Lynch was elected general secretary in 2021. He also served two terms as assistant general secretary and two terms on the union’s…
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Whistleblowing laws need urgent reform, says cross-party group
The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on whistleblowing today released a report drawing on evidence from over 300 whistleblowers, urging the government to reform the…
Picketing and the Trade Union Bill: Written Evidence
The legal evidence to demonsttate the new picketing rules in the Trade Union Bill is a violation of the right to freedom of…
Laura Pidcock MP lays out Labour’s plans to implement the IER’s recommendations
Shadow Minister for Employment Rights, Laura Pidcock, detailed the Labour Party’s plans for new workers’ rights, based upon the recommendations of the Institute of Employment Rights, at TUC 2019 on…
Commission a project
The IER’s extensive network of lawyers and academics can be commissioned to conduct the investigations of third…
Three in four think Trade Union Bill is a waste of police time
10 September 2015 Should it be passed, the Trade Union Bill will require striking workers on a picket to identify themselves to police and give 14 days notice for all…
Does the model need fixing? Adapting organized labour and trade unions for the 21st century
22 June 2015 James Wold, second year law student at Marquette University in Milwaukee The Industrial Revolution brought with it two key elements that carry on today – the defining…
John McDonnell endorses IER at Unite Conference
06 July 2018 The Institute of Employment Rights was at the Unite union conference this week, where Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell endorsed the proposals of our Manifesto for Labour Law,…
#killthebill – TUC lobby of Parliament
26 October 2015 TUC LOBBY OF PARLIAMENT – Monday, November 2nd. Rally in Central Hall, Westminster, London Start: 1:00pm, Lobby your M.P. from 2.30pm…
Carolyn Jones retirement social – celebrating women making it to the top
Come and celebrate the tenure of one of the labour movements most tenacious fighters, at our TUC social. Music and dancing until…
Chris’ story: “To the people in charge now, I’m nothing but a bum wiper”
Chris, a care worker for people with learning disabilities, who has been in the industry for three decades and has seen it move hands from the public to private sectors,…
Court of Appeal hears Shrewsbury 24 case
The Court will consider the argument that 24 innocent men were convicted after a lawful strike in a politically-motivated miscarriage of…