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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/"><img border=0 width=299 height=160 src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE6E9A.F4FEEED0" align=left hspace=12 alt="the peoples assembly.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_0"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>People's Assembly Special</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'><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 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65;background:white'>Public Sector<br></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white'>Teaching assistants 'to be sacked' (02/06/13)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white'>Tory backbencher: Govt should be radically shrunk (17/06/13)<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";background:white'>4.5k army jobs to be slashed (18/06/13)<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></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'><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:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Logo.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/unison-seeks-judicial-review-against-employment-tribunal-fees" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:108.15pt;height:82.05pt;z-index:251652608;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/unison-seeks-judicial-review-against-employment-tribunal-fees"><img border=0 width=144 height=109 src="cid:image016.png@01CE6E9A.F4FEEED0" align=left hspace=12 alt=Logo.GIF v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Unison seeks judicial review against employment tribunal fees</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'><br>19 June 2013</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D'><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:10.5pt;color:windowtext;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Public sector union Unison is applying to the High Court to launch a judicial review into the introduction of employment tribunal fees, which are to be brought in on July 29th 2013.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'> <i><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/unison-seeks-judicial-review-against-employment-tribunal-fees"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a></i></span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;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:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_17" o:spid="_x0000_s1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Trade%20Union%20Freedom%20logo.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/campaign-trade-union-freedom-hold-rally-durham-miners-gala" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:-103.75pt;width:149.6pt;height:32.75pt;z-index:251660800;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="-217 0 -217 20776 21658 20776 21658 0 -217 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/campaign-trade-union-freedom-hold-rally-durham-miners-gala"><img border=0 width=199 height=44 src="cid:image015.jpg@01CE6E96.5A01A4D0" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Trade%20Union%20Freedom%20logo.img_assist_custom.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_17"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Campaign for Trade Union Freedom to hold rally at Durham Miners' Gala<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext'><br>19 June 2013<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'>The Campaign for Trade Union Freedom (CTUF) is holding a rally at the Durham Miners' Gala this summer.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/campaign-trade-union-freedom-hold-rally-durham-miners-gala"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a><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:#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'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_s1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Whistleblowing submission cover.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/ier-responds-whistleblowing-commission-strengthening-law-and-policy" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:-103.8pt;width:78.9pt;height:107.55pt;z-index:251661824;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="-411 0 -411 21389 21764 21389 21764 0 -411 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/ier-responds-whistleblowing-commission-strengthening-law-and-policy"><img border=0 width=105 height=143 src="cid:image028.jpg@01CE6E9A.F4FEEED0" align=left hspace=12 alt="Whistleblowing submission cover.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>IER responds to Whistleblowing Commission: "Strengthening law and policy"<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:10.5pt;color:windowtext'><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:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>21 June 2013</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;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:10.5pt;color:windowtext;background:white;font-weight:normal'>The IER has responded to the Whistleblowing Commission of charity Public Concern at Work (PCAW) advocating changes in policy and law to encourage people to come forward about matter of public interest. </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;background:white;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/ier-responds-whistleblowing-commission-strengthening-law-and-policy"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more...</span></a><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'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_8" o:spid="_x0000_s1038" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Class logo.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/class-launch-liverpool-schedule-announced" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:2.3pt;width:104.15pt;height:79.45pt;z-index:251662848;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:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text' wrapcoords="-311 0 -311 21206 21465 21206 21465 0 -311 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/class-launch-liverpool-schedule-announced"><img border=0 width=139 height=106 src="cid:image030.jpg@01CE6E9A.F4FEEED0" align=left hspace=12 alt="Class logo.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"></a><![endif]><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;background:white;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'>Class Launch Liverpool schedule announced<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:10.5pt;color:windowtext'><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:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>21 June 2013</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;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:10.5pt;color:windowtext;background:white;font-weight:normal'>The schedule for think tank Class's launch in Liverpool - at which Director of the IER Carolyn Jones will Chair and speak - has been announced.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839;background:white;font-weight:normal'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;background:white;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/class-launch-liverpool-schedule-announced"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a><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;background:white;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'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Logo.GIF" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/widespread-compromise-agreements-nhs-could-be-gagging-whistleblowershttp:/www.ier.org.uk/news/unison-seeks-judicial-review-against-employment-tribunal-fees" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:108.15pt;height:82.05pt;z-index:251663872;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:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/widespread-compromise-agreements-nhs-could-be-gagging-whistleblowershttp:/www.ier.org.uk/news/unison-seeks-judicial-review-against-employment-tribunal-fees"><img border=0 width=144 height=109 src="cid:image031.png@01CE6E9A.F4FEEED0" align=left hspace=12 alt=Logo.GIF v:shapes="_x0000_s1039"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;background:white;font-weight:normal'>Widespread 'compromise agreements' in the NHS could be gagging whistleblowers</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";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:11.0pt;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:10.5pt;color:windowtext'>21 June 2013<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>A report by the National Audit Office has found that compromise agreements - in which an employee is paid money to leave their role and may vow not to disclose certain information - are widespread in the NHS and civil service and may be gagging whistleblowers.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'> <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/widespread-compromise-agreements-nhs-could-be-gagging-whistleblowers"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;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:10.5pt;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></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:16.