[IER] IER New Year Event: Setting an alternative agenda

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One not to miss!! 



Wednesday 11th February 2015, London

Go to website or use the attached booking form

COSTS  
£25 IER subscribers and members
£50 Trade Unions 
£100 Commercial 

PLEASE NOTE: the cost of the conference does not include lunch. Places are
limited, with some reserved for the press, so please book early to secure
your place.

 

Fantastic line-up of speakers including:

 

Leaders

 

Natalie Bennett, Green Party

 

Christine Blower, NUT General Secretary

 

Jon Cruddas MP, Chair, Labour Party’s National Policy Forum

Billy Hayes, CWU General Secretary

Len McCluskey, Unite General Secretary

Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary

Mark Serwotka, PCS General Secretary

Matt Wrack, FBU General Secretary

 

IER Experts

Simon Deakin, IER member and author

Keith Ewing, IER President

John Hendy, IER Chair

Aileen McColgan, IER Vice President

Sonia McKay, IER Vice President

Thompsons Solicitors, IER EC members

 

For anyone interested in the future of collective labour law and workers
rights, this is definitely one not to miss! 

 


 


As we rapidly approach the next general election, Britain’s working
population and, in particular, its 6½ million trade unionists need to know
how their economic wellbeing is going to improve under a new government. It
has been said that the next general election will be won or lost on the
issue of employment rights. Whether it’s the growth in zero hour contracts,
the attacks on pension provision, the undermining of collective bargaining,
the limitations on trade union action, the exploitation of agency workers,
the restrictions on access to justice or the ease with which employers can
impose redundancies – workers and their families can see the injustices in
the system and want change. 

The IER is at the forefront of highlighting the devastating impact of the
current Government’s labour law policies. Our publications have covered
issues ranging from the undermining of TUPE protections, attacks on facility
time for trade union representatives and the weakening of health and safety
protections for all workers. But along with highlighting the damaging policy
decisions of the Government, we also need to offer policy proposals – and
this conference aims to do just that.

This year, IER celebrated its 25th anniversary and the theme of our
anniversary year was “What kind of laws should trade unions demand from an
incoming government.” That theme ran consistently throughout IER’s 2014
events, during which we fine-tuned our policy proposals. 

This one day conference will conclude that process, bringing together a
platform of labour leaders, policy makers and legal experts to discuss the
way forward for the labour movement. At the conference, you will have an
opportunity to put your questions and ideas to key influencers and decision
makers in our ‘Question Time’ style session in the morning. In the
afternoon, you can hear trade union general secretaries give their views on
the kind of laws trade unions want to see under the next government. 

The conference will be a key event in the run-up to the general election for
trade unionists, academics, lawyers and anyone with an interest in workers’
rights and trade union freedoms. This is an opportunity to set out what we
expect from an incoming government and change the narrative around the world
of work.


 


 


 



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