[IER] Labour Party adopts IER Manifesto

Fri Sep 30 16:31:39 BST 2016

IER News Brief 30/09/16

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Friday 30th September 2016

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This has been an exciting and eventful week for the Institute of Employment Rights, as Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell used his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference to announce the Labour Party's adoption of the IER Manifesto for Labour Law <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=d5370382bf&e=71131c031b> .

Assistant General Secretary of UNITE Tony Burke also called on delegates to back the Manifesto in his speech in support of the hugely popular Composite 4, moved by UNITE, for a new industrial strategy.

Our 25 policy recommendations <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=54082a29d3&e=71131c031b>  aim to refocus employment law on collectively agreed pay and conditions that encourage fair increases in income and job security, rather than statutory minimums that unscrupulous employers either seek to evade or use to keep wages on the floor. As Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley said last week <http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a041bdab1d&e=71131c031b> : "I don’t set the minimum wage", before going on to blame the government for his company's meagre salaries and famously exploitative contracts. This is exactly the attitude to workers' rights our proposals seek to bring to an end.

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	Only three employers prosecuted for paying less than minimum wage
Only three of 700 employers identified as underpaying their workers have been prosecuted in the past two and half years.
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The IER's Manifesto for Labour Law was partly borne out of international comparison with Europe's strongest economies, where collective bargaining has served to create more equal and more resilient economies than in the UK.
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General Secretary of the TSSA Manuel Cortes has announced the union's official support for the IER's Manifesto for Labour Law- 25 policy recommendations that have become the blueprint for Labour Party policy on employment law.
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Ian Lavery, Shadow Minister for Trade Unions, has called on the Labour Party and trade union movement to unite against the Trade Union Act and to form policies that revolutionise the world of work.
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	John McDonnell: We're looking into practicalities of implementing IER Manifesto
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was a surprise guest speaker at our lunchtime fringe event at the Labour Party Conference today, and he took to the platform to tell the packed room that Labour has moved on from supporting the Manifesto to considering the details of its implementation.
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	John McDonnell: Labour "will look to implement the recommendations of the Institute of Employment Rights"
This morning, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell told the Labour Party Conference that a Labour government would look to implement the IER's Manifesto for Labour Law.
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