The decision of the European Court of Human Rights in ASLEF v United Kingdom (27 February 2007) will require the government to re-visit the law relating to the right of trade unions to exclude and expel individuals because of their membership of political organisations perceived by trade unions...

The EU-UK TCA goes beyond the diluted, and at times tokenistic, protection of multilateral labour standards contained in the other FTAs concluded by the EU, e.g. with countries like Canada or South Korea.However, the few additional labour clauses it contains, and the overall weak supervision and...