19 May 2016
By David Whyte and David Ellis, University of Liverpool
On the eve of a major international anti-corruption summit hosted by the British government, the prime minister, David Cameron,…Read more…
Remain or Leave – trade deals still pose major threats to workers
12 May 2016
By Adrian Weir, Assistant Chief of Staff, Unite the Union
The cat is out of the bag – the publication last week of the LSE report on the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)…Read more…
A nasty Bill turned into a nasty Act
06 May 2016
By Carolyn Jones, Director, Institute of Employment Rights
The Trade Union Bill has now passed through its Parliamentary stages, receiving Royal Assent on Wednesday 04 May –…Read more…
Rethinking liberalisation – to counter corporate takeover
27 April 2016
By Linda Kaucher, StopTTIP UK
Liberalisation means opening investment opportunities to foreign and transnational investors. While the word is tossed around by journalists and…Read more…
390,000 women a year are discriminated against in pregnancy yet only 1% take tribunal claim
13 April 2016
By Scarlet Harris, Women’s Equality Officer, TUC Equality and Employment Rights Department.
Last month the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published its report…Read more…
Inform your workforce, get sued. Reporting back in European Works Councils.
11 April 2016
By Stan De Spiegelaere & Romuald Jagodzinski, Researchers at the European Trade Union Institute
On 26 June 2013, the members of the Amcor European Works Council (EWC) received…Read more…
The EU is exporting UK neoliberalism to the rest of Europe
29 March 2016
By Aristea Koukiadaki, Isabel Távora and Miguel Martínez Lucio
In the first of a series of articles highlighting the impact of EU austerity measures on levels of collective…Read more…
Select Committee’s recommendations on Trade Union Bill don’t go far enough
04 March 2016
By Keith Ewing, President of the IER
Clause 10 of the Trade Union Bill contains a pernicious and vindictive attack on trade union political freedom.
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The threat to our democracy you didn’t see coming
04 March 2016
By Stephen Devlin, the New Economics Foundation
Yesterday, the government announced it intends to cut so-called ‘red tape’ for businesses by a further £10 billion.
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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 for the 2015…Read more…
German Judges offer a damning opinion on the European Commission’s proposed Investment Court System (ICS),
26 February 2016
We are grateful to John Hendy QC who has brought to our attention this highly significant public statement by the German Judges on TTIP (and CETA). The statement offers a…Read more…
Zero Hours – Zero Solutions
23 February 2016
By Mark Freedland and Jermias Prassl, Oxford Human Rights Hub
Over the course of the past year, we have repeatedly highlighted the problems facing workers on so-called ‘zero-hours…Read more…
Public sector exit payment caps will penalise low earners unless the govt listens today
22 February 2016
By Michelle Singleton, UNISON Policy Unit
The Enterprise Bill, now on its Second Reading in the House of Commons and under debate today, legislates to cap exit payments to public…Read more…
We can’t allow the Tories to arrogantly flout international law
18 February 2016
By Carolyn Jones, Director, Institute of Employment Rights
It’s official! The Trade Union Bill currently being rushed through Parliament by the Conservative Government is in…Read more…
Kill the Bill and beyond – NUT Mander Hall 11th February 2016
17 February 2016
On 11 February 2016, the IER, Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, People’s Assembly, Class and the Trade Union Coordinating Group held their second joint rally, bringing together…Read more…
EU Developments: has social Europe disintegrated?
By Roger Jeary
As we move ever closer to a UK wide referendum on whether to remain in the EU, the Institute brought together an experienced group of speakers to consider how, if at all, the EU…Read more…
The Trade Union Bill 2015: history repeats itself?
29 January 2016
By Adrian Williamson QC, Keating Chambers
The Conservatives argue that their Trade Union Bill is a necessary response to current union abuses. In truth, the Bill is reminiscent of…Read more…
The TTIP threat – part of a bigger picture
27 January 2016
By Linda Kaucher, www.StopTTIP.net
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is one of the vehicles for the corporate Davos agenda, intended to lock-in this agenda…Read more…
The Trade Union Reform Bill: The Attack on Civil Liberties
19 January 2016
By Whyeda Gill-Mclure, Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Management Research Centre, Wolverhampton Business School
This blog explores the reasons…Read more…
The Trade Union Bill is disproportionate, disrespectful and malicious
19 January 2016
By Lord Monks
The Institute of Employment Rights here reproduces Lord Monks’ speech from the Second Reading of the Trade Union Bill in the House of Lords on Monday 11 January…Read more…