General Secretary of UNITE Len McCluskey joined IER President Keith Ewing and Chair John Hendy QC at the Old Ship Hotel on Kings Road Brighton on Sunday evening for the IER fringe meeting at TUC Congress 2012.

At the packed meeting, The speakers discussed how far trade unions could go in their protest against austerity cuts while remaining in the bounds of the law.

To find out more, read the press release of the event or Ewing and Hendy's piece on this issue in the Guardian.