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A raise in minimum wage is welcome, but it’s not the best we can do
27 September 2013
By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC
There is an urgent need for greater collective bargaining in the UK
18 September 2013
By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC
The right to agree wages and conditions collectively with employers made a huge difference to workers' lives. We need it back urgently.
Why labour law reform will be at the heart of the next general election
18 September 2013
By Alan Bogg, Professor of Labour Law, Oxford University
The next election will be the first in a generation in which one of the central battlegrounds will be labour law reform. The coalition response to the economic crisis has created a vicious circle of declining real wages for hardworking citizens, the spectacular and shameful growth in precarious zero-hours contracting and increasing social and economic inequality.
Employee Shareholders – the Latest Tory Attack on Workers’ Rights
06 September 2013
By Roger Welch
Academic Roger Welch explains the shares-for-rights scheme that came into effect on 01 September 2013 and how trade unions should react to its implementation.
U-turns expected on Lobbying Bill after public outcry, but will it still go through largely untouched?
06 September 2013
By Sarah Glenister
Next week, the Committee stage for the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill begins – coinciding with TUC Congress. And it seems public outcry may have forced the Tories to back down on some points.
No real economic change will be felt until income inequality is reduced
05 September 2013
By Sarah Glenister, IER staff
Over three years into the Coalition's leadership, the government is now applauding itself for a mediocre rise in economic growth, which remains at a sluggish 0.7%. But the only real indicator of recovery is a long-term improvement in living standards. So how sustainable is the UK's wealth, and how many people feel its effects?
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