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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/miliband-pledges-double-length-paternity-leave"><img border=0 width=100 height=74 src="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-newssection.thumbnail.gif" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="_x0000_s1030"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>Under the plans, fathers would be offered four weeks off work at £260 per week. An entitlement to two weeks paternity leave has been in place since 2003, but Labour says that only about 55% of new fathers take the full two weeks due to the financial pressures they are under. Three in four fathers who are on low incomes do not currently take up their full entitlement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/miliband-pledges-double-length-paternity-leave"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Read More…</span></a><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:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>David Cameron calls for workers to get a pay rise<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/david-cameron-calls-workers-get-pay-rise" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:55.5pt;z-index:251669504;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/david-cameron-calls-workers-get-pay-rise"><img border=0 width=100 height=74 src="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/ierlogo-newssection.thumbnail.gif" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="_x0000_s1031"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>Echoing the language of the TUC, David Cameron urged business leaders to “give Britain a pay rise” on Tuesday (10 February). After a four year assault on employment rights and trade union freedoms in which he has introduced a litany of policies designed to degrade pay and conditions, and to make it harder for workers to access justice, the hypocrisy of Cameron’s comments is jarring. As he knows, politely asking corporations to raise wages will have absolutely no effect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/david-cameron-calls-workers-get-pay-rise"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Read the response…</span></a><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:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>Stop TTIP<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>Thanks to a brilliant campaign, opposition to TTIP it is gaining momentum. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>European Parliament will vote on a resolution on TTIP in May, however</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>ISDS has been separated out for an earlier debate and resolution. Between 9-12 March, there may be the adoption of a European Parliament resolution on ISDS. Please email your MEPs and tell them you do not want</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> I</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>SDS in any agreement.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>You can find your set of MEPs and their email addresses at:<a href="http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your_meps.html#shadowbox/1/%E2%80%A8"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your_meps.html#shadowbox/1/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>A template email for your adaption is available <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/ttip-template-email"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>here</span></a>.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'> <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:14.0pt;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;color:black'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 height=136 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-25%20at%2011.29.14.img_assist_custom.png"></span></a><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><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>Pay and Benefits<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 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-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>Football displays modern day pay inequality at its worst (10/02/2014)<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'>Health and safety<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 lfo4'><![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'>Construction deaths rise after safety inspections are cut (13/02/2015)<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'>Other<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 lfo6'><![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'>Postcode lottery for work experience (12/09/2013)<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 lfo6'><![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'>Tube drivers vote to strike over sacked colleague(10/02/2015)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>Forthcoming Events<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>Two events in Liverpool: Wednesday 25<sup>th</sup> March 2015 Adelphi Hotel <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:#2E75B6'>Employment law after the election: what we want?, The Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6'>Half day conference, 2.00pm – 5.00pm. Cost £25<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>Following the tremendous success of the IER’s </span><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/what-kind-laws-do-we-want">What We Want<span style='font-style:normal'> conference in London on 11 February</span></a></span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>, a similar, half-day event will take place in Liverpool to allow more people to engage in the debate. The conference will be a key event in the run-up to the general election, asking how the lives and living standards of Britain’s population are going to improve under a new government. What laws do you want after the election? Let us know on <b>#ierwhatwewant.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#525252'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6'>Trade unions under attack: Time to fight back. FREE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Evening Rally in association with Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, the People’s Assembly, the Centre for Labour and Social Studies and the Morning Star. Full programme to follow. Get the date in your diary! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.4pt'><span style='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:#525252'>Can unions stay within the law any longer?<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>Bill Wedderburn Lecture addressed by Len McCluskey, 19 March 2015</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>This meeting will be held at The Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE at 6.30pm. The attendance fee will be waived for Trade Union members. More information and online booking is available <a href="http://www.industriallawsociety.org.uk/ils_events/66"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'> <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:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>New – Election 2015: What’s at stake for work, pay and trade unions?<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:112.5pt;z-index:251671552;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
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</span><span style='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:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/trade-unions-and-economic-inequality"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Trade Unions and Economic Inequality</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>By Dr Lydia Hayes and Professor Tonia Novitz</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#413839'>What is the point of trade unions? What do they deliver? Are trade unions relevant in 21st century modern society? These and many other questions are answered by the authors of this timely and well presented report. Order your copy<a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/trade-unions-and-economic-inequality"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'> here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:102pt;z-index:251677696;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
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