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This free evening event will take place in London on 06 February 2019 and will feature speakers including Professor Keith Ewing, John Hendy QC, and some very special guests that we will announce next month. You can now <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=04a3863fb6&e=71131c031b">register your free seat at the event on our website</a>.<br><br>This is the final news brief of 2018, as the IER will now take its Christmas Break. Everyone here at the office would like to take this opportunity to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our subscribers. Thank you for your support over the past 12 months and we will resume the news brief in January.<br><br>It's not too late to <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5398a1dcac&e=71131c031b">purchase packages through our Xmas sale</a>, although orders will now be delievered in 2019.<br><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=187dc42428&e=71131c031b">Read more about our recommendations for reform in the Manifesto for Labour Law</a> <br><br>Scroll down for even more news and comment from the IER, your chance to show your support for our Manifesto proposals, and information on forthcoming events and new publications.<br><br><img border=0 width=600 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/0407fe1a-faac-4535-94b6-dbb8541df7c4.jpg" alt=0407fe1a-faac-4535-94b6-dbb8541df7c4.jpg><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2><span 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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=99 id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/a445c496-c0c6-489d-86d5-33336f0515d9.jpg" alt="30th anniversary"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Support the IER in its 30th Anniversary year</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>This year we are celebrating our forthcoming 30th Anniversary and we're appealing for your support. We hope to raise £30,000 to celebrate our 30 years and with these funds we will modernise our website and communications; promote our ideas through meetings, education packs, videos and animations; and establish a reserve to avoid repeat fundraising.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b263cccd2d&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;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:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><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=99 id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/8a74e5d2-ba66-4faf-a08d-e7b95ed9b73b.png" alt="Union rights"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>McDonnell vows to re-legalise sympathy action</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Labour would reinstate the right to take sympathy action to support workers abroad, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has said. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a 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class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>COMMENT: One step forward for Shrewsbury pickets </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>IER Director Carolyn Jones and Secretary and Researcher of the Shrewsbury 24 Campaign, Eileen Turnball, celebrate news that the jailing of trade unionists in the 1970s will be heard at a judicial review. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a623ea4459&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=d76eb47e19&e=71131c031b"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=300 id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/a445c496-c0c6-489d-86d5-33336f0515d9.jpg" alt=272d2533-eb4f-4d17-bafb-82cdf1fa5ccf.jpg></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="3%" style='width:3.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="37%" valign=top style='width:37.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IER 30th anniversary celebration event</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Please join us to 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Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC (plus other special guests to be announced) will highlight some of our past work and our ideas for a world of work fit for workers in the 21st century.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=fc6aba69d0&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> Register for your free seat</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></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:30.6pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:30.6pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='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'><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b492bf5dbf&e=71131c031b"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/a5b2e157-c932-43ab-819c-cec40b997a52.jpg" alt=a5b2e157-c932-43ab-819c-cec40b997a52.jpg></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='background:purple;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>50% off Rolling Out the Manifesto for Labour Law<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.0pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;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=200 id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/8ca2aad5-3b78-4602-b0c9-9519795bcbf4.jpg" alt=8ca2aad5-3b78-4602-b0c9-9519795bcbf4.jpg><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="3%" style='width:3.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="57%" valign=top style='width:57.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Was <s>£10</s>; now £5</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Backed by the Labour Party and the UK's major unions, the comprehensive recommendations detailed in this volume have been collaboratively authored by 26 leading labour lawyers and academics from some of the most prestigious universities in the UK. 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