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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/federation-news-spring-2012-meeting-challenges-age"><img border=0 width=180 height=248 src="cid:image016.jpg@01CE690F.2BFD9CB0" align=left hspace=12 alt="Fed News Spring 2012 Cover.JPG" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_16"></a><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Federation News Spring, 2012: Meeting the challenges of age<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Essays from academics, youth workers and unionists on how trade unions can attract, help and protect the UK's youngest and oldest workers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Now only £5! - <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/federation-news-spring-2012-meeting-challenges-age"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more and purchase a copy here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><h4><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><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 width=180 valign=top style='width:135.0pt;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=392 style='width:293.75pt'><tr style='height:477.55pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;height:477.55pt'><h4 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.0pt;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td><td width=200 valign=top style='width:150.0pt;background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm' id=templateSidebar><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=200 style='width:150.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 0cm 15.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=16 style='width:12.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image018.png@01CDDF5D.3EBC8FF0" alt="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/sfs_icon_facebook.png"><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheInstituteOfEmploymentRights">Friend on Facebook</a></span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=16 style='width:12.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image022.png@01CDDF5D.3EBC8FF0" alt="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/sfs_icon_twitter.png"><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ieruk"><span style='color:#336699'>Follow on Twitter</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=16 style='width:12.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image023.png@01CDDF5D.3EBC8FF0" alt="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/sfs_icon_forward.png"><o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050'><a href="http://us5.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=c9ba800ebc&e=f9032df4ea"><span style='color:#336699'>Forward to a Friend</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=387 style='width:290.0pt'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><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'>In the news this week...<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:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Many thanks to those delegates who attended our Health and Safety At Work conference in London this week. The conference papers and resources will be available on the website next week. <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:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>For those who missed out, don't forget there is another chance to attend at </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work-0"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Health and Safety at Work Liverpool</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;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:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>In the news this week...<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Pay inequity<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Pay has seen record falls over the last five years, leading to a huge rise in poverty, including among working families. Charities have pointed to a drop in collective bargaining, due to restrictions on trade unions, as a possible cause; as well as calling for an increase in the National Minimum Wage. Yet business leaders are still vying for a tighter stranglehold on public sector pay. <i><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/news-week#payinequity">Read more...</a></i><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Blacklisting<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b02xcn7d/Panorama_Blacklist_Britain/"><span style='color:#A43F65'>BBC's Panorama programme</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'> (view it this weekend before it's taken offline!) aired allegations that blacklisting is ongoing to this day, and Unite has launched UK-wide protests, but still the PM seems unconcerned about the scandal. </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/news-week#blacklisting"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></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:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Whistleblowing<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>New evidence has shown that the NHS spent millions of pounds on gagging orders. </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/news-week#whistleblowing"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></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:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Zero-hour contracts<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The government is set to review zero-hour contracts. </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/news-week#zerohourscontracts"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'><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:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'>The Resistance<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The People's Assembly has issued its Declaration of Resistance </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/news-week#theresistance"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/business-leaders-eager-drown-out-voices-workers"><img border=0 width=140 height=99 src="cid:image011.jpg@01CE6918.408654C0" align=left hspace=12 alt="Sarah Glenister.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Business leaders eager to drown out voices of workers?<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839'>13 June 2013</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><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:#0C3A6E'>By Sarah Glenister, IER staff<br></span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The Institute of Directors, which one cannot fail to notice has the ear of the Department of Business, has released statistics showing the majority of its members wish for strike action to be banned in a wide range of industries. </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/business-leaders-eager-drown-out-voices-workers"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#0C3A6E;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h4><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/subscribe"><b><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=346 height=78 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image019.png@01CDDF62.C5CA2200" alt=Subscribe></span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><h4><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>- Free access to all</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#505050;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://ier.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=ccca1139e1&e=f9032df4ea" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A43F65'>employment law publications</span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>- Reduced prices on</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#505050;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://ier.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=20b52eb0e0&e=f9032df4ea" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A43F65'>employment law conferences and seminars</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><br>- Free access to both electronic and hard copy</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#505050;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://ier.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=bfce15d9bb37b64de42086ad2&id=b3f31560d4&e=f9032df4ea" target="_blank"><span style='color:#A43F65'>resources</span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><br>- </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/conference-audio-downloads"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Free audio downloads</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'> of conference materials.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='color:#A43F65'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='color:#A43F65'>Forthcoming Events</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Health and Safety at Work 2013</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Health and Safety at Work Liverpoool Cover.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work-0" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.55pt;margin-top:0;width:120.75pt;height:143.15pt;z-index:4;visibility:visible' wrapcoords="-268 0 -268 21276 21466 21276 21466 0 -268 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work-0"><img border=0 width=161 height=191 src="cid:image020.jpg@01CE690F.2BFD9CB0" align=left hspace=12 alt="Health and Safety at Work Liverpoool Cover.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:20.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Wednesday June 03 2013<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Adelphi Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work-0"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Book now</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65'><o:p> </o:p></span></h4><h4><span style='color:#A43F65'>Take Action</span><span style='color:#A33F65'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Bring Greek National Television Back On Air</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 style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sign the European Broadcast Union petition to the government of Greece, which demands the reestablishment of state television services in the country. The closure of public television in Greece has been slammed as undemocratic.<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.avaaz.org/en/petition/EBU_Petition_Get_ERT_back_on_air/?copy"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Sign the petition here</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Austerity Uncovered: Bring your stories to the TUC<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The TUC has organised a national road tour collecting evidence of the hardship caused by austerity. Find out when they will be in a town near you <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://austerityuncovered.org/"><span style='color:#A43F65'>here</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Your Rights At Work - save the social chapter<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Unions Together have organised a petition against David Cameron's proposals to bring employment law back to the UK instead of allowing the EU to influence the rights of workers. This would put at risk paid holiday and sick leave, the Working Time Directive, equality laws and health and safety regulations.<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.unionstogether.org.uk/page/s/tearing-apart"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Sign the petition here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A33F65'>Register for the People's Assembly Against Austerity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The People's Assembly Against Austerity brings together trade unions, 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 here</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";c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