Oxford LibGuides: Labour & employment law: Trade union rights

Trade Union rights: domestic and international

Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
Open Access. This link is to the act on Legislation.gov.uk. Holders of an Oxford SSO should check the status of the act on either Lexis+ UK or Westlaw Edge - both of which will also link them to any related case law or commentary
Trade Union Act 2016
Open Access. This link is to the act on Legislation.gov.uk. Holders of an Oxford SSO should check the status of the act on either Lexis+ UK or Westlaw Edge - both of which will also link them to any related case law or commentary

Lexis+ UK
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Westlaw Edge UK
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Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention on Human Rights:
“Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others, including the right to form and to join trade unions
for the protection of his interests.”

European Court of Human Rights Thematic Factsheets
Open Access. The Court's Press Office produces & updates "factsheets by theme on the Court’s case-law and pending cases." Note the fact sheets are non-binding.

Putting Human Rights to Work Labour Law, The ECHR, and The Employment Relation by Philippa M. Collins
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9780192894595
Publication Date: 2022
Print copy at KN192.COL 2022

For further help on the IHR aspect please visit the separate Law Library guide below

The Right to Strike in International Law by Jeffrey Vogt; Janice Bellace; Lance Compa; K. D. Ewing; John Hendy QC; Klaus Lörcher; Tonia Novitz
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9781509933556
Publication Date: 2020

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Monitors & campaigners

Institute of Employment Rights (IER) (UK)
Official website. "Members of the Institute include:
the general secretaries of most of the trade unions in the UK
an impressive selection of labour law academics
legal practitioners who specialise in representing unions and their members."
International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network (ILAW Network)
Official website which makes papers & reports available. Holders of an Oxford SSO can access its journal, The Global Labour Rights Reporter, via HeinOnline
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"The core mission of the ILAW Network is to bring together legal practitioners and scholars in an exchange of ideas and information in order to best represent the rights and interests of workers and their organizations wherever they may be."
ITUC Global Rights Index
Open Access. "The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a confederation of national trade union centres, each of which links the trade unions of that particular country. It was established on 1 November 2006, bringing together the organisations which were formerly affiliated to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL) as well as many national trade union centres which had no international affiliation at the time. The ICFTU and the WCL were dissolved in 2006 to pave way for the creation of the ITUC."
Pan-European Council of ITUC
Official website
The International Centre for Trade Union Rights
Official website. "Established in 1987, ICTUR is a non-profit organisation based in London, promoting international trade union rights through research and advocacy services."