<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><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;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing: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%" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,127);font-size:15px">IER News Brief 05/08/16</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" style="color:rgb(102,102,127);font-size:15px" target="_blank">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 style="font-size:70px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold"><a name="m_5082478254715858499_Top of page"></a>news brief</div><div style="font-size:18px;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-left:4px">Friday 05th August 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 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,127);font-weight:bold;font-size:17px">UNISON has become the latest of the UK's major trade unions to back the IER's<span> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/manifesto" target="_blank">Manifesto for Labour Law</a><span> </span>- 25 evidence-based policy proposals authored by 15 leading labour lawyers and academics, which together provide a legal framework on which a brighter future for Britain's workers can be built.<br><br><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/union-support-manifesto-labour-law" target="_blank">Other unions already in support</a><span> </span>of the Manifesto include UNITE, GMB, CWU, BFAWU, NUT, and FBU.<br><br>The Manifesto was authored as a submission to Jeremy Corbyn's Workplace 2020 consultation, and<span> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/news/shadow-chancellor-ier-manifesto-will-inform-future-labour-policy" target="_blank">received backing from the Labour leadership team</a><span> </span>on June 28, when it was launched with the help of Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and Shadow Minister for Trade Unions Ian Lavery.<br><br>We are delighted to see so many key players across the labour movement and the Labour Party support a progressive future for Britain's 31 million workers. The Manifesto aims to support our economy by reducing wage inequality, creating jobs, and improving training so that we can improve on our national productivity (currently at a record low compared with our G7 competitors). It is not the case that workers' must suffer insecurity and endless cuts to save money. We have the alternative, but we need your help.<br><br>You can show your support by<span> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/manifesto-labour-law-towards-comprehensive-revision-workers%E2%80%99-rights" target="_blank">purchasing your copy</a><span> </span>and making a<span> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/support-progressive-future-post-eu-uk" target="_blank">one-off donation</a><span> </span>to the IER to help us cover the costs of this important project.<br><br>Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences.<span> </span><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/subscribe" target="_blank"><span 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" 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" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:b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www.ier.org.uk/publications/access-justice-exposing-myths" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(102,102,127);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">> 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 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 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" target="_blank">> 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 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 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" target="_blank">> 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 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 href="http://www.ier.org.uk/publications/mythology-business" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(102,102,127);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">> 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" 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" 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/bf7bc975-9b7d-423f-90f2-32b140efb056.png" 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 style="font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;color:rgb(119,59,106)">LIVERPOOL: Health and Safety Update 2016</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:12px"><strong>04 October 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Unite the Union, Liverpool</strong><br>An update on problematic developments in health and safety legislation and what can be done to reverse their harmful effects. Topics include HSE's new strategy, the reduction in inspections, worker experiences of pursuing compensation, comparisons with other European countries and developments in the construction industry on worker engagement and mental health. .<span> </span></span><br><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/3048" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(102,102,127);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">> click here to read more and book your place</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/370dcc94-63f0-4712-9842-455298351ed9.png" 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 style="font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;color:rgb(119,59,106)">LONDON: Health and Safety Update 2016</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:12px"><strong>18 October 2016 - 09:30 - 15:30<br>Unite the Union, London</strong><br>An update on problematic developments in health and safety legislation and what can be done to reverse their harmful effects. Topics include HSE's new strategy, the reduction in inspections, worker experiences of pursuing compensation, comparisons with other European countries and developments in the construction industry on worker engagement and mental health. .<span> </span></span><br><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/node/3046" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(102,102,127);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">> click here to read more and book your place</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/8ef4ad46-3f93-4621-8f5e-8601d94a97cc.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="ELU London"></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 style="font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;color:rgb(119,59,106)">LONDON: Employment Law Update 2016</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:12px"><strong>09 November 2016 - 09:30 - 15:15<br>Unite the Union, London</strong><br>Our annual Employment Law Update brings together legal and academic experts with a representative from the TUC. This year we are very pleased that our event will be opened with a keynote address from the President of the Tribunals, Judge Brian Doyle, updating us with an inside account of the current ET practices and procedures. .<span> </span></span><br><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2016-london" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(102,102,127);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">> click here to read more and book your place</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/6bbca495-8ed6-4747-883d-63b5dc93bcc5.jpg" width="99" height="117" alt="ELU Liverpool"></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 style="font-weight:bold;font-size:13px;color:rgb(119,59,106)">LIVERPOOL: Employment Law Update 2016</span><br><span style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:12px"><strong>29 November 2016 - 09:30 - 15:15<br>Unite the Union, Liverpool</strong><br>Our annual Employment Law Update brings together legal and academic experts with a representative from the TUC. This year we are very pleased that our event will be opened with a keynote address from the President of the Tribunals, Judge Brian Doyle, updating us with an inside account of the current ET practices and procedures. .<span> </span></span><br><a href="http://www.ier.org.uk/events/employment-law-update-2016-liverpool" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(102,102,127);font-weight:bold;text-de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