workers rights
Victory in the Court of Appeal
18 March 2011
Keith Ewing
The recent decision of the Court of Appeal on the right to strike in cases involving Aslef and RMT is a major triumph for the British trade union movement in its battle to restore trade union rights.
Cable's 'Employers' Charter' incites bosses to take advantage of workers' vulnerability
3 February 2011
Keith Ewing
In the same week that the governor of the Bank of England told us inflation-adjusted wages were falling in a manner unseen since the 1920s, Vince Cable is inciting bosses to take advantage of workers’ vulnerability, by telling them in his charter that they have the right to ask their workers to take a pay cut, and to contact women on maternity leave about when they are planning to return.
CBI attacks on Trade Union Rights Rejected
8 October 2010
Keith Ewing, IER President
On the day of last week’s Tube strike the Continuity CBI launched yet another missile in its inimitable version of the class war against working people and their organisations.
Ask your MP to join the Commons debate on 22nd October
23 September 2010
Carolyn Jones, IER Director
The “Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill”: was introduced into Parliament by John McDonnell, MP on 30th June 2010 and will have its second reading on 22nd October. The Bill aims to simplify procedures around industrial action ballots and notices.
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