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Has Monti resolved Viking and Laval?
16 March 2012
Keith Ewing says there "is nothing of merit" in the first draft Monti 11 Regulation
Economic challenges could be helped through collective bargaining
Chris Wright
13 December 2011
Collective bargaining is a collective good
As CHris Wright so correctly suggested in his article in Left Foot Forward earlier in the year, rebalancing the economy can best be achieved through strong, independent collective bargaining procedures
Osborne and Cable stack tribunal odds against workers
George Osborne announced at the Conservative Party Conference that from April 2012 workers will have to be employed for two years instead of one year to qualify for unfair dismissal protection.
21 November 2011
Advancing rights at work: developing devolved solutions
Prof Keith Ewing, IER President & Mick O’Sullivan
27 September 2011
One of the problems we are about to face under the Con Dem government is the erosion of employment standards. More use of agency workers, limited rights to unfair dismissal, and restricted access to tribunals
In these circumstances we need to be looking around at areas where the Con Dems are not in power politically, and where there might be opportunities to advance rights at work. Specifically is there anything that can be done in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (and by large local authorities)?
How can we step up Britain's fight back
Prof Keith Ewing, IER President and John Hendy QC, IER Chairman
15 September 2011
Across the globe unions are organising resistance to what is an almost uniform governmental response to the current crisis of capitalism.
States have drained their coffers to bail out the financial gamblers and are now taking the opportunity to slash public services and cut the wages, pensions and job security of their employees.
Working people in both the private and public sectors are suffering and are increasingly angry and unions have organised mass protest around the world.
Collective Agreements – A Better Indicator of Trade Union Reach Than Membership Numbers?
Prof Keith Ewing, IER President
25 August 2011
Earlier this year, the TUC joined forces with unions elsewhere in the world in a display of solidarity with brothers and sisters in Wisconsin. The collective bargaining rights of public sector workers were being signed away by the Governor, in a State that once pioneered workers’ rights.
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