Women workers organised by radical South African union CSAAWU win gender equality and permanent jobs.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…
Privacy in the Workplace – the Bărbulescu decision
Paul Scholey: Head of Employment Rights Team, Morrish Solicitors
15 January 2016
By Paul Scholey, Head of Employment Rights Team, Morrish Solicitors
In Bărbulescu v Romania, the European Court of…Read more…
Trade unions have the power to make a difference for whistleblowers
Dave Lewis: Professor of Employment Law, Middlesex University
14 January 2016
Dave Lewis, Professor of Employment Law, Middlesex University
If you became aware of wrongdoing within your…Read more…
Do the Lords have the stomach to fight the Trade Union Bill?
11 January 2016
By John Hendy QC and Professor Keith Ewing, Chair and President of the IER
Today marks the House of Lords coming to grips with the government’s Trade Union Bill. The trade unions are…Read more…
Rotterdam dockers take industrial action
Members of FNV Havens at the Port of Rotterdam have walked off their jobs after failing to reach an agreement with employers.Read more…
Flavour company sacks Turkish workforce
A multinational flavour giant has sacked its Turkish workforce for organising a union.Read more…
Strikes and protests by China’s workers soar to record heights in 2015
There has been a record surge of strikes in China as the economy begins to falter.Read more…
Dave Prentis re-elected as leader of UK public sector union UNISON
UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector union, today announced that Dave Prentis had been re-elected as general secretary.Read more…
Feel the Bern: major union CWA endorses Sanders
Communication Workers of America becomes the latest union to endorse Sanders.Read more…
Michael Moore tells Donald Trump: We are all Muslim
In open letter posted on his Facebook page, left wing film maker Michael Moore tells right wing demagogue and Republican presidential candidate that “we are not angry white guys. We are all Muslim….Read more…
Glasgow campaigners target G1 Grinch
Union flash mob campaigners target notorious entertainment group G1’s premium venue The Corinthian for some Christmas mischief.Read more…
Russian and Turkish unions call for workers’ solidarity against war
DİSK in Turkey and KTR in Russia launch joint statement calling for solidarity and condemning war.Read more…
Unions condemn murder of Palestinian taxi driver
A Palestinian taxi driver was shot dead after a minor traffic incident with an Israeli settler.Read more…
Korean government steps up attacks on trade unions
Korean President Park Geun-hye is cracking down on dissent, introducing harsh new labour laws, and arresting trade union leaders.Read more…
TRADE UNION BILL: Government clings to concept of intimidation despite lack of evidence
20 November 2015
By Andrew Moretta, World of Work Project Researcher, Institute of Employment Rights
IER readers will recall that in July 2015 the government released three consultation documents…Read more…
German metal union opens joint Tennessee office with United Autoworkers
The powerful German metalworkers’ union IG Metall has opened a joint office with the United Autoworkers in Tennessee to promote organising in the American South.Read more…
HSE statistics point to stagnating health and safety performance and declining enforcement
16 November 2015
By Phil James
New HSE statistics covering the year 2014-15 report a rise in work-related fatal injuries, suggest that national health and safety performance may be stagnating and…Read more…