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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#F2E3CE'><tr><td style='padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="56%" style='width:56.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>IER News Brief 18/01/19<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="40%" style='width:40.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a4ee81f62d&e=71131c031b"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:#66667F'>Follow us on Twitter</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="75%" style='width:75.0%;background:#66667F;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:52.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>news brief<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>Friday 18th January 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td width="25%" style='width:25.0%;background:#66667F;padding:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=125 height=85 style='width:1.302in;height:.8854in' id="_x0000_i1047" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/42bef9e9-0080-4d3d-9334-2e260fdb3b8d.gif" alt=42bef9e9-0080-4d3d-9334-2e260fdb3b8d.gif></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE;display:none'><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:11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt 11.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=auto-style9><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Footage from the launch of Rolling out the Manifesto for Labour, including speeches from Shadow Chencellor John McDonnell, Shadow BEIS Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, TGI Friday's worker Lauren Townsend, RMT General Secretary Mick Cash, CWU General Secretary Dave Ward, IER Chair John Hendy QC and IER Director Carolyn Jones can now be seen below.<br><br></span><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=1ae6626357&e=71131c031b"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=336 style='width:6.25in;height:3.5in' id="_x0000_i1046" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/34d238d1-5117-4113-8e71-92e640035211.png" alt=34d238d1-5117-4113-8e71-92e640035211.png></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style9><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This week's news brief also features new video messages from Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey and NEU Joint General Secretary Mary Bousted as well as other senior labour movement figures.<br><br>These happy birthday wishes have arrived with us in the run-up to our 30th anniversary reception on 06 February 2019 in London. <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=206d551212&e=71131c031b">Click here to book your free seat!</a> <br><br>We're also pleased to announce two new interactive, hands-on events, which are designed to update trade unionists and solicitors on case law over the last year. Two lawyers from the Old Square Chambers team responsible for our popular annual publication Labour Law Highlights will lead delegates through the cases that have shaped the law over the last year and oversee breakout sessions in which this information can be applied to the issues delegates are facing in their own workplaces.<br><br>This conference will be held in both <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a85f9f70de&e=71131c031b">Liverpool</a> and <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=f7b914c68f&e=71131c031b">London</a> and there are a limited number of seats available.<br><br>Finally to the news and this week it is women workers who will be celebrating, after a 12-year battle for equal pay <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=bc77c213be&e=71131c031b">was finally won in Glasgow</a>. This victory may give hope to the 600+ care workers - most of whom are women - considering industrial action this week after their <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=c6cd866a07&e=71131c031b">pay was cut by up to £40 per night</a> and childcare workers across the country, <a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=dcab3cee93&e=71131c031b">nearly half of whom have seen their wages fall so low they are forced to rely on state benefits</a>.<br><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=3e8c3d4bec&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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=auto-style2><span 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0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=93 style='width:1.0312in;height:.9687in' id="_x0000_i1040" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/a445c496-c0c6-489d-86d5-33336f0515d9.jpg" alt="30th anniversary"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Support the IER in its 30th Anniversary year</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5fc9cc9b05&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=99 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0312in' id="_x0000_i1039" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b1c726de-bf3c-454c-9dd0-50d42672c9ff.png" alt="Workers' rights"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bristol Deliveroo riders announce all-out strike </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Deliveroo riders in Bristol have announced an all-out strike from 18:00 this Friday (18 January 2019) until the next day. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ee468878b1&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=99 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0312in' id="_x0000_i1038" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/e80db0b0-be8d-47c8-8d7d-05383e5cbcb3.png" alt="Public sector"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Government outsourcing rockets 53% despite Carillion disaster </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>GMB and Unite unions have spoken out against the government’s “disastrous” privatisation project after outsourcing surged by 53% in the past year, despite the collapse of Carillion and signs of other contractors being in trouble. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=736551e782&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=99 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0312in' id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c9de063b-cd73-4fc5-8d13-fb67b7e3e040.png" alt="Low pay"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>600+ care workers consider strike after £40 per night pay cut </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Over 600 care workers at Alternative Futures Group are considering strike action this week after the employer cut wages by up to £40 per night, the Guardian has reported. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a 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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Women win in equal pay battle with Glasgow council</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>The 12,000 women workers who took to the streets of Glasgow in October to fight for equal pay have won their battle with the council. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5043c86199&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=99 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.0312in' id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c9de063b-cd73-4fc5-8d13-fb67b7e3e040.png" alt="Low pay"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Almost half of childcare workers forced to rely on benefits, research shows</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Almost half of workers in the childcare sector are paid so little they are forced to rely on state benefits, new research from the Education Policy Institute has shown. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><br><a 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30th anniversary celebration event</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Please join us to celebrate our 30th anniversary. 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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=28c2d1720e&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:38.25pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:38.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'><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 style='height:11.25pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:11.25pt'><td style='background:purple;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>WATCH: Happy birthday messages to the IER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.75pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.75pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Len McCluskey, General Secretary, Unite<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=7d52225285&e=71131c031b"><span 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style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=auto-style2><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Siobhan Endean, National Equality Officer, Unite<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=18d85f9326&e=71131c031b"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=333 style='width:6.25in;height:3.4687in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/883f4492-bcfa-494a-af3d-837e0f11e585.png" alt=883f4492-bcfa-494a-af3d-837e0f11e585.png></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span 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style='height:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/83275f98-1622-49e2-9a36-0ac77fd205ea.jpg" alt="Labour Law Highlights 2017"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Labour Law Highlights 2017: £8</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Edited by Rebecca Tuck</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Catch up with the most important case law developments in 2017 in the latest of our popular Labour Law Highlights series.<br><br>In this year’s Labour Law Highlights, a team of barristers from Old Square Chambers returns to assess how each of these events has impacted upon case law in the last 12 months, including clarification from the courts on the requirements of the Trade Union Act in practice, the flurry of tribunal hearings regarding ‘gig’ workers, and further decisions on the rights of workers required to take "sleep-in" shifts. In each case, they provide commentary on the potential wider implications of tribunal decisions.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=04585103f3&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/ffa54ac8-9d49-4559-9d3d-1042aaacbe0b.jpg" alt="Europe, the EU and Britain"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Europe, the EU and Britain: Workers' Rights and Economic Democracy: £8</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>Notes from a seminar by the Institute of Employment Rights and the Marx Memorial Library</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>On 01 July 2017, labour movement leaders from across Europe met at the Marx Memorial Library, London, to discuss how a progressive future for workers’ rights can be sought following the UK’s vote to leave the EU. This report documents the meeting, including the transcripts of each presentation, as well as notes on the discussion between panel and delegates on the day.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a href="https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=e2a0e86b00&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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:73.5pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 style='width:1.0312in;height:1.4791in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/89596b4b-fb8c-466d-974a-89baa936f609.jpg" alt="CB Europe"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>By Miguel Martinez Lucio, Aristea Koukiadaki and Isabel Tavora</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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 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0cm;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>8 Good Reasons Why Adult Social Care Needs Sectoral Collective Bargaining: £8</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777'>By Dr Lydia Hayes</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#F2E3CE'> <br><a 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