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Friday 28 May 2010

BA anti-union discrimination could put UK government in the dock‏

Professor Keith Ewing writing on the Guardian website gives an overview of recent landmark decisions of the european court of human rights.

BA's punitive removal of travel benefits from strikers may lead to a complaint by Unite members to the Strasbourg court that their human rights have been violated and “any such complaint would be brought against the government, not the employer, for it is the legal responsibility of the government to ensure that treaty obligations are respected.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/27/will-europe-save-ba-strikers