Workers’ rights around the world and also in Europe “are at their worst level in at least a decade as a result of government crackdowns on the right to strike and union busting by employers”, according to the International Confederation of Labour’s ‘Global Rights Index’, published on Monday 2 June by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
According to the Index, “41% of European countries have violated the right to form and join a trade union. 37% of European countries...