<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#F2E3CE"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="56%" class="blue" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-size: 15px;">IER News Brief 06/05/16</td><td width="40%" align="right" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ieruk" class="blue" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-size: 15px;">Follow us on Twitter</a></td><td width="4%" align="right" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="75%" bgcolor="#66667f" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><div class="heading1" style="font-size: 70px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;"><a name="Top of page"></a>news brief</div><div class="heading2" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-left: 4px; margin: -8px 0px 8px;">Friday 06th May 2016</div></td><td width="25%" bgcolor="#66667f" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/42bef9e9-0080-4d3d-9334-2e260fdb3b8d.gif"></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="auto-style2" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;">Following months of debate and campaigning, the Trade Union Bill gained Royal Assent this week (04 May 2016). The final Act is a watered down version of the original punitive proposals made by the Tories, but it still presents a major challenge to the Labour Movement, particularly through the imposition of support and turnout thresholds on strike ballots; the introduction of reserve powers for Ministers to place a cap on facility time in the public sector; and the change to an opt-in process for unions' political funds, which presents a major risk to the funding of political opposition to the Tory Party.<br><br>Some gains were made in the Lords, with the government backing down on its planned - and entirely unjustified - prohibition of check-off in the public sector, although even here the law now allows employers to challenge the agreement, putting this time-honoured system on more fragile ground. While evidence shared in the Lords suggests most public sector employers want to continue with check-off, there were worrying indications that some authorities might use their powers to scrap the process for purely ideological reasons. Indeed, one Conservative Council Leader told Tory peer Lord Balfe, he was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/labour-lib-dems-and-tories-oppose-check-ban-govt-steams-ahead"><span class="auto-style13" style="color: rgb(149, 149, 171);">in favour of anything that could hurt the labour movement</span></a>.<br><br>Director of the IER Carolyn Jones provides more analysis of the Trade Union Bill in her blog today. Meanwhile, we will continue to track the progress of Tory plans to allow employers to use agency staff as strike breakers. The government has still not responded to<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/hiring-agency-staff-during-strike-action-reforming-regulation"><span class="auto-style13" style="color: rgb(149, 149, 171);">its consultation on the matter</span></a>, which closed over half a year ago.<br><br>Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/subscribe"><span class="auto-style13" style="color: rgb(149, 149, 171);">Subscribe now</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;"><tbody><tr><td height="15" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#A43F65" class="auto-style4" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;"> News and comment</td></tr><tr><td height="5" class="auto-style4" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/04b7a3ad-b117-489f-a19c-29751c7030de.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Trade Union Bill"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><span class="auto-style3" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(164, 63, 101);">Lords accept weakened concessions on the Trade Union Bill</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">The House of Lords yesterday accepted the government's amendments to the Trade Union Bill, allowing the Tory proposals to reach Royal Assent today.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span> <br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/lords-accept-weakened-concessions-trade-union-bill" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/ee3d5f11-51dd-41a3-98bc-5514d517aa2a.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="EU"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><span class="auto-style3" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(164, 63, 101);">France fights neoliberalism as another half million protest<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">Millions of people have taken to the streets in France to demonstrate against proposals to decentralise collective bargaining, thus weakening trade union rights and dragging France into a pattern of increasing neoliberalism seen across the EU.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/france-fights-neoliberalism-another-half-million-take-streets" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 98px;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/ee3d5f11-51dd-41a3-98bc-5514d517aa2a.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="EU"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px; height: 98px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 98px;"><span class="auto-style3" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(164, 63, 101);">How does TTIP leak square with government "mythbuster" on the deal?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills recently released a TTIP "mythbuster" defending the deal. However, a leak of the TTIP documents by Greenpeace does not seem to square with the government's claims.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/how-does-ttip-leak-square-government-mythbuster-deal" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 98px;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/4af5273a-321f-46c2-b0ad-932606fe318b.png" width="99" height="98" alt="Blacklisting"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px; height: 98px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 98px;"><span class="auto-style3" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(164, 63, 101);">Blacklisted workers finally see some justice, but IER warns law still needs to change<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">Workers blacklisted by construction firms for being members of trade unions finally saw some justice, as major industry players were forced to fork over £250 million in compensation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/how-does-ttip-leak-square-government-mythbuster-deal" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read full story</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 98px;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/6ca91dd7-e2ae-4ebe-b9c4-12b66dd7e5af.png" width="99" height="98" alt="Carolyn Jones"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px; height: 98px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 98px;"><span class="auto-style3" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(164, 63, 101);">COMMENT: A nasty Bill turned into a nasty Act<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">Carolyn Jones, Director of the IER, takes us through the challenges introduced by the new Trade Union Act and announces a new IER Manifesto for labour law change that will be released later this year to inform the opposition.