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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:360.0pt;background:#F2E3CE'><tr><td style='padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="56%" style='width:56.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>IER News Brief 23/09/16<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="40%" style='width:40.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=407ae69667&e=71131c031b"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#66667F'>Follow us on Twitter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="75%" style='width:75.0%;background:#66667F;padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name="Top_of_page"></a><b><span style='font-size:42.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>news brief<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div style='margin-bottom:4.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Friday 23rd September 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td width="25%" style='width:25.0%;background:#66667F;padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/42bef9e9-0080-4d3d-9334-2e260fdb3b8d.gif"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#66667F'>TUC Congress and UNITE the Union <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=cd89e76c66&e=71131c031b">have passed official motions</a> cementing their backing of the IER's <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=9969193840&e=71131c031b">Manifesto for Labour Law</a>.<br><br>Congress carried Composite 07, which aimed to protect workers' rights after the vote to leave the EU, in part by promoting the IER's 25 policy recommendations.<br><br>This week, UNITE's Executive Commitee <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=84dc9d570c&e=71131c031b">gave unanimous support</a> to the Manifesto, stating it should be the "blueprint" for the next Labour government - a view <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ecb2057931&e=71131c031b">shared by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell</a>.<br><br>UNITE's motion said: "The publication of the Manifesto moves the debate on from a simple call to repeal the anti-union laws to a serious discussion about a holistic approach and a new framework for employment rights covering trade unions and all workers whatever their employment status, including access to justice for all."<br><br>An <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=beca7c1ba6&e=71131c031b">easy-to-read summary</a> of the Manifesto is now available on our website.<br><br>Those attending the Labour Party Conference this year will have the opportunity to hear our experts and supporters speak on the Manifesto this Monday 26 September 2016 at our <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=4fedaa30e7&e=71131c031b">lunchtime Fringe event</a>.<br><br>Speakers will include Shadow Minister for Trade Unions Ian Lavery, General Secretary of UNITE Len McCluskey, Andi Foxx of the TSSA and Labour Party NEC, as well as our President Professor Keith Ewing, Chair John Hendy QC and Director Carolyn Jones.<br><br>Carolyn will also be chairing the <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=9139e3e0de&e=71131c031b">Morning Star Fringe event</a> on Monday evening, which will analyse the role of the media in the political narrative and how its influence can be democratised.<br><br>Subscribers receive all of our publications free and discount rates on our conferences. <a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=a817bc821b&e=71131c031b"><span class=auto-style131>Subscribe now</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:30.6pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:30.6pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='background:#A43F65;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'> News and comment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.0pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/95a3f90d-83e6-4ce0-b186-b01b05cc2f77.png" alt=Manifesto><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TUC Congress, UNITE pass motions to back Manifesto for Labour Law</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>TUC Congress and UNITE have passed official motions backing the Institute of Employment Rights' Manifesto for Labour Law.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=5236aba12f&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/ee3d5f11-51dd-41a3-98bc-5514d517aa2a.jpg" alt=EU><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Protests 'destroy' TTIP - for now</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Austrian and French Ministers have advocated abandoning the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in its current form after widespread protests.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=dea3ed78f2&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b1c726de-bf3c-454c-9dd0-50d42672c9ff.png" alt="Workers' rights"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UNITE calls on Sports Direct to work with union for independent review</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>UNITE has called on Sports Direct to work with the union in the process of putting together an independent review into its employment practices.</span><span style='font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ize:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nine out of ten businesses say govt apprenticeship policy will not encourage them to hire apprentices</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>A new survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) shows 89% of business people will not take on more apprentices following the introduction of funding reforms that the government says will lead to the creation of more apprenticeships.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=d044b1fd81&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/b1c726de-bf3c-454c-9dd0-50d42672c9ff.png" alt="Workers' rights"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All of Manchester's firefighters 'could be sacked' </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>All 1,250 frontline firefighters in Greater Manchester have been given their notice in an attempt to force them to accept a new contract. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=2439cd58d5&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:58.8pt'><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=98 id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/cc0563f6-8af6-46bd-9937-3426974aac8a.jpg" alt="Martin Smith"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:58.8pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style31><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>COMMENT: The Tolpuddle Tree</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>Martin Smith, National Organiser for GMB, explains how underemployment is fast becoming the new unemployment.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=ad75384d83&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read full story</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='background:#C1869B;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'> The Labour Party Fringe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:30.6pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:30.6pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height: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n style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=f02816b05f&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=142 id="_x0000_i1039" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/cee8b19e-c2dc-452d-a284-b14209fbf568.jpg" alt="Ballot Thresholds"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Conservative Government’s proposed strike ballot thresholds: The challenge to trade unions: from £6</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By Professor Ralph Darlington and Dr John Dobson</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><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><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=136dd11286&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=141 id="_x0000_i1040" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3/images/6ac2ddd4-6bd6-4c3f-81ad-06fdb882171c.jpg" alt="Keithe Ewing"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="4%" style='width:4.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td><td width="82%" valign=top style='width:82.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The mythology of business: from £6</span></span><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5BAFAC'><br></span></b><span class=auto-style51><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>By David Whyte</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'>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><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><br><a href="http://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=fd9d605804&e=71131c031b"><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:#66667F;text-decoration:none'>> click here to read more and purchase</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:30.6pt'><td colspan=3 style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:30.6pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr style='height:9.0pt'><td style='background:#773B6A;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:9.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>  Events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.0pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.0pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width="14%" valign=top style='width:14.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#F2E3CE'><img border=0 width=99 height=117 id="_x0000_i1041" src="https://gallery.mailchi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