Strike Ballots, Democracy, and Law

by Catrina Denvir, Shae McCrystal, Alice Orchiston, et al.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198869894
• ISBN13: 9780198869894
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.5"