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Welsh Assembly votes against Trade Union Bill proposals
28 January 2016
The Welsh Assembly this week voted against giving consent to Westminster to legislate for the 40% support threshold on strike ballots, additional regulation around facility time, and the removal of 'check-off' arrangements in the Welsh public sector.
IER publishes consultation response to 40% ballot threshold proposals
22 January 2016
The Institute of Employment Rights has now published its response to the government's consultation into the 40% support threshold for strike ballots in "important public services", part of the Trade Union Bill, following the government's disappointing response to the consultation yesterday.
IER responds to government’s plan to use agency workers as strike breakers
22 January 2016
The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) has published its response to the government's consultation on hiring agency staff during strike action in September 2015, stating that the move is unjustified and will intensify conflict.
Tories suffer embarrassing defeat over Trade Union Bill
21 January 2016
A motion by Baroness Smith of Basildon that Clauses 10 and 11 of the Trade Union Bill – pertaining to restrictions on the funding of the Labour Party – are scrutinised by a Select Committee has been approved by the House of Lords.
TRADE UNION BILL: Government backs down on ancillary workers in public services
21 January 2016
The government has vowed to remove its broad reference to ancillary workers involved in the provision of public services in the Trade Union Bill as part of its response to a consultation on its proposals to limit strike action in "important public services", which was released today. Instead, it has published a more definitive list of which services will be included.
IER briefing reveals how international law is being eclipsed by corporate interests across the EU
20 January 2016
In a new briefing from the Institute of Employment Rights, Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC examine how there is a "severe tension at the heart of the neo-liberal project", which leads to international law being eclipsed by corporate interests.
UPDATE: Proposed amendments to the Trade Union Bill
20 January 2016
The latest raft of amendments to the Trade Union Bill have been published, largely by Liberal Democrat peers Lord Stoneham of Droxford and Baroness Burt of Solihull. They have proposed the following changes to rebalance the Bill to reduce the burden and injustice on trade unions:
Lord Monks amends Trade Union Bill to remove dangerous statutory instrument
19 January 2016
Lord Monks has proposed an amendment to the Trade Union Bill to remove a dangerous statutory instrument, which would allow the Secretary of State to treat any organisation or worker funded wholly or partly from public funds and that performs functions that could be considered to be "of a public nature" to be treated as a "public service" with the regard to the Bill's restrictions on the check-off system.
Will EU settlement allow transnational corporations to sue UK for policies they don’t like?
19 January 2016
Roger Godsiff, MP for Birmingham Hall green, is set to ask the Conservative government if it continues to support the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade deal – part of a proposed EU settlement – in the light of breaking news that the US government is being sued by a Canadian infrastructure company for rejecting a pipeline that was to bring Canadian tar sands oil down through the US.
Lords’ proposed amendments to Trade Union Bill
15 January 2016
The Lords has proposed amendments to the Trade Union Bill to reduce the impact on trade unions, the most significant of which include:
SPRING RALLY: The Trade Union Bill and Beyond – Fighting the Anti-Union Laws
15 January 2016
Please see poster below for details of our Spring Rally in conjunction with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom. The event is free and we hope to see you there!
Rise in workplace deaths
31 October 2015
Figures released by the Health and Safety executive (HSE) show the number of workplace deaths increased to 142 in 2014/2015. 611,000 injuries occurred at work over the same period, according to the Labour Force Survey.