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Debate<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h4><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Sarah Glenister.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/health-and-safety-good-people-good-country-its-even-good-business-say-experts" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:0;width:104.9pt;height:74.15pt;z-index:251659776;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="-309 0 -309 20974 21621 20974 21621 0 -309 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/health-and-safety-good-people-good-country-its-even-good-business-say-experts"><img border=0 width=140 height=99 src="cid:image034.jpg@01CE6E9A.F4FEEED0" align=left hspace=12 alt="Sarah Glenister.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Health and safety: good for the people, good for the country, it's even good for business, say experts<br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#413839'>20 June 2013</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#A43F65'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#0C3A6E'>By Sarah Glenister, IER staff</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#0C3A6E'><br></span></i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A comprehensive report on the presentations and arguments given by some of the UK's leading experts at the Institute of Employment Rights' health and safety conference in London</span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>. <i><span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/health-and-safety-good-people-good-country-its-even-good-business-say-experts"><span style='color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'>Read more...</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></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'>Resources<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'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_s1040" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Health and Safety London cover.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/health-and-safety-work" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:0;width:124.75pt;height:146.8pt;z-index:251664896;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="-260 0 -260 21409 21557 21409 21557 0 -260 0" o:button="t">
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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'>Countdown to the People's Assembly...<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'>The People's Assembly is finally here, opening at 9am tomorrow at Central Hall, Westminster.<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'>So far, almost 4,000 people have registered to attend the forum but there is still room for more so if you have not yet signed up, </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/"><span style='color:#A43F65'>make sure you do so tonight</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'>The People's Assembly has been organised by an </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/supporters/"><span style='color:#A43F65'>enormous consortium</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'> of trade unions, grassroots organisations, campaigners and think tanks - including the Institute of Employment Rights.<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'>Make your way to the library at 11am to attend the </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#A43F65;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/schedule/"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Mobilising Millions: Re-Unionising the UK</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'> workshop, at which Chair of the IER John Hendy QC will be speaking. The topic of this session is how a collective response to the banking crisis, pay inequality, and increasing vulnerability in the workplace can be organised.<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 now, here is just some of the press leading up to what is likely to be the most exciting event of the year for those who oppose austerity:<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;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2013/06/17/caroline-lucas-peoples-assembly/"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Caroline Lucas: The People's Assembly Offers Hope</span></a><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;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-peoples-assembly-will-cohere-the-left--and-finally-give-labour-some-real-competition-8651057.html"><span style='color:#A43F65'>The People's Assembly will cohere the left - and finally give Labour some real competition</span></a><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;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art/33659/Peoples+Assembly+is+a+chance+to+fight+back"><span style='color:#A43F65'>People's Assembly is a chance to fight back</span></a><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;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://socialistresistance.org/5255/5255"><span style='color:#A43F65'>People's Assembly offers prospect of resistance</span></a><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'>IER staff will be on hand during the proceedings. Make sure you catch us early on to receive one of our limited supply of free publications!<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'>We hope to see you there tomorrow<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:16.5pt;color:#A43F65'>Important dates announced...<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.2pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.7pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>25 June: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Changes to whistleblowing legislation brought in through ERRA come into force<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.2pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.7pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>25 June: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Qualifying period removed for unfair dismissal claims based on political opinion</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.2pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.7pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>18 July: </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Alemo-Herron v. Parkwood Court of Justice decision on TUPE Regulations to be announced<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:black'><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:16.5pt;color:#A43F65'>In the news this week...</span><span style='font-size:16.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Public Sector<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Councils have warned the government they cannot take further cuts without frontline services suffering or being lost.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>More than 150 local authorities - some of which are Tory-run - have signed a letter to the Observer warning libraries, sports clubs and children's centres may be forced to close if Chancellor George Osborne swings the axe once more in the forthcoming spending review.<span style='color:#A43F65'> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jun/16/councils-say-they-cant-take-more-cuts"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The National Audit Office has also warned that pay cuts to civil servants will lead to a brain drain in the public sector, strengthening the view that public spending cuts are hurting rather than helping the country. <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jun/19/civil-service-pay-cuts-deterred-applicants"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>Pay Inequality<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Scottish Trades Union Council has released new figures showing wages in Scotland have fallen substantially as a result of the recession and the financial crisis. "Our study confirms a number of dangerous trends: rising underemployment, loss of full-time jobs and the rapid decline in real wages," STUC economist Stephen Boyd said. <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/content/view/full/134246"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Elsewhere, Labour MP Hazel Blears called for unpaid intern work to be made illegal. <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/content/view/full/134365"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In brighter news, a BIS Committee has called for large private sector companies to undergo equal pay audits. <span style='color:#A43F65'><a href="http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/20/06/2013/59495/bis-committee-calls-for-equal-pay-audits-in-private-sector.htm"><span style='color:#A43F65'>Read more</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A43F65'>International Solidarity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Taking Greek state television broadcaster ERT off the air is illegal, the Court of State has confirmed, after protests and petitions were sparked when Prime Minister <span style='color:black;background:white'>Antonis Samaras</span> sacked all 2,700 television workers last week. 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