Estonia: it is still illegal to strike in the public sector

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Trade unions keep trying to change the law. But government and Parliament do not want to give civil servants the right to strike. (Ref. 06160)
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Estonian public authorities are consistently refusing to adopt legal amendments allowing public servants to take industrial actions in cases for defending their labour interests and rights.

The right to strike is provided in the § 29 of the Constitution of Estonia. The Collective Labour Dispute Resolution Act (CLDRA), passed 5 May 1993, establishes procedures and conditions to exercise this right. But the above-mentioned Act forbids public servants in government agencies and other state bodies a

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