[IER] IER News Brief 10/06/2016

[Sarah Glenister]

> IER News Brief 10/06/16	Follow us on Twitter	 
> news brief
> Friday 10th June 2016
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> We're gearing up to announce some exciting news in the next few weeks at a special Westminster launch. 
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> Entry is free and all are invited to be the first to learn about our new Manifesto for Labour Law. Our policy recommendations for the next Labour government place trade unions at the heart of employment issues and reconnect the labour movement with the state and employers, envisioning a future where all three stakeholders will work together for better jobs, more equality, and a stronger economy.
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> Led by our Chair John Hendy QC and President Professor Keith Ewing, the Manifesto was authored by 15 leading labour lawyers and academics from some of the UK's most prestigious universities. 
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> The official launch is set for 28 June at Westminster and speakers will include:
> John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor
> Ian Lavery, Shadow Minister for Trade Unions and Civil Society
> John Hendy QC, IER Chair and lead author of the Manifesto
> Professor Keith Ewing, IER President and lead author of the Manifesto
> Kevin Courtney, General Secretary, NUT
> Matt Wrack, General Secretary, FBU
> Ronnie Draper, General Secretary, BFAWU
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> Further details will be released in the coming weeks and the full Manifesto will be on sale later this month, but you can book your seat at the launch now.
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> Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences. Subscribe now
>  News and comment
> 		COMMENT: Irish Unions help regain lost ground 
> In the third of our EU comparative series, Dr Eugene Hickland and Professor Tony Dundon detail how the labour movement has remained resilient, and helped to build the economy, in Ireland despite the interference of the Troika. 
> > click here to read full story
> 		COMMENT: A Letter From London To Our French Comrades 
> John Hendy QC and Professor Keith Ewing write a letter of support to those currently protesting proposed changes to labour law in France. 
> > click here to read full story
>  IER fringes 2016
> 		UNISON Fringe: 21 June 2016, 12.45-1.45 
> Resisting the Trade Union Act is essential. Ensuring that resistance to the Act is at the heart of the fight back against this vicious and unrepresentative government is crucial. This fringe offers an early opportunity to discuss the content of the Act and how to resist.
> Syndicate 2, ground floor, Brighton Centre 
> 		Durham Fringe: 08 July 2016, 18:00 - 21:00 
> Speakers include Professor Keith Ewing (President, IER), John Hendy QC (Chair, IER), Davey Hopper (Secretary, Durham Miners' Association), and Napolean Gomez (President of Los Mineros from Mexico - Metal and Mineworkers)
> Bowes Room, Durham Marriott Hotel 
> 		Tolpuddle Fringe: 15 July 2016, 19:00 
> Speakers include Professor Keith Ewing (President, IER), Mark Serwotka (General Secretary of PCS), Joanne Kaye (South West Regional Secretary, Unison), Adrian Weir (Assistant National Secretary, CTUF) and Peter Hughes (South West Regional Secretary, UNITE)
> The Marquee 
>   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
> 		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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