The role of trade unions in legal support of collective agreements

In the article below, scientists are given such concepts as “collective agreement”, “collective negotiations”. In addition, the place of trade unions in matters of including a collective agreement at an enterprise is revealed, and the stages of collective negotiations between the employer and employees of the organization regarding the conclusion, amendment and operation of a collective agreement are listed, and different versions of scientists about who are the parties to the collective agreement are discussed. In addition, the author tried to describe and give examples to disclose the subject, types and purposes of including collective agreements, those benefits that may be provided for by the norms of this document; for this purpose, the methodology of comparative analysis of collective agreements of the Republic of Uzbekistan was used (indicating statistics on the conclusion of collective agreements in the republic) with other foreign countries. International labor standards in the field of labor are considered, citing the norms of the Conventions of the International Labor Organization (ratified by the Republic of Uzbekistan), regulating issues of collective bargaining and freedom to conclude a collective agreement at the enterprise. In the conclusion, the author gives several proposals for improving legislation in this direction.