[IER] Read our new Briefing on the Minimum Service Levels Act

Fri Dec 1 17:00:43 GMT 2023

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Read our new Briefing on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act

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The Institute publishes new briefing on the Strikes (Minimum Services Levels) Act written by Professor Keith Ewing and Lord John Hendy KC

Professor Keith Ewing and Lord John Hendy KC, President and Chair of the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) respectively, have written a up-to-date briefing in the week before the TUC’s Special Conference on the anti-strikes legislation takes place, on Saturday 9th December. In it, the authors say:

"The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act is not about preventing disruption to the public in a strike. It is about preventing workers through their unions pushing back, as they have been over the last year, against low wages and poor conditions.

The Act is objectionable not just in its underlying purpose but also in its form and content. The form of the Act is significant. It defies every legislative principle laid down by the relevant parliamentary committees which examined the Bill before it was passed by Parliament: Acts are supposed to set out the essentials of what they regulate and only leave technical details to ministers to specify in secondary legislation. Yet the Act fails either to set out the minimum service level (MSL) intended for each of the six sectors to which it applies, or even to specify the factors used to determine them." 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Strikes-Minimum-Service-Levels-Act-Briefing-Nov-2023.pdf> To read the full briefing, download it here. 

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School leaders vow to shun minimum service levels for schools

Head teachers have vowed not to enact the government’s controversial “minimum service levels” during strike action (via Schools Week) 

 <https://schoolsweek.co.uk/leaders-vow-to-shun-minimum-service-levels-for-schools/> More details 

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RMT members vote to accept pay deal and end their rail strikes until at least Spring 2024

Members of the rail union have agreed to an offer from 14 train companies. However, train drivers union Aslef remain in dispute.  

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/rmt-members-vote-to-accept-pay-deal-and-end-their-rail-strikes-until-at-least-spring-2024/> More details 

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Lessons from History – Working with an incoming Labour Government

Sarah Veale, former Head of Equality and Employment Rights at the TUC, writes for the IER. 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/comments/lessons-from-history-working-with-an-incoming-labour-government/> Read here 

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New report finds most employees aged 16-24 miss out on key employment rights 

Young people are also much more likely to be employed on zero-hours contracts, TUC report finds.

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/new-report-finds-most-employees-aged-16-24-miss-out-on-key-employment-rights/> More details 

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LSE cleaners vow to continue action as they win two years backdated holiday pay

Cleaners at the London School of Economics (LSE) have vowed to continue their industrial and legal action after winning two years’ backdated holiday pay — amounting to thousands of pounds (via the Morning Star). 

 <https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lse-cleaners-vow-continue-action-they-win-two-years-backdated-holiday-pay> More details 

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P&O and Freedom of Association: Memo to Starmer

In case you missed it (1): A Labour govt would be wise to implement new recommendations from the ILO that would protect trade unionists and their right to bargain collectively, writes Professsor Keith Ewing. 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/comments/po-and-freedom-of-association-memo-to-starmer/> Read here 

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Working for Climate Justice report published

In case you missed it (2): A report produced with the support of UCU, BFAWU, PCS, the Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust and QMUL UCU branch, is now available for download.

Read this superb report by Ben Crawford and David Whyte

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/working-for-climate-justice/> Download and read here 

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COP28: Trade unions call for a labour-inclusive Just Transition 

ITUC demands that a comprehensive Just Transition Work Programme, with labour issues at its core, is agreed at the climate negotiations

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/cop28-trade-unions-call-for-a-labour-inclusive-just-transition/> More details 

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J.T Murphy launch event at the People's History Museum

Strike Map and Manifesto Press have re-published the famous JT Murphy, The Workers' Committee. This pamphlet outlines the first ever shop stewards' movement in the country. 

The pamphlet will be launched at the People's History Museum on 7 December, starting at 7pm.  

 <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-and-social-the-workers-committee-by-jt-murphy-tickets-742181223017> Book here 

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