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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FAFAFA;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:450.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:450.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='background:#FAFAFA;padding:6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:450.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#656565'>News brief 24/01/23 <a href="https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=dd2c66fce1" target="_blank"><span style='color:#656565'>View this email in your browser</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#656565'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=200 height=226 style='width:2.0833in;height:2.3541in' id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/3038f9d5-b388-4d05-b8a1-dcf173b2070d.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=546 valign=top style='width:409.5pt;padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 0cm 13.5pt'><h1><span style='font-size:33.0pt;line-height:125%'>The Right to Strike 2023</span><o:p></o:p></h1></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=564 height=333 style='width:5.875in;height:3.4652in' id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7ba9a016-07f2-cc03-2bef-6d515d37fed1.png"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:450.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>These are free IER events that look at the recent attacks on the right to strike, and how the trade union movement might respond.</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'><br><br>Unlike other countries the UK does not have a constitutional or legal right to strike. Instead, we have a limited right to not be dismissed for taking part in industrial action. Collective and industrial rights have been chipped away by successive Governments over the last 40 years, often underpinned by economic and political myths. However, with the recent cost of living crisis and unions now responding to plummeting wage values, the array of legal caveats on workers’ rights are functioning as a restriction on unions to stop them from fighting for their members rights.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>There is now a greater need for unions to oppose such measures and demand a fair alternative for workers. The IER has just produced a pamphlet <a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/product/workers-right-in-times-of-crisis/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#007C89'>‘Workers’ Rights in Times of Crisis’ </span></a>which analyses the economic context of these attacks, as well as the recent and proposed attacks on workers’ rights. It discusses what the legal, industrial, and political implications of these attacks may be, but more importantly discusses an alternative to the current punitive chaos for workers, by exploring ideas on a Workers Bill of Rights. Delegates will receive a free copy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Our free events usually get booked up very quickly – book your seat in good time to avoid disappointment.</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#73A533;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/events/the-right-to-strike-london/" target="_blank" title="More details here"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>More details here</span></b></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:450.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt'><h2>Speakers<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Steve Gillan, POA</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'> – <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Lessons from the past: The withdrawal of the right to strike in the prison service</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Professor Alan Bogg, University of Bristol –</span></strong><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'> P&O and the continued attrition of workers’ rights</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Prof Lydia Hayes, University of Liverpool</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'> – <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Certification Officers powers and fines: Government opening the door for more union busting</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Professor Keith Ewing, IER</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'> – <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The insidious nature of minimum service levels in industrial disputes</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Lord John Hendy KC and Professor Keith Ewing, IER</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'> – <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>In conversation on the IER pamphlet ‘ Workers’ Rights in Times of Crisis’</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=264 style='width:198.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><img border=0 width=264 height=156 style='width:2.75in;height:1.625in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7ba9a016-07f2-cc03-2bef-6d515d37fed1.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=264 style='width:198.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h1>The Right to Strike 2023 London<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Register your free tickets for the The Right to Strike London event on the <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>24th of March 2023. </span></strong>9.30am - 3.30pm <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#73A533;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.ier.org.uk/product/the-right-to-strike-2023-london-free-tickets/" target="_blank" title="Register here"><b><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'>Register here</span></b></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=264 style='width:198.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><img border=0 width=264 height=157 style='width:2.75in;height:1.6319in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://mcusercontent.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/1727591e-8449-5cf7-dd55-a0c915fd4d08.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=264 style='width:198.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><h1>The Right to Strike 2023 Liverpool<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span 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