[IER] The Right to Strike 2023 (free events in London and Liverpool)

[Ben Sellers]

News brief 24/01/23   View this email in your browser 





The Right to Strike 2023


These are free IER events that look at the recent attacks on the right to strike, and how the trade union movement might respond.

Unlike other countries the UK does not have a constitutional or legal right to strike. Instead, we have a limited right to not be dismissed for taking part in industrial action. Collective and industrial rights have been chipped away by successive Governments over the last 40 years, often underpinned by economic and political myths. However, with the recent cost of living crisis and unions now responding to plummeting wage values, the array of legal caveats on workers’ rights are functioning as a restriction on unions to stop them from fighting for their members rights.
There is now a greater need for unions to oppose such measures and demand a fair alternative for workers. The IER has just produced a pamphlet ‘Workers’ Rights in Times of Crisis’ which analyses the economic context of these attacks, as well as the recent and proposed attacks on workers’ rights. It discusses what the legal, industrial, and political implications of these attacks may be, but more importantly discusses an alternative to the current punitive chaos for workers, by exploring ideas on a Workers Bill of Rights. Delegates will receive a free copy.
Our free events usually get booked up very quickly – book your seat in good time to avoid disappointment.


More details here 

Speakers
Steve Gillan, POA – Lessons from the past: The withdrawal of the right to strike in the prison service
Professor Alan Bogg, University of Bristol – P&O and the continued attrition of workers’ rights
Prof Lydia Hayes, University of Liverpool – Certification Officers powers and fines: Government opening the door for more union busting
Professor Keith Ewing, IER – The insidious nature of minimum service levels in industrial disputes
Lord John Hendy KC and Professor Keith Ewing, IER – In conversation on the IER pamphlet ‘ Workers’ Rights in Times of Crisis’



The Right to Strike 2023 London
Register your free tickets for the The Right to Strike London event on the 24th of March 2023. 9.30am - 3.30pm 


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The Right to Strike 2023 Liverpool
Register your free tickets for the The Right to Strike Liverpool event on the 30th of March 2023. 9.30am - 3.30pm 


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