[IER] The Institute at TUC 2023

Fri Sep 15 14:36:21 BST 2023

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The 155th annual TUC Congress took place in Liverpool this week, and as usual, the Institute of Employment Rights played a central role. To begin the week, we held a very succesful joint fringe meeting with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom (CTUF), on Sunday night - the first day of conference. Thanks to Thompson's Solicitors for their kind sponsorship of the fringe.

You can read various reports of the event below, which was very well attended and followed by a fantastic social event organised by the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU). 

Our stall was popular, as ever, with hundreds of delegates coming to view our huge timeline of anti-trade union legislation and repression. We also produced a six page booklet to go alongside the display, which was mentioned on the conference floor by RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch, as "essential reading" and delegates told us that they found our briefings and publications on the Minimum Service Levels, the New Deal for Working People, Health and Safety Regulation and Working Time immensely useful. You can still access these resources via our TUC Congress Hub page (see link immediately below)

Another excellent week for the IER in our home city, Liverpool. We will see you again next year, in Brighton. 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/tuc2023/> Visit our TUC hub page 

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IER / CTUF fringe report: Lynch and Kebede vow to stand firm over strikes laws

TUC fringe meeting organised by the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) and the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom in Liverpool

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/ier-ctuf-fringe-report-lynch-and-kebede-vow-to-stand-firm-over-strikes-laws/> More details 

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NEU general secretary: ‘We will close schools’ if needed to fight anti-strike law

Labourlist correspondent Morgan Jones reports from the joint IER / CTUF TUC Congress fringe at Love Lane Brewery, Liverpool. 

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Mick Lynch makes powerful call to fight for union freedom #TUC23

A well-attended meeting hosted by the Institute of Employment Rights and Campaign for Trade Union Freedom at TUC Congress in Sunday heard voices from across the Labour movement and beyond on the next steps in the fight for workers’ rights. Via Matt Willgress at Labour Outlook. 

 <https://labouroutlook.org/2023/09/11/mick-lynch-makes-powerful-call-to-fight-for-union-freedom-tuc23/> More details 

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TUC Congress Briefing: Trade unions and the law – a timeline of attempts to suppress union activity

As labour law becomes more authoritarian, there are lessons to be learned from the past 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/publications/briefing-trade-unions-and-the-law-a-timeline-of-attempts-to-suppress-union-activity/> Read our TUC Briefing here 

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Why do trade unions and workers look to law?

In the last of our Labour, Strategy, and Legal Mobilisation blogs, Glasgow University Law leturer Eleanor Kirk writes on the construction of legalities, law making and legal consciousness 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/comments/why-do-trade-unions-and-workers-look-to-law/> Read more 

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Unions warn of the AI ‘tidal wave’ coming towards workers

"We can't stop the tide, but we can build a boat.” 

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The anti-strikes Bill: yet another blow to our democratic rights

We have no choice but to seek to build mass opposition and to develop a strategy of non-compliance to the draconian Minimum Service Levels Act, says Matt Wrack in the Morning Star. 

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House of Lords amends Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill

The House of Lords have amended the Bill to remove the proposed third party harassment provision 

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