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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1728"><img border=0 width=125 height=85 src="cid:image001.gif@01CEB621.CB6AE780" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-news.gif" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>News Brief 20/09/2013<o:p></o:p></span></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/1728"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>View in your browser</span></a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><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:#66667F'>In the news this week<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>It's Party Conference season and the media has been largely reporting from the Liberal Democrat Conference in Glasgow. On employment rights, Business Secretary Vince Cable pushed for an<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/sep/13/liberal-democrats-push-minimum-wage-increase"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>increase in the National Minimum Wage</span></a>and, indeed, has already set the ball in rolling by<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://news.bis.gov.uk/Press-Releases/Cable-announces-plans-to-boost-fairness-for-workers-6933b.aspx"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>asking the Low Pay Commission</span></a>to report on what labour market conditions would be necessary to increase the level of the minimum wage. In the same statement, Cable announced a consultation into zero-hours contracts would be launched. While the Liberal Democrats have, in these moves, showed divergence from the Conservatives, they are unlikely to make much of a difference to workers' rights. The IER<a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/reconstruction-after-crisis-manifesto-collective-bargaining"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>recommends a labour force founded on collective bargaining</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>as a solution to both the problems of low pay and exploitative contracts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Collective bargaining<br><br></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_15" o:spid="_x0000_s1037" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Alan Bogg.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/why-labour-law-reform-will-be-heart-next-general-election" style='position:absolute;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:-82.15pt;width:71.85pt;height:85.25pt;z-index:-12;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="-451 0 -451 21283 21660 21283 21660 0 -451 0" o:button="t">
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class=MsoNormal 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:l1 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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Royal Mail privatisation announced (10/07/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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:l1 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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Fined firm given NHS contract (03/09/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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:l1 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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Royal Mail to be sold off in "coming weeks" (12/09/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Trade union rights<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal 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:l2 level1 lfo2'><![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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Tory attempts to create fear of unions (25/08/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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:l2 level1 lfo2'><![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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Lobbying Bill so extreme even Tories oppose it (03/09/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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:l2 level1 lfo2'><![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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>U-turn expected on hated Lobbying Bill (06/09/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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:l2 level1 lfo2'><![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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>New TUPE rules attack workers and trade unions (05/09/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal 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:l2 level1 lfo2'><![if 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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Increasing vulnerability in the workplace<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal 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:l4 level1 lfo3'><![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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Shares for rights scheme comes into effect (01/09/2013)<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>Pay and benefits<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal 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