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The European Trade Union Institute has produced 35 country factsheets that explain the latest legal situation. EPSU has also begun to add countries outside the European Union and candidate countries and a total of 48 countries are now covered. Each factsheet sets out the main legal basis for the right to strike, indicating which international standards the country has signed up to. It then runs through the main rules covering: * who has the right to call a strike, * definition of a strike, * who may participate in a strike, * procedural requirements, and * legal consequences of participating in a strike. The factsheet then looks at the case law of international and European bodies, including in particular the International Labour Organisation and Council of Europe. 1. Albania updated 2021 2. Armenia published 2020 3. Austria updated 2021 4. Azerbaijan published 2020 5. Belgium updated 2021 6. Bosnia & Hercegovina published 2020 7. Bulgaria updated 2021 8. Croatia updated 2021 9. Cyprus updated 2021 10. Czech Republic updated 2021 11. Denmark updated 2021 12. Estonia updated 2021 13. Finland updated 2021 14. France updated 2021 15. Georgia published 2020 16. Germany updated 2021 17. Greece updated 2021 18. Hungary updated 2021 19. Iceland updated 2021 20. Ireland updated 2021 21. Italy updated 2021 22. Kazakhstan published 2021 23. Kosovo published 2020 24. Kyrgyzstan published 2021 25. Latvia updated 2021 26. Lithuania updated 2021 27. Luxembourg updated 2021 28. Malta updated 2021 29. Moldova published 2020 30. Montenegro updated 2021 31. Netherlands updated 2021 32. North Macedonia updated 2021 33. Norway updated 2021 34. Poland updated 2021 35. Portugal updated 2021 36. Romania updated 2021 37. Russia published 2020 38. Serbia updated 2021 39. Slovakia updated 2021 40. Slovenia updated 2021 41. Spain updated 2021 42. Sweden updated 2021 43. Switzerland published 2021 44. Tajikistan published 2021 45. Turkey updated 2021 46. Ukraine published 2020 47. UK updated 2021 48. Uzbekistan published 2021 Europe * Log in to post comments * Printer-friendly version Policies Strike Union Rights More like this Aug. 03, 2021 2021 EPSU Collective Bargaining News August No.16 Right to strike – new country factsheets published Europe Forty-eight countries are now covered in EPSU’s library of factsheets on the right to strike. Information on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan was recently added to the EPSU website. Each factsheet sets out the main legal provisions covering strike action, including who can call a strike, procedural requirements and any limitations on the right to take action. There is also a section on international case law. The factsheets were launched jointly with the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) in 2019 with the ETUI coordinating production of factsheets on 34 Read more at EPSU S Feb. 15, 2019 2019 February epsucob@NEWS 04 EPSU-ETUI factsheets on the right to strike Europe With hundreds of thousands of public service workers taking strike action across Europe in recent weeks - in Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, the UK, Austria and Germany - it is timely that EPSU is publishing factsheets on the right to strike in 35 countries. The factsheets have been produced for EPSU by the European Trade Union Institute. Some groups of public service workers often face bans or restrictions on their right to strike and these factsheets set out the main rules. They also cover international case law and list international standards, such as International Labour Organisation Read more at EPSU (EN) S Jul. 28, 2020 2020 EPSU Collective Bargaining News August no.15 Right to strike - information now on 41 countries Europe EPSU has just published new factsheets on the right to strike in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia taking the total number of countries covered in this series to 41. This follows the addition of factsheets on Moldova, Russia and Ukraine earlier this year. Each factsheet sets out the main legal provisions and highlights any recent cases taken to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and/or the European Social Committee (ESC) of the Council of Europe. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have all been the subject of ILO and ESC cases. 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