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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#F2E3CE;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#FAFAFA;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>f</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#707070'>ree resources provided by the Institute of Employment Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=170 valign=top style='width:127.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#FDFDFD;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #505050 4.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020'><img width=154 height=114 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CFD28E.9C6A87D0" alt=ierlogo-events.gif><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-bottom:solid #505050 4.5pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Labour </span></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Party </span></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Conference</span></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Joint Fringe Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>IER and Campaign for Trade Union Freedom<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Monday 22<sup>nd</sup> September 12.45pm – 1.45pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Unite the Union Marquee, Manchester Central.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Delegates pass required<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> 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src="cid:image005.png@01CFD28E.9C6A87D0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=332 style='width:248.7pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:406.45pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 7.5pt;height:406.45pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#D3232A'>A Manifesto </span></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>f</span></b><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#D3232A'>or<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:22.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#D3232A'>Collective Bargaining<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The regulation of working conditions and pay is a key lever of economic policy. High labour standards raise wages, increase demand, decrease unemployment, raise tax revenue and diminish inequality. The neo-liberal route of low labour standards and anti-union policies on the other hand deliver the opposite – low wages, reduced consumption, decline in demand, increased unemployment, higher dependence on benefits, reduced tax revenue and a subsequent fall in the resources<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>required to deliver services. We’ve seen the results. Neo-liberalism has failed. It’s time to change track. If we want to reconstruct our economy we need to build more efficient<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>and effective labour market structures. To do that we need a government committed to bringing together both sides of industry – unions and employers – under a statutory framework that encourages agreements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>on terms and conditions of employment across whole sectors of our economy. Such agreements should cover levels of wages, hours of work, holidays, pensions, training, the employment of apprentices and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Is such a framework feasible? <br>Are there precedents or legal standards we can look to? <br>Does the political will exist to build a framework for working life that delivers a strong economy based on social justice,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>equality and fairness at work?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>This meeting will launch a discussion around the need for a manifesto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>which puts collective bargaining at the heart of the UK’s economic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>reconstruction. Copies of the new Manifesto will be available at the </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>meeting.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></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=332 style='width:248.7pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:215.35pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 7.5pt;height:215.35pt'><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;background:#FDFDFD;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:411.55pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>Attacks on employment rights<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>and the systematic removal of<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>access to justice leave workers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>vulnerable to exploitative<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>employers. Similarly, gagging<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>clauses on unions, restrictions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>on the right to strike and the now<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>abandoned review by Bruce Carr<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>on the right of unions to engage<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>in public protests, all reflect the<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>determination of the government<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>to silence opposition to their<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>disastrous policies. The Institute<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>of Employment Rights (IER) and<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>the Campaign for Trade Union<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>Freedom (CTUF) work hand in<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>hand to promote fair rights and<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>free unions. This meeting will<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>consider what unions want in a<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4D3A5D'>post-election agenda.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoListParagraph 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