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<a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/news-briefs-may-2013">View it in your brower</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white;border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt' id=templateContainer><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white' id=templateHeader><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/"><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=138 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CE531A.A03E5DE0" alt="News_Brief_17_05_131368803907.jpg"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt' id=templateBody><tr><td width=400 valign=top style='width:300.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=400 style='width:300.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=400 style='width:300.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:513.25pt'><td valign=top style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;height:513.25pt'><h1 style='margin-bottom:6.8pt;line-height:34.7pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;color:#A43F65'>New on the Coalition Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=356 height=165 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image014.jpg@01CDBE8E.746FF460" alt="Coalition Timeline.jpg"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>What have we learned from the Coalition Timeline so far? <span style='color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1385"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Find out in the IER's latest series of articles</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Pay and Benefits<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Recession provides businesses with cheap labour (11/05/13)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'> </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A43F65;background:white'>GO TO THE TIMELINE TO READ MORE</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Debate<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/two-most-powerful-women-trade-unionists-share-their-thoughts-world-and-domestic-issues-affectin"><img border=0 width=151 height=182 src="cid:image004.jpg@01CE531C.2BCC92E0" align=left hspace=12 alt="Roger Jeary shadow.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"></a><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0C3A6E;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/two-most-powerful-women-trade-unionists-share-their-thoughts-world-and-domestic-issues-affectin"><span style='color:#A43F65;text-decoration:none'>Two most powerful women trade unionists share their thoughts on world and domestic issues affecting workers, their rights and their movement</span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>15 May 2013<br></span><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0C3A6E'>By Roger Jeary<o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Last night in a packed room in Unite’s Headquarters, the Institute along with the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers hosted a conversation between two of the most powerful women in the trade union movement, Sharan Burrows, General Secretary of the ITUC, and Frances O’Grady, recently elected General Secretary of the British TUC. </span><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#A43F65;background:white;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/two-most-powerful-women-trade-unionists-share-their-thoughts-world-and-domestic-issues-affectin"><span style='color:#A43F65;text-decoration:none'>Read more...</span></a></span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#0C3A6E;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></i></h3><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Logo.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/whistleblowers-dismissed-their-droves-govt-make-it-harder-make-stand" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:0;width:108.15pt;height:82.05pt;z-index:5;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-300 0 -300 21324 21560 21324 21560 0 -300 0" o:button="t">
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The Haldane Society has released a Resolution, consultation response and standard campaign letter for those opposed to further cuts to have their voices heard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/support-haldane-society-campaign-against-legal-aid-cuts"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Click here to find out more and support the campaign</span></a></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Become a 'Friend' of the Ken Gill Memorial Fund </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span 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campaigners, grassroots organisations, and anyone passionate about fighting the Coalition's cuts at a large-scale forum in <b><span style='color:#A33F65'>London on June 22nd</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Actors and comedians, as well as trade union leaders, solicitors and other organisations have already signed up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/attend-peoples-assembly-against-austerity"><span style='color:#A33F65'>More information here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5373440104?ref=ebtnebregn"><span style='color:#A33F65'>Register 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