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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/young-workers-hit-worst-austerity"><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_s1037"></a><![endif]><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Research published by the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Resolution Foundation shows that young people were hit worst by the recession and the ensuing austerity agenda Average wages for those in their 20s are now a fifth lower than in 2008/9. The number of 20-24 year olds in work fell by 10% over the same period.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/young-workers-hit-worst-austerity"><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:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>Farage: UKIP would abolish discrimination legislation<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_s1038" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/farage-ukip-would-abolish-discrimination-legislation" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:55.5pt;z-index:251683840;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/farage-ukip-would-abolish-discrimination-legislation"><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_s1038"></a><![endif]><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Farage indicated that UKIP would scrap much of the legislation designed to prevent racial discrimination at work. He was speaking in a Channel 4 documentary which will air next week. Farage said: ‘I think the situation that we now have, where an employer is not allowed to choose between a British-born person and somebody from Poland, is a ludicrous state of affairs … I would argue that the law does need changing, and that if an employer wishes to choose – or you can use the word ‘discriminate’ if you want to – but wishes to choose to employ a British-born person, they should be allowed to do so.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/farage-ukip-would-abolish-discrimination-legislation"><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:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>In the Commons: Frances Maude makes ‘pointless’ union-bashing statement<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_s1039" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/frances-maude-makes-pointless-union-bashing-statement-commons" style='position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:55.5pt;z-index:251685888;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/frances-maude-makes-pointless-union-bashing-statement-commons"><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_s1039"></a><![endif]><o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>In parliament this week Union-basher Frances Maude repeated his moves to cut trade union facility time and abolish check-off ‘for no reason’. Labour’s Lucy Powell MP replied to Maude; “It is election time, so we have a Tory Minister coming to the House as part of a pre-election union-bashing exercise. There is absolutely nothing new in this statement, so one wonders what his motives are. The Government have a clear strategy towards public servants up and down the country: “The Government do not value the work you do and are hellbent on disfranchising you and weakening your rights at work.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/frances-maude-makes-pointless-union-bashing-statement-commons"><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:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>New on the Coalition Timeline<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div><p class=MsoNormal><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_i1032" 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></p></div><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;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='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'> </span><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>Increasing vulnerability in the workplace<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;mso-line-height-alt: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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>National Gallery outsourcing: Workers on strike<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:14.5pt;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;mso-line-height-alt: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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Mesothelioma (Amendment) Motion passed<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:14.5pt;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;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Work programme fails older people<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;mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt;mso-list:l1 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:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Legal aids cuts hurt those who need help the most<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;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:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>Collective Bargaining Video – Why we need it<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/new-you-tube-clip-ewing-hendy" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:112.5pt;height:134.25pt;z-index:251675648;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]><img width=307 height=82 src="http://www.ier.org.uk/sites/ier.org.uk/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202015-03-13%20at%2016.20.56_0_0.png" align=left hspace=12 v:shapes="_x0000_s1028"><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Evening Rally: Wednesday 25th March 2015, 6pm</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>As we hurtle towards the general election two things are clear – Austerity must go and so must this Coalition government. We want politicians who inspire and policies that work for the people. We want an end to attacks on trade unions and their members. Join the rally and show your support. Another world is possible. Free entry. A full list of speakers and more information is available <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/campaign-trade-union-freedom-event-defeating-austerity-free-trade-deals-and-attacks-trade-uni"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>here</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:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>Can unions stay within the law any longer?<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>Bill Wedderburn Lecture addressed by Len McCluskey, 19 March 2015</span></b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;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><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'>New Resource</span></i><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#66667F'><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/access-justice-2010-2015"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>Access to Justice 2010-2015</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;color:#413839'>The Beecroft report, employment tribunal fees, the removal of wing members, reduction of limits on tribunal awards for unfair dismissal; The Coalition’s reformation of the employment dispute system has succeeded in making accessing justice even more difficult than it already was. We have gathered news, blogs, research and publications documenting the events of the last few years and their consequences together in one place. <b>Take a look <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/access-justice-2010-2015"><span style='color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>here</span></a>.</b><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:17.0pt;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_s1029" 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:251665408;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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