[IER] Owen Smith policies mirror IER proposals

[Sarah Glenister]

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news brief
Friday 29th July 2016
We're delighted to see another Labour MP support the proposals we made in
our Manifesto for Labour Law
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as Owen Smith joins the call
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 for the reinstatement of a Ministry of Labour and the repeal of the Trade
Union Act 2016.

He also appeared to back our call for sectoral collective bargaining,
saying: "We’d bring people together industry by industry to secure better
terms and conditions, particularly concentrating on sectors notorious for
poor pay like retail and hospitality."

Our Manifesto
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which also includes policies such as introducing criminal penalties for
blacklisters and giving workers the right to strike, was initially backed
by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Shadow Minister for Trade Unions
Ian Lavery on 28 June 2016
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.

It is great news for the UK that leading members of the Labour Party are
taking seriously the progressive reform of workers' rights, especially in a
post-EU environment where it is imperative that we build on employment law
rather than allow those on the right to resort to more austerity and
further cuts to workers' protections.

Our Manifesto for Labour Law
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further support.

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 News and comment
[image: Manifesto] Owen Smith workers' policies mirror IER Manifesto
Owen Smith has today announced his policies as part of his challenge to
Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party, including the restructuring
of workers' rights in a way that mirrors the Institute of Employment
Rights' Manifesto for Labour Law, already backed by Corbyn's team.
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[image: Manifesto] GMB Chief: IER Manifesto will help fight against bogus
self employment
General Secretary of the GMB Tim Roache says the Institute of Employment
Rights' Manifesto for Labour Law - 25 policies for the next Labour
government - will help in the fight against bogus self employment.
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[image: Workers' Rights] PM’s head of policy wants to scrap employment
rights
Prime Minister Theresa May has hired George Freeman as the head of her
policy board, giving backing to a man who believes people working for newly
created firms should have no employment rights at all.
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  Publications
[image: 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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[image: 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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[image: 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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[image: 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
[image: EU Developments] LIVERPOOL: Health and Safety Update 2016

*04 October 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30Unite 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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[image: EU Developments] LONDON: Health and Safety Update 2016

*18 October 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30Unite 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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[image: ELU London] LONDON: Employment Law Update 2016

*09 November 2016 - 09:30 - 15:15Unite the Union, London*
Our annual Employment Law Update brings together legal and academic experts
with a representative from the TUC. This year we are very pleased that our
event will be opened with a keynote address from the President of the
Tribunals, Judge Brian Doyle, updating us with an inside account of the
current ET practices and procedures. .
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[image: ELU Liverpool] LIVERPOOL: Employment Law Update 2016

*29 November 2016 - 09:30 - 15:15Unite the Union, Liverpool*
Our annual Employment Law Update brings together legal and academic experts
with a representative from the TUC. This year we are very pleased that our
event will be opened with a keynote address from the President of the
Tribunals, Judge Brian Doyle, updating us with an inside account of the
current ET practices and procedures. .
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