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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=8a5bbdb536&e=71131c031b">a statement</a> read out at the IER/CTUF fringe Preparing for Power at TUC Congress this week, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said the Institute of Employment Rights' <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=c12d99cd27&e=71131c031b">Manifesto for Labour Law</a> will be "the basis for our implementation manual" on workers' rights come the next Labour government.<br><br>"As you know thanks to the tremendous work undertaken by Carolyn Jones, John Hendy and Keith Ewing the IER supplied us with a pretty detailed and comprehensive set of proposals for reform," he said, vowing that the Labour Party will draw upon these recommendations to secure "a renaissance of employment rights".<br><br>"That includes preparing now the detailed plans for the setting up of a new ministry of labour ... charged with spearheading the legislative programme to establish firm employment rights once again in this country and the return of effective collective bargaining," he added.<br><br>Our Manifesto for Labour Law project has now entered its third phase of development, and at TUC Congress this week we launched <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=439778fec7&e=71131c031b">a new four-page summary</a> offering more detailed insight into our recommendations and comparing our approach to that of the Taylor Review.<br><br>We also launched two new publications: <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=3072b580b6&e=71131c031b">The Legacy of Thatcherism in European Labour Relations: The Impact of the Politics of Neo-Liberalism and Austerity on Collective Bargaining in a Fragmenting Europe</a> and <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b13dc938bb&e=71131c031b">8 Good Reasons Why Adult Social Care Needs Sectoral Collective Bargaining</a>. Author of the latter, Dr Lydia Hayes, also spoke at our Fringe event to outline the findings of her research into employment rights in social care and why she believes the industry needs sectoral collective bargaining.<br><br>Thank you to everybody who braved the wind and rain to attend our fringe meeting, and to those who came to see us at our stall during Congress. If you missed out, you can see all of our pictures, tweets, and materials on our <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=625b1db80d&e=71131c031b">TUC 2017 page</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences. <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=3b2cd72f32&e=71131c031b"><span class=auto-style131>Subscribe now</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:34.0pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:34.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 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class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>May defeated on public sector pay</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>The government was this week defeated on the question of public sector pay after the DUP supported a Labour motion to raise wages for NHS workers.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=d58c9b57e4&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=98 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/41d5d27b-969b-4b55-bcb8-9a0e910471e3.png" alt=Equality><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TUC votes unanimously for gender pay gap sanctions</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>At TUC Congress this week, delegates voted unanimously for stronger action on the gender pay gap, describing the current government's gender pay gap reporting legislation "meaningless".</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=31e0edb889&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=98 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/95a3f90d-83e6-4ce0-b186-b01b05cc2f77.png" alt=Manifesto><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John McDonnell: Preparing for Power</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>The full statement from John McDonnell at our TUC Congress fringe.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=0fadb58102&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal 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rights brought up in the recent second reading of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=991c95a9ba&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=98 id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/4af5273a-321f-46c2-b0ad-932606fe318b.png" alt="Workers' rights"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Government refuses to commit to blacklisting inquiry despite evidence it is still going on</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>The government has refused to commit to a public inquiry into blacklisting despite further evidence that the illegal practice continues in the construction industry.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=de0ce0f8d5&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=98 id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/3217d00c-d174-45e5-a9cf-a588a59f2af4.jpg" alt=ATJ><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time extended to bring case blocked by unlawful tribunal fees in landmark decision</span></span><span 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width=98 height=98 id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/6091c950-a604-4904-a8d6-9f788f8812f2.bmp" alt="Sarah Glenister"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>COMMENT: Corporate Governance reforms offer greater transparency, but no real change</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Our National Development Officer Sarah Glenister explains why the government's newly announced "reforms" on executive pay and workers' voice can offer no real change.</span><span 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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>05 October 2017 - 09:30 - 15:30</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Unite the Union, Liverpool</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br>This conference brings together some of the UK’s leading experts from the fields of law, academia and campaigning to discuss the state of play for equality protections in the country today, what threats they face, and how they can be protected.<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Speakers include Matthew Creagh, Dr Anastasia Tataryn, Jo Seery, David Sorensen, Robin White and Dr Wanda Wyporska.</span></strong></span><span 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protected.<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Speakers include Matthew Creagh, Aileen McColgan, Rakesh Patel, David Sorensen, Robin White, Dr Lydia Hayes and Dr Wanda Wyporska.