[IER] 'A Good Deal for Working People?' tonight in Durham - don't miss it.

Fri Jul 12 11:50:08 BST 2024

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'A Good Deal for Working People?' tonight in Durham

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The IER's Eve of Gala Rally is always a fantastic way to start the Big Meeting weekend - if you're in Durham, don't miss it.

Eve of Gala Rally: ‘A good deal for working people? Workers’ rights after the election’

Date: Friday 12th July

Time: 6pm

Venue Elvet Methodist Church Hall, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HL

*Please note that the meeting is held in the Church Hall, not the Church itself. The hall is located around the back, to the right of the church. 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/join-the-institute-in-durham-for-our-eve-of-gala-rally/> More details 

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Institute of Directors issue verdict on Labour’s workers’ rights plans

The IoD has launched a new policy paper, ‘Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay: Insights from employers’. 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/institute-of-directors-iod-issue-verdict-on-labours-workers-rights-plans/> More details 

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Whitehall workers announce strike in first test for Labour’s insourcing manifesto pledge

ISS workers in Whitehall to take strike action 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/whitehall-workers-announce-strike-in-first-test-for-labours-insourcing-manifesto-pledge/> More details 

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Amazon’s Coventry workers begin voting in historic union ballot

More than 3,000 staff could get right to bargain collectively for rights and pay for the first time (via the Guardian) 

 <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/08/amazon-coventry-workers-union-ballot-gmb> More details 

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Sick pay – awaiting a fair and equitable policy

Professor Phil James responds to the Labour Party’s plans to strengthen Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) in this new blog for the IER.  

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/comments/sick-pay-awaiting-a-fair-and-equitable-policy/> More details 

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Next weekend: the IER and CTUF at Tolpuddle on the 20th July

'A good deal for working people? Workers’ rights after the election’ meeting will take place on July 20th at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festicval.  

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New government urged to scrap anti-protest laws to restore freedom of expression

Labour urged to scrap Tory anti-protest laws and reject harmful rhetoric used to stigmatise peaceful demonstrations. Via the Morning Star 

 <https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/new-government-urged-scrap-anti-protest-laws-restore-freedom-expression> More details 

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TUC respond to consultation on clarification to TUPE and abolishing the European Works Councils’ legal Framework

TUC concerned that proposals in consultation paper are focused on weakening protections 

 <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/tuc-respong-to-consultation-on-clarification-to-tupe-and-abolishing-the-european-works-councils-legal-framework/> More details 

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Bringing the Right to Strike Home: Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer – Part 1

IER Executive Committee member Alan Bogg blogs for the Oxford Human Rights Hub on an extrememly significant case in the Supreme Court 

 <https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/bringing-the-right-to-strike-home-secretary-of-state-for-business-and-trade-v-mercer-part-1/> More details 

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