[IER] TUC Congress postponement & latest news from the IER

[Ben Sellers]

News brief 09/09/22   View this email in your browser 





TUC Congress postponed


The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has postponed its annual conference, due to start this weekend in Brighton, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.

Unfortunately, this development means that the IER has had to postpone its joint fringe meeting with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, due to have taken place at the Old Ship Hotel in Brighton on Sunday evening, and the celebration of former Director Carolyn Jones tenure at the IER, which was due to immediately follow our fringe meeting.


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Heading in the Wrong Direction: ‘Global Britain’ and ILO Standards on Industrial Action
“The narrative of the UK as a democratic crusader has an obvious blind-spot: the widening gap between its law on industrial action and ILO core labour standards on freedom of association.”

Important article by Ioannis Katsaroumpas


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Is the Prime Minister looking to truss the unions? 

“It is this spirit of resistance rather than pursuing the Government through the courts that may ensure that workers & unions say enough is enough not just to the cost-of-living crisis but to the anti-union laws as well.”

Adrian Weir on the new Prime Minister's plans 


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