Two important acts for the future of labour relations in Europe were at sake before the Community judges this week. The two very awaited cases, which confront trade unions' right to collective action with the free provision of services and workers' posting, were indeed pled on January 9th before the CJEC. (Ref. 070019)
The Laval case challenges the social models which grant total autonomy to the social partners. Which fate awaits those countries which rest on strong traditions of regulation via collective bargaining confronted to the posting of workers from a member State with weaker social rights? This is the major question of the decision which will be given in the Laval case (C-341/05) which was pled during 6 hours in front of Community judges on last January 9th. This case opposes a Latvian company which
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