[IER] IER News Brief: 19/02/2016

[Sarah Glenister]

IER News Brief 19/02/16	Follow us on Twitter	 
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Friday 19th February 2016

This week, we report on our Spring Rally for trade union rights and keep you up to date on the latest debates on the Trade Union Bill.

Don't forget our Liverpool EU Developments: has social Europe disintegrated? conference on 09 March 2016, which follows our popular event on the topic in London.

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 News and comment
		Spain: Airbus 8 Acquitted!
In a ruling on 16th February, a Spanish court acquitted eight Airbus aerospace workers facing prison terms of eight years and three months each for having participated in a peaceful strike in 2010.  
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		HoL debate: Trade Union Bill 'will lengthen conflict and increase litigation'
Peers from across parties have argued new legislation in the Trade Union Bill has no justification and will agitate rather than resolve conflict between employers and unions. 
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		COMMENT: We can't allow the Tories to arrogantly flout international law
Director of the IER Carolyn Jones explains the International Labour Organization's complaint on the Trade Union Bill and why it is important we do not allow the Tories to ignore it.
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		RALLY REPORT: Kill the Bill and beyond – NUT Mander Hall 11th February 2016 
James Harrison reports on last week's packed rally, co-organised with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, People's Assembly, Class and the Trade Union Coordinating Group. 
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  Publications
		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.
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		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’.
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		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.
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  Events
		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? Is social Europe growing or withering?  Come along to this conference where we hope to inform your decision.
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