Outlining the problems relating to the right to strike under British law, this book also looks at the matter of the payment of wages and unemployment benefit during a trade dispute. The systems in Ireland and Europe are also discussed in order to highlight options pursued in other jurisdictions.

Table of cases; Abbreviations; Introduction; Strikes and the Common Law; Industrial action and the payment of wages; Industrial action and unfair dismissal; Unemployment benefit: the trade dispute disqualification; Industrial action and social welfare; The social welfare tribunal in Ireland; Conclusion; Appendix 1. A note on litigation arising out of the ambulance workers' dispute 1989-90; Appendix 2. Poor law guardians and the General Strike; Bibliography; Index

`Keith Ewing makes a forceful contribution to the debate on alternative strategies in a study of the neglected area of the individual right to strike ... In different ways, Auerbach ("Legislating for Conflict") and Ewing illuminate key contemporary issues relevant to this unending debate.' Bob Simpson, Times Higher Education Supplement `The strengths of the book lie in the clear discussion of all aspects of the topic.' The Law Quarterly Review `this work is an important and scholarly contribution' Chartist 'Ewing's work is excellent in raising the questions which supporters of an individual right to strike have to answer and exposing the woefully inadequate answers currently given by the law in the United Kingdom.' Bob Simpson, London School of Economics, Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Vol. 42, No.4, Winter 1991 'an exhaustive statement of the various forms and sources of rule which affect an employee's right to take part in industrial action ... The book constitutes an important statement of the hazards and dangers which lie in wait for the employee contemplating industrial action.' Kenneth Miller, University of Strathclyde, Industrial Relations Journal 'this work is an important and scholarly contribution' John Sunderland, Chartist, Autumn 1991 'lucid and admirable book' Jack Barbash, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Industrial and Labor Relations Review