No. 59/2009 European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)/ Centrale Générale des Syndicats Libéraux de Belgique (CGSLB)/ Confédération des Syndicats chrétiens de Belgique (CSC)/ Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB) v. Belgium

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No. 59/2009

The complaint was registered on 22 June 2009. The complainant organisations allege that the situation in Belgium is not in conformity with the rights laid down in Article 6§4 (right to strike) of the Revised Charter. They believe that judicial intervention in social conflicts in Belgium, in particular concerning restrictions imposed on the action of picket line, violate this provision.
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 8 December 2009.

The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was a violation of Article 6§4 of the Revised Charter and transmitted its report containing its  decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 16 September 2011.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution CM/ResChS(2012)3 on 4 April 2012.

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