01 February 2013 United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Mr Maina Kiai has criticised the UK’s lack of trade union…
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Lee’s story: “We were called to a meeting and told that if we didn’t pipe down, they didn’t know what would “happen to us”!”
Lee Fowler, an electrician who was blacklisted from the construction industry for 26 years after he spoke out about unsafe working conditions, spoke to the IER about his experiences….
In the news this week…
14 June 2013 A weekly roundup of news affecting employment law and illuminating the need for…
State spied on, blacklisted and smeared trade unionists, records reveal
24 July 2018 Newly released records have revealed that the Thatcher and Wilson governments spied on trade unionists, according to the…
A Chronology of Labour Law 1979 – 2023
IER contributes to report recommending further protection for whistleblowers
…whistleblowing charity, has released its Whistleblowing Commission Report, recommending a new Code of Practice on whistleblowing arrangements in the workplace and the prohibition of unjust acts such as blacklisting whistleblowers….
Blacklisting event: The secret war between big business and trade union activists
Human Rights: possibilities and problems for labour law, London
The Institute welcomed delegates to hear from legal and academic experts on the impact replacing the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of…
Human Rights at Work: possibilities and problems for Labour Law
Wednesday 1 July 2015 A one-day conference GMB, 22 Stephenson Way, Euston, London The Institute of Employment Rights in association with Morrish Solicitors LLP Write up: 1 July 2015 By…
Public enquiry into undercover policing should include infiltration of trade unions
1 July 2015 Public enquiry into undercover police activity must include trade unions and blacklisting…
Fight Coalition attack on trade unions
28 November 2013 The People’s Assembly has provided a channel through which UK workers can fight back against the Coalition’s attack on trade unions in the form of an online…
IER Book Launch: Workers in Cuba: Unions and Labour Relations 2011 Update