<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" style="position: static; z-index: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto;"><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 24/06/16</td><td width="40%" align="right" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=c54735a62a&e=0594b2782f" 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 24th June 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 yesterday's knife-edge referendum vote to leave the EU, it is more important than ever for the labour movement to pull together to promote a progressive approach to workers' rights in the UK.<br><br>On Tuesday 28 June, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, Shadow Minister for Trade Unions Ian Lavery and the leaders of major trade unions will join us to discuss this very issue at the launch of the IER's 25 policy recommendations for the next Labour government: our Manifesto for Labour Law.<br><br>Be the first to hear the details of our new Manifesto,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ae38d8780d&e=0594b2782f">attend our launch for free by registering here</a>.<br><br>You can now also test your awareness of the current state of UK workers' rights and how this affects our economy and workforce by taking<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=1094cb4a56&e=0594b2782f">our new interactive quiz</a>.<br><br>Also fast approaching is our conference on Public Sector Cuts, Privatisation and Employment Rights im Liverpool on 05 July. 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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); height: 98px;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/7af2300e-a26e-4927-be11-210211c37d4a.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="EU Comparative Series"></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);">Len McCluskey: We support IER’s “genuine alternative” for UK labour laws<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">Len McCluskey, General Secretary of UNITE, has spoken of his union’s support for the “genuine alternative” to the UK’s regressive labour laws, which have helped to keep millions of Britons trapped in poverty and vulnerable jobs.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=d4cbd749fd&e=0594b2782f" 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/a1c807b8-1cf2-414d-b974-7322d853d0cc.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="John Hendy and Keith Ewing"></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);">NUT chief says IER Manifesto “puts us in good stead to build a brighter future in 2020”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">NUT General Secretary Kevin Courtney has said that the IER’s Manifesto for Labour Law, which will be launched at a free Westminster event on 28 June, “puts us in good stead to build a brighter future in 2020”.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=b2662bf8f8&e=0594b2782f" 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/547ff814-dc96-4f66-a8f7-ea2473274b23.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="John Hendy and Keith Ewing"></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);">Matt Wrack: “The FBU wholeheartedly supports the Institute’s plan to turn the economy and the British workplace around”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) Matt Wrack has spoken of his support for the Institute of Employment Rights’ (IER) Manifesto for Labour Law.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=0188b809b4&e=0594b2782f" 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/95a3f90d-83e6-4ce0-b186-b01b05cc2f77.png" width="99" height="98" alt="John Hendy and Keith Ewing"></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);">TUC, UNITE and CWU join Manifesto for Labour Law launch<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) Matt Wrack has spoken of his support for the Institute of Employment Rights’ (IER) Manifesto for Labour Law.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a9063f65c6&e=0594b2782f" 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/ff5c8d97-1124-45c0-8d11-c75a61215258.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Michelle Stanistreet"></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: Big browser is watching you<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">General Secretary of tthe NUJ Michelle Stanistreet takes us through the problems for trade unions and for journalists of the controversial surveillance measures in the Investigatory Powers Bill, which will be debated in the Lords on Monday.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=7713f5054b&e=0594b2782f" style="font-size: 12px; 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color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;"> IER fringes 2016</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 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/ceccaacb-266c-4d43-badc-b70c11c6ca82.jpg" width="99" height="140" alt="Durham Fringe"></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);">Durham Fringe: 08 July 2016, 18:00 - 21:00<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">Speakers include Professor Keith Ewing (President, IER), John Hendy QC (Chair, IER), Davey Hopper (Secretary, Durham Miners' Association), and Napolean Gomez (President of Los Mineros from Mexico - Metal and Mineworkers)<br><strong>Bowes Room, Durham Marriott Hotel</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br></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/4ccc35bf-7339-4623-bf82-d5ba74a3241f.png" width="99" height="140" alt="Unison Fringe"></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);">UNITE Fringe: 11 July 2016, 17:30<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">While unions develop their strategies of resistance against the Trade Union Act 2016, Jeremy Corbyn promises to repeal the legislation and replace it with a new framework of workers’ rights. To assist, IER has developed a Manifesto for Labour Law. Come and listen to the Editors and collect a copy of the book. Speakers include Len McCluskey, Shadow Justice Minister Jo Stevens, John Hendy QC and Prof. Keith Ewing.<br><strong>Room 1, the Brighton Centre (rear of the Foyer)</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br></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/d1e4672f-b01a-4e44-9f4e-87a8f4b2d495.jpg" width="99" height="140" alt="Unison Fringe"></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);">Tolpuddle Fringe: 15 July 2016, 19:00<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">Speakers include Professor Keith Ewing (President, IER), Mark Serwotka (General Secretary of PCS), Joanne Kaye (South West Regional Secretary, Unison), Adrian Weir (Assistant National Secretary, CTUF) and Peter Hughes (South West Regional Secretary, UNITE)<br><strong>The Marquee</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></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://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=bc5050eb6e&e=0594b2782f" 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://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=0c257464b8&e=0594b2782f" 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’. 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