12 October 2018
By Dr Lydia Hayes, Reader in Law, Cardiff University
The decision of the Court of Appeal in Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake has overturned a decade of progressive decisions at the EAT and…Read more…
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12 October 2018
By Dr Lydia Hayes, Reader in Law, Cardiff University
The decision of the Court of Appeal in Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake has overturned a decade of progressive decisions at the EAT and…Read more…
Every year, the TUC hosts an Annual Communication Awards ceremony to celebrate some of the great work being done by unions. I always take particular interest in the awards focused on using technology…Read more…
06 July 2018
By Phil James, Middlesex University
Too many workers and their families continue to suffer from the failure of their employing organisations to provide safe and healthy working…Read more…
06 July 2018
By David White, University of Liverpool
Thirty years ago today the Piper Alpha oil platform exploded and was engulfed in flames killing 167 people. Only 61 survived in in what remains…Read more…
29 June 2018
By John Hendy QC, IER Chair
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…Read more…
By Larry Cohen, Chair of Our Revolution
It is now clear that enterprise-based organizing and bargaining in the U.S. has a dim future. U.S. workers’ collective bargaining coverage is back to early…Read more…
By Sarah Veale, Institute of Employment Rights
12 June 2018
Legislation giving workers the right to have their union recognised by their employer exists but is weak and little used.
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12 June 2018
By Aristea Koukidaki, The University of Manchester
The structuring of contemporary production methods, often complex and global in scope, creates an environment that is conducive to…Read more…
Every June, I update the league table of trade union websites. The 2018 edition can be seen below (Previous results can be seen for 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012). It’s important to…Read more…
27 March 2018
By Alex Just, employment and trade union law expert
Friday’s admission by the Metropolitan Police that special branch officers colluded in the blacklisting of construction workers…Read more…
By Janet Newsham, Hazards Campaign
The IER manifesto makes an important contribution in emphasising the importance of collective bargaining. In the Hazards Campaign we know that where workers are…Read more…
12 February 2018
By John Hendy QC, IER Chair and Barrister at Old Square Chambers
It might be hard to imagine that the tedious, barren worthlessness of Matthew Taylor’s Report on ‘Good Work’ could…Read more…
13 December 2017
By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC
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David Davis has suggested that in place of the EU Treaties, the UK’s relations with the EU should be regulated by a deal which is…Read more…
Towards the end of every year I take a look at which of the TUC-affiliated unions are the most influential on Twitter. I’ve been doing this for six years, with all previous results available on my…Read more…
27 October 2017
By Barry Camfield in Australia
The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) is Australia’s oldest and largest blue-collar trade union, representing over 100,000 working men and women and…Read more…
24 October 2017
Bill Greenshields, People’s Assembly National Steering Committee Member
Tracing the origins of austerity to the policies of government following the 2008 financial and economic…Read more…
10 October 2017
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that the NHS pay cap is to be scrapped, but asked whether…Read more…
A couple of years ago, I looked at the sizes of the websites of all the TUC affiliated unions, to see how they compared. I’ve found myself coming back to this analysis quite often. Various unions…Read more…
One of the latest frontiers in technology is voice controlled smart assistants. Systems like Apple’s Siri, Google Now and Microsoft’s Cortana have been bringing voice controlled commands to mobiles,…Read more…
29 August 2017
Launching a consultation into Corporate Governance at the end of 2016, the government announced that workers needed a stronger voice to ensure businesses operated with regard to the…Read more…