Workers Trade Union Law (Bahrain, Legislative Decree No. 33, 2002) in English

Legislative Decree No. 33 of 2002 is Bahrain's Workers Trade Union Law — the first statute in the Gulf to permit genuine trade unions, enacted in the reform wave that followed the National Action Charter. It governs how unions are formed, their rights and activities, and the framework for collective organisation, including the founding basis of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions.

Employers negotiating with organised labour in Bahrain, unions themselves, and researchers on labour rights in the Gulf — where Bahrain remains the reference case — are the readers of this translation.