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Health and safety issues spun into myths to blind workers of danger
22 February 2013
By Sarah Glenister, IER Staff
This is the fifth in a series of articles looking at what has been learned from the Coalition Timeline so far.
Anti-union stances within the Tory party are influencing frontbench ministers
21 February 2013
By Sarah Glenister, IER staff
The fourth in a series of articles looking at what the Coalition Timeline has taught us so far.
Landmark case shows strength of unions in protecting agency workers
08 February 2013
By Camilla Belich, UNISON Legal Officer
The decision of an employment tribunal to compensate over 150 workers up to 60 days' pay after a local authority failed to provide UNISON sufficient information on agency workers during a collective redundancy and transfer of undertakings exercises shows the power of unions to secure justice for employees at risk of losing their jobs or working conditions.
Economics and the Powerful: How to fight back against neoliberalism
06 February 2013
By Enrico Tortolano
The left should make use of conferences and publications to educate themselves and organise in order to provide a real alternative to the neoliberal regime.
Experts share concerns over government changes to equality law
31 January 2013
By Janet Newsham
Janet Newsham reports on the IER's Equality and Discrimination Conference in Liverpool.
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