Right to strike and collective action

Main focus of most recent interventions has been on protecting the right to strike

ETUC general secretary Esther Lunch warns UK will be “an international outlier” on labour standards

On 20 July 2023 the bill introducing minimum service levels in connection with strike action relating to certain services received royal assent

Information note on developments in the ILO Governing Body regarding the conflict on the right to strike 

The High Court found that the Government acted unlawfully and irrationally when it implemented regulations allowing employment businesses to supply employers

The vote was 224 to 203 in favour of the amendment, as such the Bill will go back to the Commons.

Legislation restricting the right to strike sends UK down the rankings of the ITUC Global Rights Index

The ILO Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS) has reached its conclusions on the individual case of the UK in relation to the Convention on Freedom

This working paper has been published by Alan Bogg of the University of Bristol.