dc.contributor.author | Madhuku, Lovemore | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Zimbabwe. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-03T13:32:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-03T13:32:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Madhuku, L. (1995) The Right to Strike in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Law Review (ZLRev.) vol. 12, (pp. 113-124.) UZ, Mt. Pleasant, Harare: Faculty of Law (UZ.) | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/6641 | |
dc.description | A ZLRev article on labour laws and the right to strike for Zimbabwean workers. | en |
dc.description.abstract | The right of workers to strike is probably the most controversial component of labour law. It raises complex questions. For instance, is the right to strike a human right? Does an individual worker have a right to strike? Should the law create and protect a right to strike? The list of questions could be continued ad infinitum. The complexity of the questions are compounded by the fact that the issue of a right to strike attracts very strong, and sometimes, deeply emotive and ideological views. A leading labour lawyer is often quoted in the following words as an example of these strongly expressed views:
There can be no equilibrium in industrial relations without a freedom to strike. In protecting that freedom, the law protects the legitimate expectations of workers that they can make use of their collective power: it corresponds to the protection of the legitimate expectations of management that it can use the right of property for the same purpose on its side ...’ | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Rights | en |
dc.subject | Work and Labour | en |
dc.title | The Right to Strike in Zimbabwe | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | University of Zimbabwe (UZ) | en |