ILO principles concerning the right to strike

This, the first synthesis of ILO principles on the right to strike, is the result of a thorough review of the decisions taken on this question by the bodies supervising the application of ILO standards - the (tripartite) Comm ittee on Freedom of Association and the (independent) Committee of Experts on the: Application of Conventions and Recommendations. Included is a selec tion of restrictions on the right to strike commonly found in national legi slation, culled From cases recently examined by the Committee of Experts. T he authors are lawyers in the International Labour Standards Department, an d thus well placed to provide this authoritative review.