CHALLENGING ANTI-UNION LAWS

RMT helpline 0800 3763706 :: june 2010 :: RMTnews 12 RMT is launching an unprecedented challenge to the UK’s anti-trade union laws in the European Court of Human Rights. Papers on behalf of RMT will be lodged by union solicitors with the European Court – not to be confused with the European Court of Justice which is a European Union institution. RMT will argue on behalf of its members that its ability to organise industrial action to protect its members is restricted by UK law in a breach of Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights CHALLENGING ANTI-UNION LAWS RMT takes legal action against UK anti-trade union laws in European Court of Human Rights