The right to strike varies considerably across Europe, often with specific rules and restrictions imposed on public service workers. 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.
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Albania updated 2021
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Armenia published 2020
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Austria updated 2021
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Azerbaijan published 2020
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Belgium updated 2021
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Bosnia & Hercegovina
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Bulgaria updated 2021
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Croatia updated 2021
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Cyprus updated 2021
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Czech Republic updated 2021
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Denmark updated 2021
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Estonia updated 2021
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Finland updated 2021
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France
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Georgia published 2020
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Germany updated 2021
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Greece updated 2021
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Hungary
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Iceland
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Ireland updated 2021
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Italy
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Kazakhstan published 2021
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Kosovo
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Kyrgyzstan published 2021
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Latvia updated 2021
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Lithuania updated 2021
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Moldova published 2020
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Montenegro
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Netherlands updated 2021
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Northern Macedonia
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Norway
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Poland
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Portugal
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Romania
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Russia published 2020
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Serbia
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland published 2021
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Tajikistan published 2021
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Turkey
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Ukraine published 2020
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UK updated 2021
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Uzbekistan published 2021

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