Trade union collective rights ruling [ECJ] News
Trade union collective rights ruling [ECJ]

Laval un Partneri Ltd. v. Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet, Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundets avd. 1, Byggettan, and Svenska Elektrikerförbundet, European Court of Justice, December 18, 2007 [ruling that a Swedish trade union illegally blocked a Latvian construction company from completing a job in Sweden when the company refused to pay its Latvian employees Swedish wage levels]. Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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