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This process is known as collective bargaining and is widely used in other developed nations including Europe's largest economy Germany, which founds its labour law on collective bargaining.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>More about our Manifesto for Collective Bargaining below.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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'>New on the Coalition Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=392 height=189 id="Picture_x0020_18" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CEE152.C4647990" alt="Coalition Timeline.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><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:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Click here to see the Coalition Timeline</span></a><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'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'><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'><span 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: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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Tory think tank opposes EU-protected employment law (10/11/2013)<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 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 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'>Govt encourages unpaid work for young people (11/11/2013)<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:#66667F'>Labour Migration<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Sarah%20Glenister.thumbnail.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/seven-benefits-eastern-european-migrant-workers-have-brought-uk" style='position:absolute;margin-left:182.95pt;margin-top:-258.05pt;width:74.45pt;height:52.4pt;z-index:-14;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="-435 0 -435 21023 21760 21023 21760 0 -435 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/equality-and-discrimination-what-next-equal-rights"><img border=0 width=99 height=117 src="cid:image006.jpg@01CEE152.C4647990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Equality%20and%20Discrimination%20cover.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Wednesday 22 January 2014</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><br><i>A one-day conference</i><br>Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> <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'>Pensions: Changes and challenges<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_8" o:spid="_x0000_s1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Pensions%20London.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:182.95pt;margin-top:-258.1pt;width:74.45pt;height:88.7pt;z-index:-9;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="-435 0 -435 21186 21760 21186 21760 0 -435 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges"><img border=0 width=99 height=118 src="cid:image007.jpg@01CEE152.C4647990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Pensions%20London.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Wednesday 12 February 2014</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><br><i>A one-day conference</i><br>Unite the Union, London<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_s1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Pensions%20Liverpool.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges-0" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:27.35pt;width:74.55pt;height:88.7pt;z-index:-8;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="-435 0 -435 21186 21730 21186 21730 0 -435 0" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/pensions-changes-and-challenges-0"><img border=0 width=99 height=118 src="cid:image008.jpg@01CEE152.C4647990" align=left hspace=12 alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Pensions%20Liverpool.img_assist_custom.jpg" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> <br><b>Wednesday 26 February 2014</b><br>A one-day conference<br>Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'><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'>Access to Justice: employment tribunals at a crossroads<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_10" o:spid="_x0000_s1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Access%20to%20Justice%20Liverpool.img_assist_custom.jpg" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/access-justice-0" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:-34.75pt;width:76.2pt;height:87.55pt;z-index:-6;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="-425 0 -425 21094 21685 21094 21685 0 -425 0" o:button="t">
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