Rights of federations and confederations (Right of workers' and employers' organizations to establish federations and confederations and to affiliate with international organizations of employers and workers)

621. In order to defend the interests of their members more effectively, workers' and employers' organizations should have the right to form federations and confederations of their own choosing, which should themselves enjoy the various rights accorded to first-level organizations, in particular as regards their freedom of operation, activities and programmes.

(See 294th Report, Case No. 1704, para. 158.)