[IER] Working people must be given the chance to choose their path out of the crisis, union members say

[Sarah Glenister]

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> Friday 15th July 2016
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> We lead today with the agreement by delegates at Unite the Union's annual conference to call for the protection of workers' rights in post-EU Britain. See the full story in the news section below and click here for the Institute's plan for improving on workers' rights after the vote to leave the EU, which has been backed by Len McCluskey alongside other major union leaders, as well as gaining the support of Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Shadow Trade Union Minister Ian Lavery.
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>  News and comment
> 		“Working people must be given the chance to choose their path out of the crisis,” say union members
> Delegates at the policy conference of Unite the Union have called on the Labour Party to protect workers’ rights in post-EU Britain. 
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> 		COMMENT: The Labour Act, another step in the flexibilisation of French Labour Law
> Professor Sylvaine Laulom of the University Lumière Lyon 2 analyses the progression of and impact of France's much contested Labour Act - a Bill of labour law proposals that have led to mass protests across the country. 
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>  How can we protect workers' rights in post-EU Britain?
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> The Institute of Employment Rights brought together 15 leading labour lawyers and academics from some of the UK's most prestigious universities to propose 25 policy recommendations for the next Labour government. We believe the reforms we have put forward are even more crucial in post-EU Britain, where it is imperative that the redrafting of UK law is taken as an opportunity to improve the lives and rights of workers, rather than as an opening to further progress the unjust ambitions of neoliberalism.
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>  IER fringes 2016
> 		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)
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> 		Access to Justice: Exposing the myths: £6
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> 		Protect the right to strike: kill the bill: £5
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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’ and go on to drill down into one aspect of the government’s proposals – strike ballots.
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> 		The mythology of business: from £6
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> 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: Health and Safety Update 2016
> 04 October 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
> Unite the Union, Liverpool
> An update on problematic developments in health and safety legislation and what can be done to reverse their harmful effects. Topics include HSE's new strategy, the reduction in inspections, worker experiences of pursuing compensation, comparisons with other European countries and developments in the construction industry on worker engagement and mental health. . 
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> 		LONDON: Health and Safety Update 2016
> 18 October 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30
> Unite the Union, London
> An update on problematic developments in health and safety legislation and what can be done to reverse their harmful effects. Topics include HSE's new strategy, the reduction in inspections, worker experiences of pursuing compensation, comparisons with other European countries and developments in the construction industry on worker engagement and mental health. . 
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