[IER] IER News Brief: 05/02/2016

[Sarah Glenister]


IER News Brief 05/02/16	Follow us on Twitter	 
news brief
Friday 05th February 2016

The programme for our EU debate next week has now been announced and there is still time to book your place!

 EU Austerity, Economic Causes – Economic Consequences Prof. John Foster, University of West Scotland 
The systematic attack on collective bargaining Prof. Keith Ewing, King’s College London and IER 
Unison’s opinion on the EU Jane Carolan, Unison 
Workers and Trade Union Rights: the dilemma of the EU referendum John Hendy QC, Old Square Chambers and IER 
'Free Movement and Workers' Rights Michael Doherty, Maynooth University Department of Law 
TTIP & the EU Linda Kaucher, StopTTIPuk 

Click here to book your place    

Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences. Subscribe now
 News and comment
		JCHR: Potential for human rights breaches in Trade Union Bill
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has reported on the Trade Union Bill, noting the potential for breaches of international human rights law in some of the legislation the government has proposed.  
> click here to read full story
		Peers amend Trade Union Bill to be less punitive to unions
Further amendments have been made to the Trade Union Bill across parties, with the intention largely to weaken legislation that would be overly punitive toward trade unions.  
> click here to read full story
		Peers press govt to halve ballot thresholds in public services
The Welsh Assembly this week voted against giving consent to Westminster to legislate for the 40% support threshold on strike ballots, additional regulation around facility time, and the removal of 'check-off' arrangements in the Welsh public sector. 
> click here to read full story
		Labour peers propose e-balloting & uphold international standards in Trade Union Bill 
Labour peers have proposed new amendments to the Trade Union Bill to introduce e-balloting for trade unions and uphold international standards in the definition of “essential” public services. 
> click here to read full story
		Baroness Donaghy amends against 2-week notice period for industrial action
Labour peer Baroness Donaghy has proposed an amendment to the Trade Union Bill to fight back against legislation to double the notice period trade unions have to give employers of industrial action. 
> click here to read full story
 Consultation responses and briefings
		Picketing and the Trade Union Bill: Written Evidence
Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC warn that if union activists feel intimidated and are reticent to volunteer as picket supervisors, this could have a chilling effect on industrial action as a whole, weakening workers’ rights. 
> click here to read full story
		Trade Union Bill: Written Evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights
Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC provide detailed evidence as to how the Bill breaches international law, explaining:
> click here to read full story
 SPRING RALLY: The Trade Union Bill and Beyond

  Publications
		Labour Law Highlights 2015: £8
By Rebecca Tuck, Stuart Brittenden, Betsan Criddle & Claire Bowsher-Murray
This year’s Labour Law Highlights provides a timely summary of the government’s priority labour law policy areas. No surprise then that it starts with an overview and critical analysis of the Trade Union Bill, including its restrictions on the right to strike and proposals to remove long established check-off and facility time arrangements.
> click here to read more and purchase
		Protect the right to strike: kill the bill: £5
By John Hendy QC & Professor Keith Ewing
Two leading experts on trade union rights – Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC – publish a short but comprehensive overview of the Trade Union Bill and its implications.
> click here to read more and purchase
		The Conservative Government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: The challenge to trade unions: from £6
By Professor Ralph Darlington and Dr John Dobson
According to the authors of this timely report, the government is attempting to rush into law ‘the most sweeping and radical tightening of rules on industrial action since the Thatcher era of the 1980’s’. They warn that such proposals could result in ‘the biggest showdown over industrial relations for a generation’.
> click here to read more and purchase
		The mythology of business: from £6
By David Whyte
The ‘myths’ that this publication takes into consideration are the kind of things that politicians now routinely say without thinking. Yet these 10 myths have very little foundation in reality and are rarely, if ever, accompanied with any concrete evidence to support them.
> click here to read more and purchase
  Events
		LONDON: EU Developments: has social Europe disintegrated? 
09 February 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
GMB, London
Does the EU protect our rights at work and promote prosperity and jobs? Or is it a ‘bosses club’ that places freedom of capital over workers’ rights? Still undecided on whether to vote yes or no in the referendum? Come along to this conference where we hope to inform your decision.
> click here to read more
		SPRING RALLY: The Trade Union Bill and Beyond - Fighting the Anti-Union Laws
11 February 2016 - 6.30pm
Mander Hall, NUT, London
Supporting the TUC's Heart Unions Week, we will be holding a FREE Spring Rally in conjunction with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom in London.
> click here to read more
		LIVERPOOL: EU Developments: has social Europe disintegrated?
09 March 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool
Does the EU protect our rights at work and promote prosperity and jobs? Or is it a ‘bosses club’ that places freedom of capital over workers’ rights?Still undecided on whether to vote yes or no in the referendum? Come along to this conference where we hope to inform your decision.
> click here to read more
To unsubscribe, please contact sarah at ier.org.uk.
Produced by:
Institute of Employment Rights,
4th Floor, Jack Jones House
1 Islington
Liverpool L3 8EG
0151 207 5265
www.ier.org.uk

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/ier-elist/attachments/20160205/9e1a835b/attachment-0001.html>