9.2 Concept of Trade Unions with Reference to Right of Association

The trade union — the workers' continuous association (the members' collective — the strength- through-unity instrument): the economic functions (the bargaining-and-benefit advancement); the political faces (the labour's voice — the representation-and-advocacy); the services (the members' welfare). The association's right: the constitutional anchor (Art 17's freedom — the verified face); the ILO's core (the C87-C98 pair — the C87's unratified status the verified Nepali gap); the union's legal personality (the registration — the Act's certificate); the union's protections (the anti- union discrimination's prohibition; the union-office bearers' security faces).