Strike Ballots, Democracy, and Law eBook

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International law and most national legal systems recognize the right to strike as a fundamental human right. However, the most common qualification for a strike is that the action must first be approved by ballot. These types of requirements are often said to be necessary to protect the democratic rights of the workers – the so-called democratic imperative. But is that truly their aim? This book draws on detailed empirical study of the Australian legislative provisions for pre-strike ballots; a comparative analysis of law and practice in a range of countries including Canada, South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom; and the approaches of the supervisory bodies of the International Labour Organisation to evaluate the true purpose and effect of the ballot requirement. While in some cases the ballot requirement provided additional bargaining leverage for unions, overall, the study showed that the principle purpose of ballot requirements is to curtail strikes rather than vindicate the democratic imperative it claims to support. Exploring collective bargaining and union democracy, this is an essential title for those involved in or studying labour law. This book also demonstrates the fundamental shortcomings of ballot regimes, and provides and accessible exploration of the operation of said regimes, which makes this a helpful tool for unionists to understand their rights as workers. It also considers significant policy questions in the field and is relevant in the respect of the international labour law regime.

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9780192642639

Strike Ballots, Democracy, and Law is written by Breen Creighton; Catrina Denvir; Richard Johnstone; Shae McCrystal; Alice Orchiston and published by OUP Oxford. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Strike Ballots, Democracy, and Law are 9780192642646, 0192642642 and the print ISBNs are 9780198869894, 0198869894. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780192642639.