<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><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 08/07/16</td><td width="40%" align="right" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ec182215ea&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 08th July 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;">We're leading with the news this week that MPs have accused the government of trying to conceal information that shows the introduction of prohibitively high fees to take cases to employment tribunal has been a "disaster".<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=37a3595a88&e=0594b2782f">Read more here</a>.<br><br>In other news, we'd like to thank everybody who attended our event Public Sector Cuts, Privatisation and Emploument Rights in Liverpool on Tuesday. It proved to be a lively debate with some very interesting contributions from solicitors, academics, the NUT and the TUC. You can now read tweets from the day and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5eaf88c5a5&e=0594b2782f">download papers and presentations here</a>. We will also be publishing a special report including further detail on what we learned at the conference, and will update you on this in the next News Brief.<br><br>Lastly, we continue to promote our new<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=1d4e54c5d2&e=0594b2782f">Manifesto for Labour Law</a>across the country. Many thanks to the growing number of people showing support for our recommendations for the progressive reform of employment law and trade union rights in post-EU UK. Now, more than ever, is the time to pull together to ensure workers' protections are not only maintained but improved upon for a brighter future. You can buy the Manifesto, read about the support we have received from unions, donate to the cause, and complete our quiz on workers' rights<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=e92a0035ae&e=0594b2782f">here</a>.<br><br>If you're on your way to the Durham Gala this evening, don't forget we will be hosting Jeremy Corbyn tonight in the Bowes Room of Durham Marriott Hotel from 6pm. Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC - President and Chair of the IER, respectively - will also be there to take delegates through our Manifesto for Labour Law.<br><br>Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=fa83b3adef&e=0594b2782f"><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); height: 98px;"><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/3217d00c-d174-45e5-a9cf-a588a59f2af4.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Access to Justice"></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);">Govt accused of hiding report that shows tribunal fees a “disaster”</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">The government has been accused of stringing along the Select Committee for Justice on a report reviewing the impact of employment tribunal fees post implementation.</span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=21a9574d50&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="Manifesto"></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);">Jeremy Corbyn to speak at IER event</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will speak at a meeting hosted by the Institute of Employment Rights at the Durham Miners' Gala this Friday (08 July 2016), at which IER President Professor Keith Ewing and Chair John Hendy QC will discuss our proposals for the next Labour government.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=88f8913806&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="Manifesto"></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);">Work stress on the rise and job security must be broached, research shows</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">The latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey of 3,000 Britons has revealed that work is becoming more stressful in the UK.</span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=f04e7ff0d1&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/04b7a3ad-b117-489f-a19c-29751c7030de.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Trade Union Act"></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);">Welsh government ‘to counter Trade Union Act’<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">The Guardian has reported that the Welsh Assembly will tomorrow (05 July 2016) announce legislation that counters the draconian laws put in place by the Trade Union Act.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=807d1b2e5b&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/5975ed57-d8ab-4dc6-aa84-80d098291ba9.jpg" width="99" height="98" alt="Nicole Busby"></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: Women's Labour and Trade Unionism - A Dangerous Combination?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">Rebecca Zahn and Professor Nicole Busby take us through a history of women's relationship with the trade union movement and how improvements can still be made to reach out to the female workforce.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=57533993d4&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/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);">COMMENT: On the edge of a paradigm variation? Changing Joint Regulation and Labour Market Policy in Italy during the Crisis</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">In the fourth piece from our EU Comparative Series, Italian academics Sabrina Colombo and Ida Regalia analyse the impact of Troika intervention on Italy's collective bargaining structure, employment law, and trade union rights.</span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=726e46c796&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/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);">COMMENT: The impact of the crisis on collective bargaining in manufacturing in Portugal: between resilience and decentralisation</span><br><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 12px;">In the fifth article of our EU Comparative Series, academics from the University of Manchester and the University of Porto examine the impact on trade union and workers’ rights of a shift towards neoliberal structures in Portugal following intervention of the Troika.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><a class="purpleLink" href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=472863a125&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></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;"> Jeremy Corbyn speaks tonight!</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" style="position: static; z-index: auto;"><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; position: static; z-index: auto;"><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" style="position: static; z-index: auto;"><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 style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(242, 227, 206);"><br><img src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/f7864f31-ed18-41b7-a2f0-2ee93fc66b76.jpg" width="400"><br></td></tr><tr></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;"> 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-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ffbeec666a&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=efe368c5f6&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’. 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://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=89def634ca&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/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. 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