The right to take industrial action is 'fundamental', says ECJ

The European Court of Justice has ruled that the right to take industrial action is a "fundamental" right of "overriding public interest".

But the ruling, in the case of International Transport Workers' Federation and Finnish Seamen's Union v Viking Line Abp gives licence to the courts, in certain circumstances, to scrutinise the objectives of industrial action and whether a union has other means of achieving them.

The court also says that while businesses, under the EU... (572 more words)

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