[IER] Labour Minister confirms support for IER reforms

Fri May 24 16:31:47 BST 2019

IER News Brief 24/05/19

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Last night at the annual PCS conference, Labour's Minister for Labour Laura Pidcock confirmed that the party would adopt key recommendations from the IER's Manifesto for Labour Law <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=542c0aa2c6&e=71131c031b> .

Speaking at a fringe meeting called Employment law, workers' rights and regulating bad practice under a Corbyn government, Pidcock said the Party planned to take forward the IER's proposals to establish a Ministry of Labour, re-instate sectoral collective bargaining and repeal the Trade Union Act 2016.

She said collective bargaining would be the "beating heart" of the new Ministry of Labour and, if done right, the new reforms could be the "largest transformation of power from bosses to workers".

Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of PCS, opened the meeting by calling for e-balloting for union ballots, the restoration of facility time and the right for unions to access workplaces to recruit and engage with workers.

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In this book, Keith Puttick examines the work-welfare interface through time, highlighting how changes in attitude and policy around the benefits system has had a deleterious effect on labour standards in the workplace. 

He concludes that in order to create an effective Welfare State, we must first overcome the shortcomings of the current system of labour rights. Drawing upon the IER’s influential Manifesto for Labour Law, he recommends the rollout of sectoral collective bargaining and stronger equality laws to encourage the creation of higher-paid, higher-quality work and improve its accessibility to all, thereby providing opportunities for those currently stuck in the benefits trap to become financially secure.

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