The organizational structure of trade-unions and participation

ABSTRACT The problem about deficiency of participation and membership sensation to trade-unions in our country, depends on historical, social, political, economic and cultural reasons. The organizational structure of trade-unions is a factor that makes participation and membership sensation easier or harder. The relationship between organizational structure and participation, is important for democracy in trade-unions, also realization of the democracy with all associations and rules in country. In this research, the problem of participation and membership sensation in trade-unions, is examined in historical evaluation and organizational structure. The organizational structure of trade-unions has different characteristics in every country depended on the historical evalution of trade-unions. This characteristics are related with the economic and democratic evalution of the country and effective on participation. Organizational structure has qualities that allow trade-unions to evaluate freely and give them freedom as main principle in some countries, also in these countries trade-union and workers' preferences affect these qualities; but in our country qualities are determined by laws. This position prevents the participation effectively. A lot of restrictions in Constitution and especially Trade Unions Law numbered 2821 and Collective Agreement, Strike and Lockout Law numbered 2822 prevent the rights about trade-unions and the participation of workers. These are not acceptable by international agreements and rules also. The membership sensation of every worker is affected negatively by these rules which limits the organizational structure of trade-unions and prevents participation. The articles of these laws which restrict the organizational structure of trade-unions and the rights of workers to establish and join organizations and its activities of their own choises, must be abolished; and the work guarantee must be given if it is really wished to get rid of the reasons pointed for this articles and to make the rights usable for the goals; for improving the participation and membership sensation to trade-unions. n