Acts of Dispute

Abstract

The Constitution guarantees the ‘right to act collectively’ for all workers. Both in actual industrial relations and in labour law theory the term ‘act of dispute’ is frequently used to mean a variety of union actions for strike purposes. The Labour Relations Adjustment Law gives the following definitions of ‘labour dispute’ and ‘act of dispute’. ‘Labour dispute’ means ‘a disagreement over claims arising between the parties concerned with labour relations regarding labour relations and resulting in either the occurrence of an act of dispute or in conditions where there is the danger of an act of dispute occurring’ (Art. 6 of the Labour Relations Adjustment Law). ‘Act of dispute’ means’ strikes, go-slows, lock-outs and other acts and counter-acts hampering the normal course of work in an enterprise and performed by the parties concerned with labour relations with the object of attaining their respective claims’ (Art. 7 of the same law).