[IER] McDonnell/Long-Bailey endorse IER; & how to avoid another Piper Alpha

Fri Jul 6 18:18:50 BST 2018

IER News Brief 06/07/18

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This week, the IER has been at the Unite Policy Conference in Brighton, at which both Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey confirmed their support <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5cd03fe477&e=71131c031b>  for the recommendations in our Manifesto for Labour Law <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ee3b1dcaa6&e=71131c031b> . Pictures, tweets and videos from the week are available here <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=667f144fbf&e=71131c031b> .

As the UK remembers the 167 workers killed at the explosion of the Piper Alpha oil rig 30 years ago, our experts also look at how health and safety legislation urgently needs to be updated to ensure such tragedies never happen again. David Whyte notes the concerning parallels between the fires at Piper Alpha and Grenfell Tower <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=99002b236f&e=71131c031b> ; while Phil James explains why the law should be reformed according to the principles of the IER's Manifesto for Labour Law <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=898fbc1578&e=71131c031b> . 

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	John McDonnell endorses IER at Unite Conference
The Institute of Employment Rights was at the Unite union conference this week, where Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell endorsed the proposals of our Manifesto for Labour Law, and we welcomed Shadow Business Minister Rebecca Long-Bailey to our fringe meeting.
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	£10 minimum wage would mean £5.6m boost for public purse, research shows
Increasing the minimum wage to £10 per hour for workers over the age of 18 would generate £5.6 million a year for the public purse, research by Landman Economics has shown.
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	COMMENT: Two neoliberal infernos: Grenfell, and Piper Alpha 30 years on
Professor David Whyte notes the disturbing parallels that can be drawn between the fires at Piper Alpha and Grenfell Tower: profit-before-safety, warnings ignored, 239 people dead. Britain’s oil bonanza and London’s gentrification, he says, have much in common. 
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	COMMENT: Shake it up: IER agenda for health and safety reform
Phil James says something has gone dangerously wrong at work and there needs to be a fundamental shake up of the system to provide better rights covering all workers, justice for those harmed by their jobs and more stringent, enforceable duties on employers.
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