[IER] IER News Brief 20/05/2016

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news brief
Friday 20th May 2016
Many thanks to all who attended our Human Rights Vs. Bill of Rights: What's in it for workers? (http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=e76176c91b&e=d6817ec71e) event yesterday. Look out on our our website for the papers and report from the event, which we will upload in the next week and include in next Friday's News Brief.

Our next event focuses on the public sector and privatisation and will be held in London (http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=40553c164e&e=d6817ec71e) in June and Liverpool in July (http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=d1a6f6fb8b&e=d6817ec71e) .

Speaking at our London conference will be Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the PCS Union, which this week won its case against the Department for Work and Pensions for banning check-off arrangements (http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=6699e25f59&e=d6817ec71e) . As a result of the removal of check-off, PCS suffered significant financial losses and was forced to dedicate substantial resources to re-subscribing its members via direct debit. All of this conveniently made it more difficult for the union to stand up to swingeing public sector cuts.

Joining Mark are Matt Wrack, General Secretary of FBU; Neil Todd of Thompsons Solicitors; Kate Ewing & Matthew Egan of UNISON’s home care workers project; Dr Lydia Hayes of Cardiff University and economist Andrew Fisher.

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News and comment
Public sector Check-off ban unlawful, High Court rules
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has won a case against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after the government scrapped check-off for civil service workers.
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EU Cameron agrees to NHS protection in TTIP, but Corbyn warns the battle is not won
David Cameron has agreed to an amendment on TTIP to protect the NHS, but leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn has warned that there are still many risks to the trade deal.
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David Whyte and David Ellis COMMENT: British people on corruption in their own country: it’s far from squeaky clean
David Whyte and David Ellis of the University of Liverpool explain the results of their latest research, which showed a high degree of concern among British voters over corruption among politicians and corporations.
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Publications
EU Developments Access to Justice: Exposing the myths: £6
By Andrew Moretta
In the second of IER’s series of Mythbusters, Andrew Moretta considers the many myths surrounding access to justice, including the narrative surrounding the “red tape” and “burdens on business” ideology, which he believes paved the way for systematic attacks on the tribunal system.
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Kill the Bill 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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Ballot Thresholds 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’ and go on to drill down into one aspect of the government’s proposals – strike ballots.
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Keithe Ewing 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
EU Developments LONDON: Public Sector cuts, Privatisation and Employment Rights
15 June 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
Unite the Union, London
How far has the Government gone towards its promised British Bill of Rights? More importantly, how would such changes impact on the rights of UK citizens at work, in society and in the economy?
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EU Developments LIVERPOOL: Public Sector cuts, Privatisation and Employment Rights
05 July 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
Unite the Union, Liverpool
How far has the Government gone towards its promised British Bill of Rights? More importantly, how would such changes impact on the rights of UK citizens at work, in society and in the economy?
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