[IER] Join us in Tolpuddle this weekend

[Ben Sellers]

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Join us in Tolpuddle for our Festival Rally tomorrow


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Tolpuddle Festival: Fighting the Anti Trade Union Laws

Tomorrow, Sat 15th July, we’ll be teaming up with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom once again for our annual Tolpuddle Festival Rally, entitled ‘Fighting the Anti-Trade Union Laws.’

Speakers

*	John McDonnell MP
*	Professor Keith Ewing (IER / CTUF)
*	Maria Exall (President, TUC and CWU)
*	Gawain Little (General Secretary, GFTU)
*	Fran Heathcote (President, PCS)
*	Chair: Steve Preddy (Unite, SW Regional Secretary)


Location 

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum
Dorchester Rd,
Tolpuddle,
Dorchester
DT2 7EH

 



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Still fighting anti-trade union laws: the IER and CTUF at Tolpuddle


Almost two hundred years on from the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the trade union movement is still having to fight attempts to criminalise its activities, writes IER Director Ben Sellers.

 



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The persecution of trade unionists and their families: from Tolpuddle to Ascott-under-Wychwood to the miners’ strike


New writing has underlined the importance of the 1873 case that victimised striking farmworkers and led to a national outcry, writes Professor Keith Ewing.
  

 



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Unions win High Court battle over ‘strike breaking’ agency worker regulations


Government acted unlawfully and irrationally when it implemented regulations allowing businesses to use agency workers to fill in for striking workers. 

 



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Public sector pay: Workers offered pay rises of around 6%


More than one million public sector workers, including teachers, police and doctors, have been offered pay rises of between 5%-7%, the government says (BBC) 

 



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Who has been offered what? A breakdown of public sector pay deal


The government has offered rises of between 5% and 7% to workers including teachers and doctors. (Guardian) 

 



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Is Labour Backsliding on Workers’ Rights?


Labour has quietly dropped key policies to guarantee basic rights and protections at work and strengthen trade unions, say Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy KC (via Tribune Magazine)

 



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Four questions for Keir Starmer on trade union freedom


The Morning Star reports on the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom fringe meeting at Unite's policy conference 

 



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Strikes & the Law


The Campaign for Trade Union Freedom's Adrian Weir reports from Durham Miners’ Gala 2023 & a packed IER / CTUF Eve of Gala rally.  

 



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New publication: Labour Law Highlights 2023


The IER’s regular team of barristers guides readers through key court decisions in the last year that may prove instructive.

Oliver Segal KC
Stuart Brittenden
Nicola Newbegin
Madeline Stanley 




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