees to bargain collectively through their representatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \u003Cdiv class=\"teaserItem\">\n          \u003Ch2>Right to Strike\u003C\u002Fh2>\n          \u003Cp>Right to strike is not considered as fundamental right. Moreover, go-slow actions are consider an unfair labour practice, strikes longer than 30 days can be prohibited by government order, and a party or the government can unilaterally compel arbitration, undermining the right to strike (Industrial Relations Act 2012, section 41-48).\u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n        \n          \n    \n    \n    \n        \n    \n\n\n        \n      \n    \n\n    \n      \n    \n      \n\n    \n\n    \n      \n    \n    \u003Cdiv class=\"related\">\n      \u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          _ll_sexharassment_URL_\n      \n          _ll_maternity_URL_\n      \n          _ll_workwages_URL_\n      \n          _ll_forcedlabour_URL_\n      \n          _MW_FOLDER_URL_\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n  \n\n    \n    \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\n  \n\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","Your rights: trade unions and collective bargaining in Pakistan – .","\u003Cdiv>\n\n\u003Cspan>This page was last updated on:\n      2026-04-03\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Freedom to Join and Form a Union\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Constitution and labour law provide for freedom of association and allow workers and employers to join and form unions. (Section 3 of Industrial Relations Act 2012). Constitution also supports freedom of association, subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan, public order or morality (art. 17). IRA 2012 includes many exclusions which in effect deprive workers of the right to form and join unions. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Freedom of Collective Bargaining\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Inudstrial Relations Act 2012 (section 19 onwards) allows employees to bargain collectively through their representatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Right to Strike\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Right to strike is not considered as fundamental right. 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