[IER] News Brief 31/01/2014

Fri Jan 31 16:31:17 GMT 2014

News Brief 31/01/2014

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This week written by Laura Ryder

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Pay and Benefits

·         Lib Dems push controversial pension scheme (29/01/2014)

Trade union rights

·         Tories won't apologize for miners' strike (30/01/2014)

·         "Good Chance" Tory manifesto will make strikes almost impossible
(30/01/2014)

·         Tories want to minimise Human Rights Charter (30/01/2014)

Equality

·         Tory MPs propose a ban on HIV positive immigrants coming to
Britain (30/01/2014)

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Public rally: Hands off our Unions, defend our right to resist austerity

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On Tuesday 11 February at 6:30pm, at the Camden Centre in London, the
Institute of Employment Rights (IER) will be holding a public rally
co-hosted by the People's Assembly and the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom.
Come along to fight for union rights with speakers Len McCluskey, General
Secretary of Unite the Union; Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the Public
and Commercial Services Union; comedian Francesca Martinez; and Chair of the
IER John Hendy QC.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/public-rally-hands-our-unions-defend-our-right-r
esist-austerity> Read more...

Pay and benefits

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ng-mass-redundancies>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/home-office-dishes-out-%C2%A365m-bonuses-followi
ng-mass-redundancies> Home Office dishes out £6.5m in bonuses following mass
redundancies

The Home Affairs Committee has published a report on the work of the
Permanent Secretary, which showed that the Home Office has paid huge bonuses
to its staff despite the government making hundreds of thousands of people
redundant due to the ‘financial situation’.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/home-office-dishes-out-%C2%A365m-bonuses-followi
ng-mass-redundancies> Read more...

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andards-are-not-about-recover>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/real-wages-have-been-falling-1970s-and-living-st
andards-are-not-about-recover> Real wages have been falling since the 1970s
and living standards are not about to recover

Two pieces of research published today (31 January 2014) show that real
wages have been falling since Thatcher's era in the 1980s, while weak
economic recovery under the Coalition does not mean that living standards
will recover just yet.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/real-wages-have-been-falling-1970s-and-living-st
andards-are-not-about-recover> Read more...

TUPE

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 <http://www.ier.org.uk/news/new-tupe-regulations-come-effect> New TUPE
regulations come into effect

The Coalition's new TUPE regulations came into effect today (31 January
2014), weakening protection for workers whose jobs are being transferred to
a new employer.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/new-tupe-regulations-come-effect> Read more...

Health and safety

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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/cameron-boasts-cuts-safety-regulations> Cameron
boasts of cuts to safety regulations

Prime Minister, David Cameron announced yesterday, 28 January 2014, that
80,000 pages of environmental protections and building guidelines have been
torn up in order to cut costs and to invest in construction.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/cameron-boasts-cuts-safety-regulations> Read
more...

Trade union rights

<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/etuc-troikas-policy-austerity-and-deregulation-d
enounced>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/etuc-troikas-policy-austerity-and-deregulation-d
enounced> ETUC: Troika's policy of austerity and deregulation denounced

Yesterday, 27 January 2014, the ETUC brought to light the results of their
investigation into the activities of the Troika in various countries.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/etuc-troikas-policy-austerity-and-deregulation-d
enounced> Read more...

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Woolworths victory taken to CJEU appeal

A landmark victory by trade union Usdaw is being appealed against by the
government at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/woolworths-victory-taken-cjeu-appeal> Read
more...

<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/pda-invited-declare-incompatibility-between-uk-l
aw-and-human-rights>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/pda-invited-declare-incompatibility-between-uk-l
aw-and-human-rights> PDA invited to declare incompatibility between UK law
and human rights

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union (PDA) has been invited by the
High Court to make an application for a declaration of incompatibility
between UK law and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) after the
union was refused recognition by Boots Management Services.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/pda-invited-declare-incompatibility-between-uk-l
aw-and-human-rights> Read more...

<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-demand-apology-tory-reaction-miners-strik
e>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-demand-apology-tory-reaction-miners-strik
e> Labour demands apology for Tory reaction to miners' strike

Labour is asking the government to issue an apology on behalf of Margret
Thatcher's administration during the 1984-85 miners' strike.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-demand-apology-tory-reaction-miners-strik
e> Read more...

<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/tories-refuse-apologise-plan-disrupt-strike-troo
ps>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/tories-refuse-apologise-plan-disrupt-strike-troo
ps> Tories refuse to apologise for plan to disrupt strike with troops

The Conservative Party has refused to issue an apology on behalf of Margaret
Thatcher’s government for its plans to send troops in to break up the
miners’ strike and for lying to the public about the scale of pit shutdowns.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/tories-refuse-apologise-plan-disrupt-strike-troo
ps> Read more...

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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/tory-wants-minimise-effect-human-rights-charter>
Tory wants to minimise effect of human rights charter

The Tory government wants to establish a clear legal precedent so that the
European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights only has a minimal role in
British courts.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/tory-wants-minimise-effect-human-rights-charter>
Read more...

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l-make-it-nigh-impossible-strike>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/%E2%80%9Cgood-chance%E2%80%9D-tory-manifesto-wil
l-make-it-nigh-impossible-strike> "Good chance" Tory manifesto will make it
nigh impossible to strike

London mayor Boris Johnson has said there is a “good chance” the
Conservative Party Manifesto for 2015 will include tougher restrictions on
union balloting practice, which will make it nigh impossible for workers to
strike.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/%E2%80%9Cgood-chance%E2%80%9D-tory-manifesto-wil
l-make-it-nigh-impossible-strike> Read more...

Lobbying Bill

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fail>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/lobbying-bill-become-law-after-lords-amendments-
fail> Lobbying Bill to become law after Lords amendments fail

The controversial Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade
Union Administration Bill is to become law after it passed through the Lords
without amendments.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/lobbying-bill-become-law-after-lords-amendments-
fail> Read more...

Pensions

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Controversial pension scheme is not an option

Despite controversy and uncertainty the Lib Dem minister is trying to push
forward a new pensions scheme that could be potentially detrimental to
pensioners and their later life income.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/controversial-pension-scheme-not-option> Read
more...

<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/indirect-employees-receiving-poorer-pension-cove
rage>
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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/indirect-employees-receiving-poorer-pension-cove
rage> Indirect employees receiving poorer pension coverage

On Monday, 27 January 2014, a group of university cleaners kicked off a
three day strike as part of their 'three things' campaign.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/indirect-employees-receiving-poorer-pension-cove
rage> Read more...

Inequality

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<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/spending-cuts-will-hit-deprived-areas-hardest>
Spending cuts will hit deprived areas hardest

The Labour party has claimed that the communities who will suffer most from
the local government cuts will be the more disadvantaged areas in England.
Statistics show that between the years of 2010/11 and 2015/16, the
percentage cut in spending will rise ten times in the more deprived
communities than the better off ones.
<http://www.ier.org.uk/news/spending-cuts-will-hit-deprived-areas-hardest>
Read more...

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mployed>
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sist_custom.jpgWorkers' rights

<http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/lord-freud-celebrates-reserve-army-desperate-une
mployed> Lord Freud celebrates reserve army of desperate unemployed

By Sarah Glenister, IER staff

In a speech yesterday (28 January 2014) to the National Youth Employment
Summit, Lord Freud celebrated the new “flexibility” of workers expected
following the introduction of Universal Credit (UC).
<http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/lord-freud-celebrates-reserve-army-desperate-une
mployed> Read more...

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