<html><body><div><br><div class="msg-quote"><style type="text/css"></style><table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#F2E3CE" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td width="56%" class="blue" style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">IER News Brief 05/02/16</td><td width="40%" align="right"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ieruk" class="blue" style="font-size: 15px;" data-mce-href="http://www.twitter.com/ieruk" data-mce-style="font-size: 15px;">Follow us on Twitter</a></td><td width="4%" align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td width="75%" bgcolor="#66667f"><div class="heading1"><a name="Top of page" class="mce-item-anchor"></a>news brief</div><div class="heading2">Friday 05th February 2016</div></td><td width="25%" bgcolor="#66667f"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c069746a-c624-4299-bbbd-6ce1461a7d8f.gif" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c069746a-c624-4299-bbbd-6ce1461a7d8f.gif"></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td class="auto-style2">The programme for our EU debate next week has now been announced and there is still time to <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-london-0" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-london-0"> <span class="auto-style13">book your place</span></a>!<br> <br> <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-london-0" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-london-0"> <img alt="" height="300" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/51070986-dd36-42fd-8c87-35d012afccff.jpg" style="float: left;" class="auto-style18" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/51070986-dd36-42fd-8c87-35d012afccff.jpg" data-mce-style="float: left;"></a><span style="font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12px;">EU Austerity, Economic Causes – Economic Consequences <em><span class="auto-style16">Prof. John Foster, University of West Scotland</span> </em><br>The systematic attack on collective bargaining <span class="auto-style16"><em>Prof. Keith Ewing, King’s College London and IER</em></span> <br>Unison’s opinion on the EU <span class="auto-style16"><em>Jane Carolan, Unison <br></em></span>Workers and Trade Union Rights: the dilemma of the EU referendum <span class="auto-style16"><em>John Hendy QC, Old Square Chambers and IER</em></span> <br>'Free Movement and Workers' Rights <span class="auto-style16"><em>Michael Doherty, Maynooth University Department of Law</em></span> <br>TTIP & the EU <span class="auto-style16"><em> <span class="auto-style17">Linda Kaucher, StopTTIPuk</span></em></span> </span><br><br> <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-london-0" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-london-0"><span class="auto-style13">Click here to book your place</span></a> <br><br>Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences. <a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/subscribe" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/subscribe"> <span class="auto-style13">Subscribe now</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="height: 51px;" data-mce-style="height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;" data-mce-style="height: 50px;" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15"></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#A43F65" class="auto-style4"> News and comment</td></tr><tr><td height="5" class="auto-style4"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Keithe Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style3">JCHR: Potential for human rights breaches in Trade Union Bill</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has reported on the Trade Union Bill, noting the potential for breaches of international human rights law in some of the legislation the government has proposed. </span> <br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/parliamentary-committee-notes-potential-human-rights-breaches-trade-union-bill" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/parliamentary-committee-notes-potential-human-rights-breaches-trade-union-bill"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Keithe Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style3">Peers amend Trade Union Bill to be less punitive to unions</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">Further amendments have been made to the Trade Union Bill across parties, with the intention largely to weaken legislation that would be overly punitive toward trade unions. </span> <br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/peers-amend-trade-union-bill-be-less-punitive-unions" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/peers-amend-trade-union-bill-be-less-punitive-unions"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Keithe Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style3">Peers press govt to halve ballot thresholds in public services</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">The Welsh Assembly this week voted against giving consent to Westminster to legislate for the 40% support threshold on strike ballots, additional regulation around facility time, and the removal of 'check-off' arrangements in the Welsh public sector. </span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-peers-press-govt-halve-ballot-thresholds-public-services" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-peers-press-govt-halve-ballot-thresholds-public-services"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="height: 98px;" data-mce-style="height: 98px;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Keithe Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%; height: 98px;" data-mce-style="width: 4%; height: 98px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="height: 98px;" data-mce-style="height: 98px;"><span class="auto-style3">Labour peers propose e-balloting & uphold international standards in Trade Union Bill </span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">Labour peers have proposed new amendments to the Trade Union Bill to introduce e-balloting for trade unions and uphold international standards in the definition of “essential” public services. </span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-peers-propose-e-balloting-uphold-international-standards-trade-union-bill" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-peers-propose-e-balloting-uphold-international-standards-trade-union-bill"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Keithe Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style3">Baroness Donaghy amends against 2-week notice period for industrial action</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">Labour peer Baroness Donaghy has proposed an amendment to the Trade Union Bill to fight back against legislation to double the notice period trade unions have to give employers of industrial action. </span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/baroness-donaghy-amends-against-2-week-notice-period-industrial-action" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/baroness-donaghy-amends-against-2-week-notice-period-industrial-action"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="height: 51px;" data-mce-style="height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;" data-mce-style="height: 50px;" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15"></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#ab4a02" class="auto-style4"> Consultation responses and briefings</td></tr><tr><td height="5" class="auto-style4"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Keithe Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style19">Picketing and the Trade Union Bill: Written Evidence</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC warn that if union activists feel intimidated and are reticent to volunteer as picket supervisors, this could have a chilling effect on industrial action as a whole, weakening workers’ rights. </span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/picketing-and-trade-union-bill-written-evidence" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/picketing-and-trade-union-bill-written-evidence"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Keithe Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5132af2-4ef7-4991-9485-e5e2440c6269.