Analysis on effectiveness of Trade Unions in Protection of Workers' Rights in Uganda. A case study of Kampala, Uganda.
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Date
2019-12
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Kampala International University, School of law.
Abstract
Uganda is a signatory to several international instruments enshrining labour rights and
has incorporated these rights into domestic law by way of the Constitution of the
Republic of Uganda, 1995, primarily in article 40 which protects a wide range of
economic rights. Until recently, however, the legislation implementing these
constitutionally protected rights was badly in need of reform. It was not until 2006, after
several aborted attempts at legal reform, that four crucial pieces of labour legislation
were enacted. These were: the Employment Act, the Labour Unions Act, the Labour
Disputes
Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act. I While Uganda's labour laws combined
with the Constitution now provide strong legal protection for labour rights, FHRI
research indicates that in practice employees largely do not see the benefits of this new
and improved legislation.
This report presents the .findings .from a six-month research project carried out by the
Foundation for Human Rights Initiative on labour rights in Uganda. Specifical(v, the
study examined the current level of enjoyment of the right: to work; to join and form a
trade union; to minimum standards of employment; to a safe and healthy ·working
environment; and to protection upon leaving employment including social security and
pension rights. Our report also looks at the current state of child labour in Uganda and
goes on to provide a critical analysis of the current obstacles to the success/it!
implementation of labour rights in Uganda.
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A dissertation report submitted to the School of Law in Partial Fulfillment of
the Requirements for the Award of a Bachelors of Laws of
Kampala International University.
Keywords
Trade Unions, Protection, Workers' Rights, Analysis, Uganda