Journal article
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