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style19">Trade Union Bill: Written Evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC provide detailed evidence as to how the Bill breaches international law, explaining:</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/trade-union-bill-written-evidence-joint-committee-human-rights" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/trade-union-bill-written-evidence-joint-committee-human-rights"> > click here to read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15"></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#C1869B" class="auto-style4"> SPRING RALLY: The Trade Union Bill and Beyond</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="height: 51px;" data-mce-style="height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;" data-mce-style="height: 50px;" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15" class="auto-style8"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="height: 51px;" data-mce-style="height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;" data-mce-style="height: 50px;" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5aa2107-6124-45d2-98f4-1d26546cf809.jpg" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c5aa2107-6124-45d2-98f4-1d26546cf809.jpg"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#5bafac" class="auto-style15"> Publications</td></tr><tr><td height="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" class="auto-style14"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c30b9fd0-b49c-4686-9919-bad86f0bd0aa.jpg" width="99" height="142" alt="Kill the Bill" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/c30b9fd0-b49c-4686-9919-bad86f0bd0aa.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" class="auto-style14"><span class="auto-style5">Labour Law Highlights 2015: £8</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <b>By Rebecca Tuck, Stuart Brittenden, Betsan Criddle & Claire Bowsher-Murray</b><br>This year’s Labour Law Highlights provides a timely summary of the government’s priority labour law policy areas. No surprise then that it starts with an overview and critical analysis of the Trade Union Bill, including its restrictions on the right to strike and proposals to remove long established check-off and facility time arrangements.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/labour-law-highlights-2015" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/labour-law-highlights-2015"> > click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" class="auto-style14"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/59923057-2d68-403f-b58e-97dfffb4ce8c.jpg" width="99" height="142" alt="Kill the Bill" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/59923057-2d68-403f-b58e-97dfffb4ce8c.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" class="auto-style14"><span class="auto-style5">Protect the right to strike: kill the bill: £5</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <b>By John Hendy QC & Professor Keith Ewing</b><br>Two leading experts on trade union rights – Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC – publish a short but comprehensive overview of the Trade Union Bill and its implications.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/protect-right-strike-kill-bill" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/protect-right-strike-kill-bill"> > click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" class="auto-style14"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/2be61da6-bf55-4297-bcc7-0c4e3ff7c06d.jpg" width="99" height="142" alt="Ballot Thresholds" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/2be61da6-bf55-4297-bcc7-0c4e3ff7c06d.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" class="auto-style14"><span class="auto-style5">The Conservative Government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: The challenge to trade unions: from £6</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <b>By Professor Ralph Darlington and Dr John Dobson</b><br>According to the authors of this timely report, the government is attempting to rush into law ‘the most sweeping and radical tightening of rules on industrial action since the Thatcher era of the 1980’s’. They warn that such proposals could result in ‘the biggest showdown over industrial relations for a generation’.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/conservative-government%E2%80%99s-proposed-strike-ballot-thresholds-challenge-trade-unions-0" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/conservative-government%E2%80%99s-proposed-strike-ballot-thresholds-challenge-trade-unions-0"> > click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" class="auto-style14"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/d83827fa-2606-4dc9-9e03-33483a34c8fb.jpg" width="99" height="141" alt="Keithe Ewing" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/d83827fa-2606-4dc9-9e03-33483a34c8fb.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" class="auto-style14"><span class="auto-style5">The mythology of business: from £6<br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"> <b>By David Whyte</b></span></span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;">The ‘myths’ that this publication takes into consideration are the kind of things that politicians now routinely say without thinking. Yet these 10 myths have very little foundation in reality and are rarely, if ever, accompanied with any concrete evidence to support them.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/mythology-business" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/mythology-business"> > click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="height: 51px;" data-mce-style="height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;" data-mce-style="height: 50px;" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td height="15" class="auto-style8"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="mce-item-table"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#773b6a" class="auto-style15"> Events</td></tr><tr><td height="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/856c305f-07c6-4885-b099-833b706e4fd7.jpg" width="99" height="116" alt="EU Developments" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/856c305f-07c6-4885-b099-833b706e4fd7.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style6">LONDON: EU Developments: has social Europe disintegrated? </span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"><strong>09 February 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>GMB, London</strong><br>Does the EU protect our rights at work and promote prosperity and jobs? Or is it a ‘bosses club’ that places freedom of capital over workers’ rights? Still undecided on whether to vote yes or no in the referendum? Come along to this conference where we hope to inform your decision.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-london-0" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/eu-developments-has-social-europe-disintegrated-london-0"> > click here to read more</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/a247fccb-bf61-4f6f-b8bf-7e3a3594c211.jpg" width="99" height="141" alt="Spring Rally" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/a247fccb-bf61-4f6f-b8bf-7e3a3594c211.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style6">SPRING RALLY: The Trade Union Bill and Beyond - Fighting the Anti-Union Laws</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"><strong>11 February 2016 - 6.30pm<br>Mander Hall, NUT, London<br></strong>Supporting the TUC's Heart Unions Week, we will be holding a FREE Spring Rally in conjunction with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom in London.</span><br> <a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/spring-rally-trade-union-bill-and-beyond-fighting-anti-union-laws" data-mce-href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/spring-rally-trade-union-bill-and-beyond-fighting-anti-union-laws"> > click here to read more</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7c7375b9-117a-46b7-9902-eb2df87df038.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="EU Developments" data-mce-src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7c7375b9-117a-46b7-9902-eb2df87df038.jpg"></td><td style="width: 4%;" data-mce-style="width: 4%;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top"><span class="auto-style6">LIVERPOOL: EU Developments: has social Europe disintegrated?</span><br> <span style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;" data-mce-style="color: #777777; font-size: 12px;"><strong>09 March 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool</strong><br>Does the EU protect our rights at work and promote prosperity and jobs? 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