WORKER’S RIGHT TO STRIKE UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW: COMPARING POSITIONS IN UNITED KINGDOM, NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA

Abstract

Strikes are as a result of conflicts in industrial relations. It is an essential tool of trade unions all over the world for the defense and promotion of the rights and interests of their members and thus protected by both international instruments and state legislations. However, because of the perceived adverse consequence of this right on the economy, states have always controlled or restricted its use through legislations. This paper will examine the relevant legislations as regards the right to strike in international Law, vis-a-vis the provision in Nigeria, South Africa and UK to elicit the many conditions which precipitates a lawful strike, to show that these conditions hamper the smooth exercise of this right. It examines the ECHR decisions as regards the right to strike and what it portends for BREXIT.