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UN Rights Expert: Right to strike is essential to democracy
10 March 2017
The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, has reminded member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO) - including the UK - that they have a positive obligation to uphold the right to strike.
Committee urges government to work with unions
07 March 2017
The Select Committee for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has urged the government to work with trade unions in its implementation of an industrial strategy.
UNISON wins landmark holiday pay case for workers on commission
03 March 2017
UNISON this week won a landmark case to entitle workers on commission to holiday pay.
How unions are resisting the Trade Union Act
03 March 2017
The Trade Union Act 2016 came into force on Wednesday 01 March 2017, bring into effect some of the most draconian anti-union laws for decades (read more about the Act and its impact in our guide), and prompting unions up and down the country to set out their plans of resistance.
Zero-hours contracts hit record high
03 March 2017
A record 910,000 people are now working on zero-hours contracts (ZHCs), new research has shown.
IER guide to TUA
01 March 2017
The main provisions of the Trade Union Act 2016 came into effect today, and the IER has created this guide to explain which rules have come into effect and what their expected impact will be on the labour movement as well as for workers.
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