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Unions have come out in support of a the Status of Workers Bill, which was introduced to the House of Lords on Wednesday (26 May 2021).<br><br>
The draft legislation, launched by IER Chair Lord John Hendy QC, would introduce a new universal status of 'worker' to replace the UK's unwieldy law around employment status.<br><br>
Currently, people in employment fall into several categories, including 'employees' - who can qualify for access to all employment rights; and 'limb (b) workers' who are eligible for only the most basic rights. There are also a significant proportion of workers who have been misled by their employer into thinking they are 'self-employed' (and therefore entitled to no workers' rights). These include 'gig' workers and those cajoled into establishing their own Personal Service Companies for which they are the only employee, thereby being responsible for meeting their own employment rights!<br><br>
The Status of Workers Bill would collapse all of these types of employment into one legal status - that of a 'worker' - eligible for all employment rights. The only exception would be those who are genuinely self-employed.<br><br>
TUC General Secretary, Frances O'Grady, said the changes proposed in the Bill are "long overdue".<br><br>
"The Status of Workers Bill would give the millions of long-exploited gig workers in the UK greater rights," she said <a style="text-size-adjust: 100%; color: rgb(0, 124, 137);" href="https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/its-time-to-boost-workers-rights-and-end-our-unjust-and-outdated-twotier-workforce">in a piece for Politics Home</a>.
<p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">"The need for change has been brought into focus by events of the past year," she said. "The pandemic has brutally exposed the terrible working conditions and insecurity that is the daily reality for these key workers. We owe it to them to make sure we learn lessons from this pandemic and upgrade workers' rights across the board."<br><br>
She also noted there is "overwhelming public support" for giving all workers the same employment rights, with 84% of people supporting the proposal in a recent poll.<br><br>
Sarah Woolley, BFAWU General Secretary, also supported the Bill. She said the "human cost" of insecure work had been brought into sharp relief by the pandemic for food workers.<br><br>
"A recent BFAWU study found that one in five food workers were so poorly paid that they couldn’t afford enough to eat during the pandemic, even as they travelled to their jobs, day in and day out, to ensure rest of us didn’t go hungry," she said.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">"We cannot allow anyone to live in fear like this."<br><br>
GMB, National Officer, Mix Rix said the Bill "provides a solution to the exploitation tens of thousands of workers are suffering, and the rights they are being denied".<br><br>
"Government cannot keep burying its head in the sand any longer. If it wants to build back better, then it should demonstrate its support," he said.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/press-releases/new-bill-will-abolish-insecure-work/" title="Read more" class="mcnButton">Read more</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageContentContainer" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnImageContent"><a style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="" title="" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/IER.AdvertisingSheet.V7.Feb21.pdf">
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</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right" class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><h4 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 18px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">Uber recognises GMB union</h4><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">The union will now be able to negotiate pay and conditions for all 70,000 Uber drivers in the UK.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/uber-recognises-gmb-union/" title="Read full story" class="mcnButton">Read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnCaptionBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionRightContentInner" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContent"><img class="mcnImage" style="max-width: 870px; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/32b7b367-4d60-4221-8ce0-e6c7f9d354dd.jpg" alt="">
</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right" class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><h4 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 18px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">Trade union membership rises for fourth year running</h4><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Over 100,000 additional workers joined trade unions last year.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/trade-union-membership-rises-for-fourth-year-running/" title="Read full story" class="mcnButton">Read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnCaptionBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionRightContentInner" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContent"><img class="mcnImage" style="max-width: 408px; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/e4352ecc-a1c1-4575-8124-c90a6df55b12.jpg" alt="">
</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right" class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><h4 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 18px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">Work-related Covid deaths “massively under-reported”, research finds</h4><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">RIDDOR rules have allowed employers "free rein" to decide whether Covid-19 was contracted at work.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/news/work-related-covid-deaths-massively-under-reported-research-finds/" title="Read full story" class="mcnButton">Read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnCaptionBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionRightContentInner" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContent"><img class="mcnImage" style="max-width: 870px; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/48678097-1b18-1b42-2977-0868ff445b63.jpg" alt="">
</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right" class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><h4 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 18px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">COMMENT: Why we need a Right to Food</h4><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">With one in five food workers going hungry, BFAWU General Secretary, Sarah Woolley, says the UK needs to institute a legal Right to Food.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/comments/why-we-need-a-right-to-food/" title="Read full story" class="mcnButton">Read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnCaptionBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnCaptionRightContentInner" valign="top"><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContent"><img class="mcnImage" style="max-width: 870px; border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="264" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/e3326e7f-3585-f132-db9f-1fad81c69973.jpg" alt="">
</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="264" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right" class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><h4 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 18px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">COMMENT: A new Bill for all workers</h4><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Lord John Hendy QC details the proposals set out in his new Status of Workers Bill.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://www.ier.org.uk/comments/a-new-bill-for-all-workers/" title="Read full story" class="mcnButton">Read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnImageCardBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" class="mcnImageCardBlockInner"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnImageCardTopContent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"><tbody><tr><td width="546" style="padding: 18px 18px 0px; color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;" valign="top" class="mcnTextContent"><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 26px; line-height: 125%;" class="null">WATCH: IER President, Professor Keith Ewing, on the critical role of trade unions</h1></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" align="center" class="mcnImageCardTopImageContent"><a style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="" title="" href="https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=1102794583877939&_rdr">
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</section><section id=""><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;">About this event</h2></section><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Peril and possibility for workers – exploring the worst and the best of automation transition.<br><br>
Our speakers at this event will consider the past, the present and the future of automation and its interaction with the workplace and workers' rights.<br><br>
Dr Leo Impett of the University of Durham will share his work identifying an ingrained bias towards worker exploitation within systems that rely on artifical intelligence.<br><br>
Louisa Bull of Unite the Union will consider the impact on workers of historical advances in technology and how unions can ensure that an automation-led increase in economic productivity can be more fairly distributed among the population instead of simply lining the pockets of the rich.<br><br>
Finally, General Secretary of the ACDU, James Farrar - who was a lead claimant in the case against Uber - will discuss the present-day fight against exploitative technology.<br>
</p><section id=""><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(157, 12, 70); font-size: 22px; line-height: 125%;">Speakers</h2></section><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;">Dr Leo Impett, University of Durham<br>
Louise Bull, Unite the Union<br>
James Farrar, General Secretary of the ACDU</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnButtonBlockInner" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 18px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="border-radius: 4px; background-color: rgb(115, 165, 51); text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial;font-size: 16px;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnButtonContent" valign="middle" align="center"><a style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 100%; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block;" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ux8zQB8xQPmgnjInyqahhg" title="Book your place" class="mcnButton">Book your place</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table style="min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #0090AC;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 18px; color: rgb(242, 242, 242); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;" class="mcnTextContent" valign="top"><div><div><span style="font-size:24px"><strong>IER and Covid-19</strong></span></div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size:18px">Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus disease and the need to keep our staff, supporters and speakers safe, IER is holding all events online until further notice.</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size:18px">IER staff will continue to work, but remotely from home. 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