[IER] How can we resist the war on democracy and union rights?

Fri Apr 21 18:22:54 BST 2023

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How can we resist the war on democracy and union rights?

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Trade unionists asked how to resist an escalating war on workplace and democratic rights at a packed Morning Star-Institute of Employment Rights (IER) fringe meeting at Scottish TUC on Tuesday.

Speakers slammed misrepresentation of unions and their struggles in the monopoly media, pointing to the key role of the Morning Star as the exception to the rule as a daily newspaper reporting and agitating for the labour movement.

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/how-can-we-resist-the-tory-war-on-democracy-and-union-rights-morning-star-ier-stuc-fringe-asks/> More details 

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What did the politicians have to say at STUC Congress 2023?

The Scottish TUC held their annual Congress in Dundee earlier this week, and SNP and Labour politicians spoke to delegates in the conference hall. 

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Government is failing to protect workers from being “exploited” by new AI technologies

The warning came as politicians, tech leaders, regulators and unions met for the TUC AI conference in London. 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/government-is-failing-to-protect-workers-from-being-exploited-by-new-ai-technologies/> More details 

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Legal mobilisation and data-driven technologies: overthrowing algorithmic power and liberating work (part one)

First of a two part blog post in the IER series on “Labour, Strategy, and legal mobilisation”, by Aude Cefaliello & Antonio Aloisi.  

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Strike! Ardent Theatre Company

"Powerful and poignant, the ending brings tears to some of the audience and some of the cast. Strike! stands as tribute to those valiant strikers, the power of strike action and the pride and joy of solidarity."

Thursday 13 April – Saturday 6 May 2023
For special ticket offer, see the link below.   

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Ministers must commit to asbestos removal from workplaces following death of former MP Alice Mahon

Parliamentary debate on asbestos in workplaces is an opportunity for the government to set out a timetable for when those buildings will be made safe 

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International Workers’ Memorial Day - 28th April 2023

No-one should die to make a living. After all, occupational health and safety is now a globally-binding ILO fundamental legal right at work. But bad jobs still kill someone somewhere every six seconds, every day, round the clock. Union organisation puts the solution in all our hands. Via Hazards Magazine 

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TGI Fridays chain tells staff no more free meals at work

This after parent company makes £18m in six months; Unite says Thank God they are not all like Fridays

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