<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 12/08/16</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=9d8cbc5156&e=0594b2782f" 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_2615594216432453165_Top of page"></a>news brief</div><div style="font-size:18px;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-left:4px">Friday 12th 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"><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=edc0656818&e=0594b2782f" target="_blank">Top bosses have given themselves 10% pay rises this year</a>, new research has found, at a time when real wages have<span> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=9d9a308592&e=0594b2782f" target="_blank">fallen for the average worker</a><span> </span>at the fatest pace across Europe.<br><br>The UK already has the widest pay gap in Europe despite being the world's 5th largest economy and it seems this trend is being allowed to continue.<br><br>The Institute of Employment Rights'<span> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=fe490f8e8c&e=0594b2782f" target="_blank">Manifesto for Labour Law</a>proposes driving economic renewal and stability by narrowing the pay gap and introducing greater wage equality across the UK. Through a three-tiered approach, the IER's recommendations strengthen workers' voice in governemnt, at a sectoral level, and at an enterprise level to provide the population with the opportunity to bargain for higher wages, better conditions, and higher quality training. Inequality has been linked to a whole host of economic and societal problems, including drug abuse, mental illness, anti-social behaviour, and poor economic resilience on a national scale. All of which we can begin to address by working together to create a more equal society.<br><br>Our Manifesto is already supported by<span> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=567fe48e09&e=0594b2782f" target="_blank">the Labour leadership</a><span> </span>and by<span> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5dcf607d23&e=0594b2782f" target="_blank">major unions</a><span> </span>including UNITE, UNISON, GMB, NUT, CWU, BFAWU and FBU.<br><br>We will continue to work to spread the message of an alternative to austerity and neoliberalism, and gain support across the country. But we need your help.<br><br>You can support our cause by<span> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=182c048b90&e=0594b2782f" target="_blank">purchasing your copy</a><span> </span>of the Manifesto and making a<span> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=04c99f073a&e=0594b2782f" target="_blank">one-off donation to our project development fund</a><span> </span>to help us cover the costs of this important work.<br><br>Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences.<span> </span><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&i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