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The Extent Of The Right To Strike In Nigerian Labour Law, Christian Chizindu Wigwe Ph.D

Christian Chizindu Wigwe Ph.D

A treatment of the fundamental rights to freedom of expression and of movement and the rights to peaceful assembly and association cannot be exhaustive without a thorough insight into the right of organized labour to picket or mount pressure with a view to currying favours. This is because all over the world, the right of labour to picket vis-à-vis the need to maintain peace, law and order has been a contentious constitutional issue. This paper examines the right of workers to embark on strike and the place of law in regulating issues of strike. It takes the view that there …