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style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'>T</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>hursday 26<sup>th</sup></span><sup><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'>h</span></sup><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'> May 2011. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>6.30pm </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'>– </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>8</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'>.30 pm<br>T</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>UC Congress House, London WC1</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><![if !mso]></td></tr></table></span><![endif]><![if !mso & !vml]> <![endif]><![if !vml]></td></tr></table></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://ier.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba9eaa8efed32fc791ea26581&id=a99fe502e4&e=d05416d128"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=598 height=138 id="_x0000_i1116" src="cid:image001.gif@01CBD9B2.A9775FD0" alt="Institute of Employment Rights"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><o:p> </o:p></p><table 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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>100 years since the 1911 Transport Workers strike <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>50 years since the Council of Europe’s Social Charter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>25 years since the Wapping dispute and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>10 years since the Friction Dynamics Strike. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>2011 also promises to be a year of struggle as unions fight to defend jobs, pay, pensions and services. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>So what lessons can we learn from our past to inform our future? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Two trade union general secretaries at the centre of current struggles offer their thoughts in this 2011 <i>In Conversation </i>event</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>, Chaired by </span><b><span style='color:windowtext'>John Hendy QC</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=Default><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=Default><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Free Admission but pre-booking essential. </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>To reserve your places email office@ier.org.uk <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This event is kindly sponsored by <b>OH Parsons</b>, 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