Ther Executive Yuan has proposed a revision of the Statute on Unions to the Legislative Yuan. Calling for a shift from "compulsory union membership" to "voluntary membership," the proposed revision is claimed to be a defense of individual freedom of association. The author, however, offers that the notion is at odds with social freedoms. Furthermore, given the context of control in which the proposal are offered and the history of union struggles lead the author to suggest that so-called freedom of association proposal emerging at this time is being used as a tool to oppose unions. The real condition of associative freedom is workers autonomy. Taking the matter a step further, the author contends that freedom of association can be regarded from two different vantage points. Under present conditions of labor regulation in Taiwan, freedom of association of this sort is actually an excuse to take back some of the already existing resources of the unions.