</span></strong></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=46c10434ce&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and book your place</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=118 id="_x0000_i1037" 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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>30 November 2017 - 09:30 - 15:30</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Unite the Union, Liverpool</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br>At this one-day conference, some of the UK's leading academics, lawyers and campaigners will discuss the threats to employment law posed by Brexit, as well as proposing ideas for how workers' rights can be protected and even improved upon during the negotiations with the EU, as well as in future trade deals.<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Speakers include Hilda Palmer, Professor Keith Ewing, Iain Birrell, Professor John Foster and Dan Kindell.</span></strong></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a 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0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Legacy of Thatcherism in European Labour Relations: The Impact of the Politics of Neo-Liberalism and Austerity on Collective Bargaining in a Fragmenting Europe: £8</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By Miguel Martinez Lucio, Aristea Koukiadaki and Isabel Tavora</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>As the UK prepares to leave the European Union, this analysis – the 11th in our Comparative Notes series – shines a light on the deleterious effect of the nation's deregulatory influence on the bloc.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5d0627c2a6&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=142 id="_x0000_i1040" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f5cd005c-17c2-4c04-bd1f-452d91c64d61.jpg" alt="CB in Social Care"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8 Good Reasons Why Adult Social Care Needs Sectoral Collective Bargaining: £8</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By Dr Lydia Hayes</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>In this booklet, Dr Lydia Hayes sets out the lessons learned from her interdisciplinary research into the social care sector, and builds upon the recommendations made in the Institute of Employment Rights' Manifesto for Labour Law: a comprehensive revision of worker’s rights to propose a sectoral collective bargaining structure for the negotiation of wages and conditions.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=6f5b40ed2f&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> out on 23 September - click here to pre-order</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=142 id="_x0000_i1041" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/815fda47-e4b4-4148-a3e2-81af67efe0a4.jpg" alt=LLH2016><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Labour Law Highlights 2016: £8</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Edited by Rebecca Tuck</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>This year’s Labour Law Highlights is produced against the backdrop of a Brexit vote in the UK and a Trump victory in the USA. It promises to be a bumpy ride ahead!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ec41cfaa70&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=142 id="_x0000_i1042" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/afdba51d-b908-42ab-8241-ddca46df52ce.jpg" alt="Health and Safety Time for Change"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Health and Safety at Work Act: Time for Change: £10</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By Phil James and David Walters</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>The world of work is changing. Fast. But the framework of law tasked with protecting the health, safety and well being of workers is now 50 years old and – according to the authors of this report – no longer fit for purpose. The authors put forth proposals for reform</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=0e4d01c010&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:65.35pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=142 id="_x0000_i1043" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/fb25d1db-2c1e-4d50-8d47-17dc166f146f.jpeg" alt="EU Developments"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:65.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Access to Justice: Exposing the myths: £6</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By Andrew Moretta</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>In the second of IER’s series of Mythbusters, Andrew Moretta considers the many myths surrounding access to justice, including the narrative surrounding the “red tape” and “burdens on business” ideology, which he believes paved the way for systematic attacks on the tribunal system.</span><span 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style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Protect the right to strike: kill the bill: £5</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By John Hendy QC & Professor Keith Ewing</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br>Two leading experts on trade union rights – Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC – publish a short but comprehensive overview of the Trade Union Bill and its implications.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=49a285d50b&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=142 id="_x0000_i1045" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/cee8b19e-c2dc-452d-a284-b14209fbf568.jpg" alt="Ballot Thresholds"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Conservative Government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: The challenge to trade unions: from £6</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By Professor Ralph Darlington and Dr John Dobson</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><br>According to the authors of this timely report, the government is attempting to rush into law ‘the most sweeping and radical tightening of rules on industrial action since the Thatcher era of the 1980’s’. They warn that such proposals could result in ‘the biggest showdown over industrial relations for a generation’ and go on to drill down into one aspect of the government’s proposals – strike ballots.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=f41dbd938a&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=98 height=142 id="_x0000_i1046" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/6ac2ddd4-6bd6-4c3f-81ad-06fdb882171c.jpg" alt="Keithe Ewing"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The mythology of business: from £6</span></span><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC'><br></span></b><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By David Whyte</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>The ‘myths’ that this publication takes into consideration are the kind of things that politicians now routinely say without thinking. 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