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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:image003.jpg@01CE5E01.A8DA2550" alt="News_Brief_31_05_131370002760.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'>. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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'><br><br><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'><br>News<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/news/think-tank-working-people-launch-liverpool-and-leeds"><img border=0 width=170 height=131 src="cid:image008.jpg@01CE5E19.691832F0" align=left hspace=12 alt="Class logo.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Think tank for working people to launch in Liverpool and Leeds </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></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'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>29 May 2013<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.classonline.org.uk/"><span style='color:#A43F65;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Class</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'>, the think tank for working people, is holding launches in<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.classonline.org.uk/events/item/a-think-tank-for-working-people-class-north-west-launch"><span style='color:#A43F65;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Liverpool</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='background:white'> </span></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.classonline.org.uk/events/item/a-think-tank-for-working-people-class-yorkshire-launch"><span style='color:#A43F65;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Leeds</span></a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'>this</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'>summer.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'> <i><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/think-tank-working-people-launch-liverpool-and-leeds"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a></i></span><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#A43F65;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'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;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'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;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'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><br></span></i><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1046" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="SOS Save our Safety logo.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/sos-save-our-safety-join-unite-and-ucatt-lobby-parliament-against-hs-attacks" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:0;width:177.9pt;height:50.1pt;z-index:7;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="-182 0 -182 20695 21673 20695 21673 0 -182 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/sos-save-our-safety-join-unite-and-ucatt-lobby-parliament-against-hs-attacks"><img border=0 width=237 height=67 src="cid:image016.jpg@01CE5E19.691832F0" align=left hspace=12 alt="SOS Save our Safety logo.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>SOS: Save our safety - Join Unite and Ucatt to lobby parliament against H&S attacks<o:p></o:p></span></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'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>29 May 2013</span><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#1F497D;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:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Ucatt and Unite invite you to join them to lobby parliament against the Coalition's attacks on health and safety on</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white'>Tuesday June 11th 2013</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white'>.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'> </span><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#A43F65;background:white;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/sos-save-our-safety-join-unite-and-ucatt-lobby-parliament-against-hs-attacks"><span style='color:#A43F65'>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:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;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_s1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Logo.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/employment-tribunal-fees-will-come-monday-july-29th-2013" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:108.15pt;height:82.05pt;z-index:3;visibility:visible;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' wrapcoords="-300 0 -300 21324 21560 21324 21560 0 -300 0" o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/employment-tribunal-fees-will-come-monday-july-29th-2013"><img border=0 width=144 height=109 src="cid:image006.png@01CE5E0E.F64D7EB0" align=left hspace=12 alt=Logo.GIF v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"></a><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Employment tribunal fees will come in on Monday 29 July 2013<br></span><b><span style='color:#A43F65'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>29 May 2013</span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0C3A6E'><br></span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;background:white'>A<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://t.co/F2JSnQQcCn"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;background:white;text-decoration:none'>letter sent via email</span></a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839;background:white'>to Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal stakeholders yesterday (28 May 2013) confirmed that employment tribunal fees will be introduced on Monday 29 July 2013.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;background:white'> <i><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/employment-tribunal-fees-will-come-monday-july-29th-2013"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_14" o:spid="_x0000_s1045" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="The Leverhulme Trust.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/leverhulme-trust-host-free-event-%E2%80%98voices-and-beyond-workplace%E2%80%99-home-and-abroad" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:0;width:122.3pt;height:83.15pt;z-index:11;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="-265 0 -265 21041 21724 21041 21724 0 -265 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/political-attack-workplace-representation-legal-response"><img border=0 width=151 height=209 src="cid:image015.jpg@01CE5E01.A8DA2550" align=left hspace=12 alt="workplace rep cover.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>This brand new publication from Professor Keith Ewing - President of the IER - and Alan Bogg provides a legal response to the government's attempts to quash union representation in the workplace through such policies as cutting facility time.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The book is highly recommended for trade unions and their members and is available to those who belong to a union at just £10 compared with £40 for others.<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Access to justice in employment disputes: surveying the terrain<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Access to Justice cover.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/access-justice-employment-disputes-surveying-terrain" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:-30.1pt;width:113.3pt;height:153.65pt;z-index:2;visibility:visible' wrapcoords="-286 0 -286 21298 21733 21298 21733 0 -286 0" o:button="t">
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