A recently published People’s Assembly Pamphlet In Place of Austerity – a programme for the people says: “… the real aim of austerity was to stabilise the post-crisis economy in…
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Fast food workers’ health, safety and welfare in drive-thru’s
The IER manifesto makes an important contribution in emphasising the importance of collective bargaining. In the Hazards Campaign we know that where workers are working in low-paid, vulnerable employment then…
Wage war: Delivering workplace justice through union collective bargaining
The sole justification for the policies of austerity inflicted on most of the peoples of the world has been that there is a structural deficit in the finances of government…
Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake: a disaster for the sustainability of social care?
An edited version of this post appears in Green’s Employment Law Bulletin (2018) Issue…
The Institute of Employment Rights takes its Manifesto to Washington
Last week, IER were guest speakers at an international conference of trade unionists, policy makers and academics in Washington…
This care home crisis is a labour rights issue
Who would you trust to make decisions around an elderly relative’s care – care home workers, or hedge fund…
The Welfare State, wages & work: Disintegration or renewal?
Keith Puttick highlights how changes to the benefits system has had a deleterious effect on labour…
Employment Law after the election: what kind of laws do we want? LONDON
Wednesday 11 February 2015 A one-day conference UNISON Center, LONDON As we rapidly approach the next general election, Britain’s working population and, in particular, its 6.5 million trade unionists need…
Successes
The Manifesto for Labour Law project has had widespread success informing the policies of political parties across the…
Support
The Manifesto for Labour Law won widespread support across the labour movement and political…
Employment Law Update 2019 – London
A report on our recent conference covering changes to employment rights in…
Charter of Workers’ Rights for Scotland
Adapting the IER’s recommendations to benefit workers in Scotland….
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