Industrial Relations: No right to strike

Guy Lamb comments on the RMT’s failed challenge to the UK’s strike laws ‘The ECHR’s findings on the general application of the UK’s balloting rules relate to the specific facts of the RMT’s case but nevertheless are welcome news for employers.’Employment law has often been the battlefield on which socio-political issues have been played out …
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Industrial Relations: Autumn of discontent

Andrew Burns asks whether the courts will be able to stop public sector workers going on a general strike in protest at government cuts ‘The statutory provisions governing a ballot are complex and detailed, and have been amended over the years so that Part V of TULRCA could be described as a minefield for the …
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