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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=125 height=85 src="cid:image001.gif@01CEAEE3.9F018810" align=left hspace=12 alt=ierlogo-resources.gif v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>Reconstruction after the crisis: a manifesto for collective bargaining<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:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>The Manifesto for Collective Bargaining has been launched<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>The Manifesto, the Institute of Employment Rights' latest policy proposals for an alternative - and fairer - path to growth <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining">has been released</a>. See a summary of the proposals, authored by Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC below and purchase your copy <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining">by clicking here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>Who supports the Manifesto?<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>We have already secured the support of nine major unions, as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:24.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:14.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#413839'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>ATL<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>Economic impact of collective bargaining<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'><img border=0 width=467 height=467 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CEAEE3.9F018810" alt="Collective Bargaining infographic.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'><o:p></o:p></span></h2></td><td width="60%" valign=top style='width:60.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#990033'>About the manifesto<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>The largest unions in the UK have given their backing to a new manifesto authored by renowned academic Professor Keith Ewing, and leading barrister John Hendy QC. Reconstruction after the crisis: a manifesto for collective bargaining, published by think tanks the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) and Class, was launched on Sunday 08 September 2013 at TUC Congress.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Creating a labour market underpinned by collective bargaining, particularly sectoral bargaining – that is, collective bargaining on an industry-by-industry basis – is demonstrated in the publication to be an effective method of stimulating economic growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Chair of the IER John Hendy explains:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"A fundamental problem with the British economy is the dramatic drop in the value of wages. As well as painfully diminishing the standard of living for most people (while the rich enjoy ever increasing wealth) this has depressed demand, causing the loss of jobs, loss of tax revenue and one of the worst performing economies in Europe."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>President of the IER Keith Ewing adds:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"There will be no long-term solution to current economic gloom without raising wages and equalising incomes. Only by doing so will we stimulate demand, increase spending, and create real and fully productive jobs that do not need to be subsidised by the State."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>As the publication describes, extensive collective bargaining coverage was the successful policy adopted by UK, US and European governments to end the depression of the 1930s, and some of the strongest nations continue to base their labour market on these terms (most notably Germany, Europe's largest economy). It was not until Thatcher decimated trade union freedoms in the 1980s that the role of collective bargaining was severely diminished.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Since then, salaries have been steadily dropping and have fallen a massive 7.5% since the 2008 crash. The poorest half of the population have seen their income share plummet by 25% since the late 1970s, while the wages of some executives has surged by 4,000% since the 1980s. The average Chief Executive now earns 145 times the amount of the average worker.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Income inequality is most simply and effectively addressed through sectoral bargaining, which not only improves the wages and conditions of trade union members, but of all employees working in the same sector. Collective bargaining also leads to stronger economic growth, greater innovation, productivity, job creation and a halt to exploitative agreements like zero-hours contracts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Reconstruction after the Crisis includes a detailed policy proposal for the next Labour government. It also sets out a ten-point manifesto , which is already backed by nine unions: Unite, Unison, GMB, NUT, PCS, CWU, RMT, UCU & ATL.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Keith Ewing said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"Every worker should have the right to be covered by a collective agreement. The next Labour government must take steps to make this happen."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Carolyn Jones, Director of the Institute of Employment Rights, said:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"IER believes that collective bargaining should be at the heart of the UK's reconstruction – pumping much-needed life into our failing economy. This excellent and timely Manifesto offers political, legal and industrial solutions to the Coalition Government's abysmal failures."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Steve Hart, Chair of Class, said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"This manifesto is a really important contribution signposting the necessary direction to get Britain back in the mainstream in terms of collective bargaining."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union, said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></i></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"Collapsing living standards and the erosion of collective bargaining rights over the past 30 years are directly linked. Workers and their families are facing the double whammy of falling wages and a race to the bottom as terms and conditions are slashed across the economy. It's time to stop the rot and forge a new deal for workers based on statutory support for collective bargaining."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Karen Jennings, Assistant General Secretary for Unison, said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"An alarming number of those employed in the public sector, particularly in the care sector, are trapped on precarious contracts such as zero-hours contracts. Such precarious terms of employment are not only exploitative to workers but dangerous to members of the public who rely on front-line staff. Collective Bargaining reduces vulnerability at work. If collective bargaining - particularly sectoral bargaining - was in place at more workplaces, employers would not have free rein to bring in zero-hours contracts and other exploitative terms. The IER's manifesto lays out realistic and progressive measures to make this a possibility."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Paul Kenny, General Secretary of GMB, said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"Collective bargaining not only raises the pay and conditions of current workers, but also helps to create new jobs and strengthen the economy as a whole. The government boasts about an illusory rise in employment. In reality, desperate people are being forced into precarious jobs on poverty pay. Such a small amount of capital spread thinly between thousands of workers does nothing for employees and nothing for our economy. Collective bargaining will lift wages and boost the economy. So let's go beyond empty statistics and create real employment that makes a real difference to life in the UK. And let's face it, Britain needs a pay rise."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Christine Blower, General Secretary of NUT, said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"Collective bargaining is at the heart of trade union activity. It is a fundamental role of a union: applying the strength of the collective to the struggle for fair and decent living and working conditions of each worker. And it’s successful – leading to higher pay and better conditions. There is no excuse for the removal of negotiating rights from teachers and thousands of other public sector workers."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Billy Hayes, General Secretary of CWU, said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"As a trade union the CWU believes collective bargaining should be considered a basic employment right. We believe more should be done to promote and protect the rights of workers especially when faced with a Government that has launched attack after attack on the hard won rights of the labour movement and is why we are supporting the collective bargaining manifesto drafted by the IER.”</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Bob Crow, General Secretary of RMT, said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"This manifesto is a vital tool in our struggle to build democracy and equality in Britain, strengthening workplace representation and rebuilding our movement following decades of anti-union laws designed to smash collective bargaining."</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Sally Hunt, General Secretary of UCU, said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>“UCU welcomes the publication of the Manifesto. It sets out clearly and convincingly the case for collective bargaining and its central importance to the protection of employment rights and the establishment of effective industrial relations.”</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Mary Bousted, General Secretary of ATL, said:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> </span></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>"ATL believes that teachers should have the right to collective bargaining regardless of the type of educational institution in which they work. This will be all the more important following the forthcoming changes to the TUPE Regulations, which we fear will weaken the protection offered to workers following a transfer from the public to the private education sector."</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Sarah Glenister<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>IT Development and Communications Assistant<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Institute of Employment Rights<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4th Floor, Jack Jones House, 1 Islington, Liverpool, L3 8EG<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>0151 207 5265<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>