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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Molly Quell

The United Nations' top court will issue an advisory opinion on the right to strike

World Court Strike - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The United Nations’ top court is set Thursday to issue a landmark advisory opinion on the right to strike, clarifying whether employees are lawfully allowed to walk off the job.

The 15 judges at the International Court of Justice were asked in 2023 by the International Labor Organization, a U.N. agency, to settle an internal dispute over whether one of the ILO’s conventions gives workers the right to strike.

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