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Constitutionalizing Labour Rights in Canada and Europe: Freedom of Association, Collective Bargaining, and Strikes

Abstract

Why are unions in Canada and the European Union going to court to claim that the rights to bargain collectively and to strike are fundamental human rights and thus constitutionally protected? My approach to this question is socio-legal; I am interested in what this form of claims making reveals about how political power is legitimated in the contemporary global world. I argue that the goal of constitutionalizing labour rights is a specific …

Authors

Fudge J

Journal

Current Legal Problems, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 267–305

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

2015

DOI

10.1093/clp/cuv003

ISSN

0070-1998