"The Right to Strike Struck Down? An Analysis of Recent Trends", October 2016

The right to strike is under attack at the national and international levels…[A]lmost all…countries covered by the report have implemented legal measures and practices which violate the right to strike...[I]n the last 5 years 89 countries have been responsible for new violations, mainly in the guise of heavy-handed action against legitimate strikes and interference in the midst of strikes…[A]t the 2012 International Labour Conference the Employers’ Group challenged the right to strike protected by the ILO Convention No. 87 and questioned the role of the most authoritative international mechanism to bring violations of the right to strike to a global audience. The strengthening of alliances between workers, communities, academia and other democratic forces is critical in exposing this attack as an assault on the democratic space needed to build a more just society and in building power to ensure that all workers in all countries can exercise their fundamental right to strike...