Professor Sean Cooney

Consultant (International Labour Organization, Switzerland); Co-Director of Studies, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne

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Strike signs line the sidewalk as members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild walk the picket line

Politics & Society

International court to decide if we have a ‘right to strike’

Employers are challenging the legal principle on which the ‘right to strike’ is based in the International Court of Justice. The outcome could change labour laws around the world

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Business & Economics

Working hard to make work fairer

A proactive model helps the Fair Work Ombudsman track down unscrupulous employers who exploit or underpay their workers

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