Blockade

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Blockade

Trade unions can decide to begin a blockade or strike against a company in order to make the company pay wages according to collective agreements or to exert pressure on the company to sign such an agreement.

The European Court of Justice decided on 11 December 2007 in the so-called Viking case and on 18 December 2007 in the Vaxholm-Laval-case that industrial action such as strikes or blockades by trade unions may be illegal when workers are acting for higher salaries than the state minimum or a generally accepted and published salary for a particular occupation.

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