There are schools for the deaf and for the blind up to the secondary level. Section 6 Worker Rights a. The Constitution specifies the right of workers to form or belong to trade unions under the broader rubric of the right of association. Unions are independent of government, and are free to choose their own representatives in often vigorously contested elections. All unions are free to publicize their views and to choose policies to advance their members' best interests.
Unions are free to affiliate with international organizations, and some have done so.
Strikes in both the public and private sectors are legal, but there are many avenues through collective bargaining agreement and government procedures which may preclude a strike. The law prohibits the police and fire departments from striking. Strikes have become more common since the October 1993 protest by banana farmers, perhaps because militancy appeared to have been effective. Public sector employees in customs, air and sea ports, inland revenue, Radio Saint Lucia, and others struck in 1994 and again in 1995. The Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively Unions have the legal right to engage in collective bargaining, and they fully exercise that right.