[IER] A bonfire of our rights

[Ben Sellers]

News brief 16/09/22   View this email in your browser 





Beware: A bonfire of our rights is planned


The task facing the trade unions is enormous, as not only are employers cutting wages and jobs, the Tories are attempting to violate international law to severely limit workplace organisation, warn Professor Keith Ewing & John Hendy KC of the IER:

“The trade unions are all that stand between the working class and catastrophe.”

Originally published in the Morning Star, this is a vital read.


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The right to strike is under threat in Europe, too.
The right to strike is at risk in a new EU proposal - a Regulation for a Single Market Emergency Instrument. Via the ETUC.


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The Hazards Campaign rejects the political hijacking of the HSE

The UK Hazards Campaign is deeply concerned at the political hijacking of the Health and Safety enforcement (HSE) authority, which again has rejected a representative nominated from the TUC on to the HSE Board, which replaced the HSC. 


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ETUC Brian Bercusson Award 2023
 
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has instituted an award to honour the outstanding and dynamic scientific work, of great value to the European trade union movement, of the late labour law Professor Brian Bercusson: the ETUC Brian Bercusson Award. 


Details here 



TUC Long Covid Support Survey

The TUC and Long Covid Support want to gather up to date information and evidence on the impacts on working people, including people who have lost their jobs.  


Complete the survey here 



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