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Data is deepening our knowledge of job insecurity – there may be many more people in dire straits than we realise
The post Data is deepening our knowledge of job insecurity – there may be many more people in dire straits than we realise appeared first on IER.Read more…
The Coronavirus Bill will leave millions in poverty
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Ten things the government can do right now to prevent a Corona depression
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Behind the budget: Are we about to witness a bonfire of social protections?
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Looking beyond the “Points-Based Immigration System”: A few reflections on the future of immigration under Johnson’s Conservative government
The post Looking beyond the “Points-Based Immigration System”: A few reflections on the future of immigration under Johnson’s Conservative government appeared first on IER.Read more…
The IER’s 30th Anniversary Reception
On a cold wet night, the celebratory mood inside the well-filled Great Hall at NEU, Mabledon Place could not be dampened, as members, friends and supporters of the Institute arrived to celebrate its…Read more…
The Institute of Employment Rights takes its Manifesto to Washington
Last week, the officers of the Institute of Employment Rights were guest speakers at an international conference of trade unionists, policy makers and academics in Washington DC.
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We need to fight the Thatcher revolution with progressive ideas of our own
30 May 2019
A ministry of labour would be the ultimate resistance to the Thatcher revolution and begin reversing decades of anti-union legislation, Professor Keith Ewing has said.
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Protecting the right to strike in the ILO and the European Court of Human Rights: the significance of Appn No 44873/09 Ognevenko v Russia
Freedom of association is a foundational principle of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Not only is this principle recognised in the ILO Constitution, first established as Part XIII of the…Read more…
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 managers?
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How the ministry of labour will defeat neoliberalism
The work of the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) over the last three decades has been essential and remains so today.
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Collective Bargaining and Fair Work at the heart of Wales’ future.
On Tuesday 16th (tomorrow) the Institute of Employment Rights and Wales TUC will hold a public meeting in Cardiff on trade union rights and fair work. The backdrop is a landmark announcement by…Read more…
Giving workers shares will make the economy more stable, not less
By David Whyte, Professor of socio-legal studies at Liverpool University
There is an alternative to allowing a tiny unaccountable elite to run the economy and the planet into the ground – and those…Read more…
Thomas Cook staff: The latest victims of a bankrupt corporate model
27 September 2019
By Professor David Whyte, University of Liverpool
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When it comes to workers’ rights, we need to leave the past behind
27 September 2019
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
At Labour Party Conference, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Laura Pidcock all confirmed their…Read more…
How Corporate Law Eradicates Workers’ Rights
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Blaming Flybe’s collapse on Coronavirus hides a broken corporate model
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When it comes to workers’ rights, we need to leave the past behind
27 September 2019
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
At Labour Party Conference, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Laura Pidcock all confirmed their…Read more…
Thomas Cook staff: The latest victims of a bankrupt corporate model
27 September 2019
By Professor David Whyte, University of Liverpool
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