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/nasty-bill-turned-nasty-act" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read full story</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td height="15" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td height="15" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#C1869B" class="auto-style4" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;"> Don't miss out on our Human Rights debate!</td></tr><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;"><tbody><tr><td height="15" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 15px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/2944"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/253e2c6a-f20c-4374-ab98-5f476bc76c18.jpg" width="300"></a></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 21px; height: 98px;"></td><td valign="top" class="auto-style14" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); text-align: left;"><span class="auto-style3" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(164, 63, 101);">Seats filling up in Liverpool</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">European Conventions protect workers in a number of ways: the right not to be forced into labour – a growing concern with the roll out of Universal Credit; the right to respect for private and family life; freedom of expression without interference by public authorities; freedom of assembly and association - protections that trade unions used to argue against the Trade Union Bill; and the right not to be discriminated against at work.<br><br>These basic rights form the basis of any civilised society so how can we ensure that these protections are included in any British Bill of Rights?<br><br>Speakers include<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Professor Keith Ewing</b>, (IER, KCL);<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Jo Seery</b>, (Thompsons Solicitors);<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Robert Knox</b>, (University of Liverpool);<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Hannah Reed</b>, (TUC);<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Paul Draycott</b>, (Doughty Street Chambers);<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>David Whyte & Stefanie Khoury</b>, (University of Liverpool).</span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/2944" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read more and book your place</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#5bafac" class="auto-style4" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;"> Publications</td></tr><tr><td height="5" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 98px;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/fb25d1db-2c1e-4d50-8d47-17dc166f146f.jpeg" width="99" height="142" alt="EU Developments" style="float: left;"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px; height: 98px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" class="auto-style14" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); text-align: left; height: 98px;"><span class="auto-style5" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(91, 175, 172);">Access to Justice: Exposing the myths: £6</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;"><b>By Andrew Moretta</b></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">In the second of IER’s series of Mythbusters, Andrew Moretta considers the many myths surrounding access to justice, including the narrative surrounding the “red tape” and “burdens on business” ideology, which he believes paved the way for systematic attacks on the tribunal system.</span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/access-justice-exposing-myths" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/3a996d1c-1459-4dfb-81b8-8901488dad8a.jpg" width="99" height="142" alt="Kill the Bill"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><span class="auto-style5" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(91, 175, 172);">Protect the right to strike: kill the bill: £5</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;"><b>By John Hendy QC & Professor Keith Ewing</b></span><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" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/cee8b19e-c2dc-452d-a284-b14209fbf568.jpg" width="99" height="142" alt="Ballot Thresholds"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><span class="auto-style5" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(91, 175, 172);">The Conservative Government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: The challenge to trade unions: from £6</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); 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’ and go on to drill down into one aspect of the government’s proposals – strike ballots.</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" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read more and purchase</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/6ac2ddd4-6bd6-4c3f-81ad-06fdb882171c.jpg" width="99" height="141" alt="Keithe Ewing"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><span class="auto-style5" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(91, 175, 172);">The mythology of business: from £6<br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;"><b>By David Whyte</b></span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); 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" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> 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"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); height: 51px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 50px;"><tbody><tr><td height="15" class="auto-style8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); text-align: center;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td height="15" bgcolor="#773b6a" class="auto-style4" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;"> Events</td></tr><tr><td height="5" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/4c9118e7-85f2-425e-bfc5-907e0e305ef9.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="EU Developments"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><span class="auto-style6" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(119, 59, 106);">LONDON: Public Sector cuts, Privatisation and Employment Rights</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;"><strong>15 June 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Unite the Union, London</strong><br>How far has the Government gone towards its promised British Bill of Rights? More importantly, how would such changes impact on the rights of UK citizens at work, in society and in the economy?</span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/public-sector-cuts-privatisation-and-employment-rights-london" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 127); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">> click here to read more</a></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f9f1e90f-26c5-47e7-8129-24f583d604bb.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="EU Developments"></td><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206); width: 19px;"></td><td width="82%" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><span class="auto-style6" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(119, 59, 106);">LIVERPOOL: Public Sector cuts, Privatisation and Employment Rights</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;"><strong>05 July 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Unite the Union, Liverpool</strong><br>How far has the Government gone towards its promised British Bill of Rights? 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