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Right to strike10

Police intervention during the course of the strike

  1. The Committee has recommended the dismissal of allegations of intervention by the police when the facts showed that such intervention was limited to the maintenance of public order and did not restrict the legitimate exercise of the right to strike.
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Digest: 2006642
  1. The use of police for strike-breaking purposes is an infringement of trade union rights.
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2747Iran (Islamic Republic of)360841
Digest: 2006643
  1. In cases of strike movements, the authorities should resort to the use of force only in grave situations where law and order is seriously threatened.
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2416Morocco3401024
2564Chile349611
2581Chad3511332
2832Peru3621333
2938Benin367227
Digest: 2006644
  1. While workers and their organizations have an obligation to respect the law of the land, the intervention by security forces in strike situations should be limited strictly to the maintenance of public order.
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2478Mexico356956
2938Benin367227
Digest: 2006645
  1. While workers and their organizations are obliged to respect the law of the land, police intervention to enforce the execution of a court decision affecting strikers should observe the elementary guarantees applicable in any system that respects fundamental public freedoms.
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2602Republic of Korea350697
Digest: 2006646
  1. The authorities should resort to calling in the police in a strike situation only if there is a genuine threat to public order. The intervention of the police should be in proportion to the threat to public order and governments should take measures to ensure that the competent authorities receive adequate instructions so as to avoid the danger of excessive violence in trying to control demonstrations that might undermine public order.
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2416Morocco3401025
2416Morocco340
2472Indonesia343966
2564Chile349611
2745Philippines3601073
2745Philippines3641001
2745Philippines370679
2747Iran (Islamic Republic of)360841
2760Thailand3591169
2792Brazil363375
3011Türkiye372650
3018Pakistan372494
Digest: 2006647
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