[IER] IER News Brief 27/05/2016

[Sarah Glenister]

> IER News Brief 27/05/16	Follow us on Twitter	  
> news brief
> Friday 27th May 2016
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> You can now download the papers and presentations of speakers at our Human Rights Vs. Bill of Rights: What's in it for workers? event and read the conference report, this time authored by Bob Kelly.
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> In June and July we will be holding four further events, two on public sector and privatisation in London and Liverpool, and two free events at the Durham Miners' Gala on 08 July and Tolpuddle Martyr's Festival on 15 July.
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>  News and comment
> 		COMMENT: Troika-imposed neoliberalism undermines basic employment rights in Romania 
> In the second of our EU comparative series, Lecturer in Human Resources Managament at Dublin City University Dr Aurora Trif explains how the Troika has imposed a neoliberalist economic strategy on Romania, leading to a decline in workers' wages and conditions. 
> > click here to read full story
>  IER & CTUF at Tolpuddle and Durham
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>   Publications
> 		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.
> > 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’ and go on to drill down into one aspect of the government’s proposals – strike ballots.
> > 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: 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?
> > click here to read more
> 		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?
> > click here to read more
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