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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=customizechange1 style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'>Wednesday, 7 February 2018 from 09:30 to 15:00 (GMT) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=customizechange1 style='line-height:13.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'>London</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'><br>Unite the Union<br>128 Theobald's Road<br>WC1X 8TN London<br>United Kingdom<br><br><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Unite+the+Union,+London,+England+WC1X+8TN+United+Kingdom&hl=en" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0F90BA;text-decoration:none'>View Map</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=500 style='width:375.0pt'><tr><td width=250 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Data from as recently as 2015 shows that nearly a third of employees have either witnessed or experienced racism at work, whether from managers, colleagues, customers or suppliers – a stark reminder of the need for robust protections in the law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'>However, it is also clear that a great number of people affected by racism at work are unable to access justice. A 2017 analysis found that senior staff and employers are commonly indifferent to or actively complicit in racial abuse and discrimination, making it difficult for victims to speak out. Further, the increasing casualisation of labour acts as a barrier to access to justice, with people in precarious work, such as zero-hour contracts, hesitant to raise their voices for fear of dismissal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'>Migrant workers, in particular, are known to be vulnerable to a wide range of abuses – including racism – due to the fact they are less likely to be organised into unions, more likely to be unaware of the rights they are entitled to, and more likely to be in precarious work. Exploitation is particularly rife in the unofficial economy, with many of those who take cash-in-hand jobs to make ends meet finding themselves tied to employers who then use their dependence against them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'>Since the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016, there have been concerning signs that the problem is worsening. Charities and migrant worker organisations last year reported that employers were using the uncertainty over EU workers' right to stay to abuse the migrants on their staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'>At this one-day conference, our panel of lawyers, academics and campaigners will analyse the situation as it stands today, identify weaknesses in the legal system, propose reforms to the law, and discuss how unions can play a part in protecting workers from racism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'><br>Speakers include:<br><br>Racism at work and organising migrant workers: a PCS perspective, Shavanah Taj, PCS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'>Title TBC, Alex Gordon RMT<br> <br>Challenging Hierarchies, Building Solidarity: Migrant Workers & Precarious Contracts, Owen Espley, War on Want<br><br>A track record of a Conservative ministry of labour: undocumented migrants and sanctions, Prof. Sonia McKay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'>TBC, Laurence O'Neill, OH Parsons Solicitors<br><br>Racism: recognising and responding, Wanda Wyporska, The Equality Trust<br><br>Race pay disparity and how to tackle it, Jo Seery, Thompsons Solicitors<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#515151'><br><br><br>Share this event on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A//www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/racism-at-work-tickets-42074849006%3Fref%3Desfb"><span style='color:#0F90BA;text-decoration:none'>Facebook</span></a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=https%3A//www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/racism-at-work-tickets-42074849006%3Fref%3Destw"><span style='color:#0F90BA;text-decoration:none'>Twitter</span></a><br><br>We hope you can make it.<br><br>Best,<br>Institute of Employment Rights <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td width=29 style='width:21.75pt;border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:6.75pt'><img border=0 width=560 height=9 style='width:5.8333in;height:.0937in' id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://cdn.evbstatic.com/s3-s3/marketing/emails/invites/bottomcorners.gif" alt=eventbrite><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=640 style='width:480.0pt;background:#F4F9F7' id="footer_container"><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt'><tr><td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt 18.75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in' id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://cdn.evbstatic.com/s3-s3/static/images/django/util/line.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 7.5pt 0cm 11.25pt'><p style='line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666'>This invitation was sent to <a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk"><span style='color:#666666'>office@ier.org.uk</span></a> by <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/org/16492063954"><span style='color:#666666'>Institute of Employment Rights</span></a> the organiser. 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