[IER] The Purposes and Benefits of Sectoral Collective Bargaining

Fri May 12 17:46:18 BST 2017

IER News Brief 12/05/17

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We continue our Fact News series this week with the second piece by our Chair John Hendy QC and President Keith Ewing, who explain in this week's blog <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=84257027e7&e=71131c031b>  the purposes and benefits of sectoral collective bargaining following Labour's proposal to restore the practice across the UK economy.

If you missed last week's Fact News blog, you now have another chance to catch up, as the Morning Star will be publishing the series as a feature every Thursday. Last week's feature on sectoral collective bargaining can be found in the Morning Star here <http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=73f261841b&e=71131c031b> .

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