The purpose of this paper is to provide an overall view of the basic labor rights in our constitution. Our constitution consist of 3 parts: basic rights, the organization of the state and the basic policies. These parts of the constitution constitute the so-called “branch constitution” for particular areas of peoples’ lives. This paper researches the status of basic labor rights by means of the “branch constitution”. In addition to the introductory and concluding remarks, this paper is divided into four sections. Section one fixes the means of basic labor rights and reviews the establishment of basic labor rights. Section two discusses the status of basic labor rights and three problems about the structure of basic labor rights in our constitution. Section three describes and explains several individual basic labor rights in our constitution: labor’s right of association, the right to collective bargaining, the right of action over labor disputes, freedom to choose employment, rights of action over labor disputes, freedom to choose employment, rights of participation and codetermination, right to employment. Finally, Section four covers the trend of basic in the new century.