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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFCC" lang=EN-GB link=maroon vlink=maroon><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#FFFFCC'><tr style='height:846.0pt'><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:846.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=779 style='width:584.15pt'><tr style='height:239.75pt'><td width=779 style='width:584.15pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:239.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=777 style='width:582.7pt'><tr style='height:2.65pt'><td style='background:#FFFFCC;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:2.65pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><span style='font-size:4.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#663300'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr><tr style='height:25.55pt'><td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt;height:25.55pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/protect-right-srike-trade-union-bill-and-ballot-thresholds"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=753 height=119 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.gif@01D0F780.9B173B90"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=777 style='width:583.0pt'><tr style='height:904.25pt'><td width=541 valign=top style='width:405.85pt;background:white;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;height:904.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31'>New Clip: Ewing and Hendy discuss the potential impact of the Trade Union Bill.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZsS9tG9TgA&feature=youtu.be"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=490 height=275 id="_x0000_i1066" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0F780.B8274400"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>In this video the authors of our recent publication, <b><i>Protect the Right to Strike: Kill the Bill</i></b><i>,</i> Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC discuss the Trade Union Bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>John Hendy QC</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> says:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>That this Bill is “an attack on the rights of unions having an industrial voice” that also aims to exclude “unions from having a political voice” as well as “an effective voice in civil society.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>“Modern economists have pointed out that high levels of collective bargaining and high levels of workplace rights actually are conducive to a good economy […] this bill is shooting the economy in the foot.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>         </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The bill can be considered “illegal in the sense that these proposals are in breach of international treaties which Britain has ratified and therefore in breach of international law.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Professor Keith Ewing </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>says:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style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