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Labour’s aims could be achieved through more effective collective bargaining
By Sarah Glenister, IER Staff 14 January 2014 In the run-up to the General Election next year, the Labour Party has begun to spell out its policies, hoping – it…
390,000 women a year are discriminated against in pregnancy yet only 1% take tribunal claim
ET Fees claim to be appealed by UNISON
4 April 2014 By Shantha David, UNISON Legal Services UNISON is applying to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal the High Court’s decision rejecting UNISON’s claim for Judicial…
Economic justice is a prerequisite to social wellbeing
28 August 2014 By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC A new pamphlet charts, with great clarity, the path to greater economic equality, write Keith Ewing and John…
Whose recovery is it?
3 October 2014 By Rae Delanie Passfield Income inequality in the UK is one of the worst in the developed world. With the five richest families holding more wealth than…
Article 4: Prohibition of slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour
By Virginia Mantouvalou, Reader in Human Rights and Labour Law and Co-Director of the Institute of Human Rights; UCL, Faculty of…
Family Friendly working in 2014 – How are we doing?
24 November 2014 By Michelle Singleton, Assistant Policy Officer at UNISON. Since 1998 there have been great improvements that have transformed family friendly policy and childcare provision, there is far…
THE ROAD TO SERFDOM
15 December 2014 Below is a short blog by John Foster on a presentation given by Keith Ewing. The paper was initially presented in Dublin followed by an updated version…
The power of corporate propaganda: review of ‘The Mythology of Business’
13 August 2015 By John Christensen from the Tax Justice Network Why did the vibrant social democratic traditions of Europe and North America collapse so swiftly in the face of…
The Deane Review of Self-employment
03 March 2016 By Professor Mark Freedland In May 2015, the researchers of the House of Commons Library identified the United Kingdom’s ‘self-employment boom’ as one of the key issues…
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