[IER] New Keith Ewing publication available for order now

[Sarah Glenister]

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<http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/political-attack-workplace-representatio
n-legal-response> The political attack on workplace representation - a legal
response - available for order now



 

By Alan Bogg & K D Ewing

Published June 2013 - Presale now on

Legal experts respond to the Tory-led Coalition's attack on worker
representation in this timely report.

 



About the book


As the authors of this timely report note in their opening sentence, "There
is no shortage of laws protecting the right to be a trade union member and
to take part in the activities of a trade union". And yet, as the report
goes on to analyse, there is daily evidence that a growing number of trade
union representatives are suffering from blacklisting and victimisation.
Moreover, this is happening against a backdrop of a sustained and vindictive
campaign of attack from the government, the press and from right wing
pressure groups aimed at silencing the union voice at work.

The authors - Alan Bogg and Keith Ewing - outline the political nature of
these attacks, focusing on the victimisation of trade unionists by employers
and on government proposals to restrict workplace facilities for union
representatives. In both instances the authors consider the legality of the
attacks with reference to UK administrative law, UK labour law and human
rights law as established by the European Convention on Human Rights and
developed by recent case law at the European Court of Human Rights. The
authors conclude that the UK is "a rogue state" when measured against the
"modest yard stick of international human rights law" and they finish by
offering a "ten point manifesto as a blueprint for political action and
legal reform."

The publication opens with Forewords from Bob Crow, General Secretary of the
transport union, RMT and from Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the public
services union, PCS. It concludes with a useful appendix on the rights of
trade union representatives in other countries.


Two easy ways to order this book


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n-legal-response> Pay by debit/credit card or Paypal

2.     Or
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er%20form.pdf> download our booking form to pay by cheque


Free to subscribers


Free access to subscribers will commence on June 1st when the publication is
officially released.

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of the page where they will find a link to an electronic copy of the full
book for free.

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Sarah Glenister

IT Development and Communications Assistant

Institute of Employment Rights

4th Floor, Jack Jones House, 1 Islington, Liverpool, L3 8EG

0151 207 5265

 

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