First blood to unions in key EU pay case

Author (Person)	Tait, Nikki
Series Title	Financial Times
Series Details	29.5.07
Publication Date	24/05/2007
Content Type	News
	Report of the Advocates General Opinions in two important cases in the European Court of Justice where there is a clash between workers' rights and the principles of the freedom of establishment. The news of the judgements in the two cases given in December 2007 are noted in the ECJ Press Release, No.88 and 98, 2007 accessible via the related url hyperlinks.
Related Links	European Court of Justice: Press Release, No.37, 2007: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-438/05 The International Transport Workers' Federation et The Finnish Seamen's Union http://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp07/aff/cp070037en.pdf European Court of Justice: Press Release, No.36, 2007: Opinion of the Advocate General in the case C-341/05 Laval un Partneri http://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp07/aff/cp070036en.pdf European Court of Justice: ECJ Case C-341/05 http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-341/05 European Court of Justice: ECJ case C-438/05 http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-438/05 ECJ: Press Release, No.88, 2007 http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2009-02/cp070088en.pdf ECJ: Press Release, No.98, 2007 http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2009-02/cp070098en.pdf
Subject Categories	Employment and Social Affairs, Internal Markets, Law
Countries / Regions	Sweden