Janet Newsham
Janet Newsham
Janet Newsham
Janet Newsham
Janet currently works for UCU on the Women Moving Further Reaching Higher project. She has been a trade union activist for over 30 years in TASS/MSF/UNITE and UCU, and in the broader trade union movement. She started work at BAe and was outsourced to CSC. After a career break she moved into TUC Education delivering reps' training for over 10 years and has also sat on Employment Tribunals as a lay member since 1995.
Fast food workers’ health, safety and welfare in drive-thru’s
By Janet Newsham, Hazards Campaign
The IER manifesto makes an important contribution in emphasising the importance of collective bargaining. In the Hazards Campaign we know that where workers are working in low-paid, vulnerable employment then they are more at risk of injury, illness and ultimately dying as a result of their work.
Don't Mourn, Organise! - Experts speak on what's next for employment rights
07 November 2013
By Janet Newsham
Janet Newsham, a delegate at the IER's Employment Law Update conference in Liverpool yesterday (06 November 2013), reports on the experts' advice on the road ahead for employment rights.
Experts call for a united campaign for better health and safety at work
04 July 2013
By Janet Newsham
Trade unionists, campaigners and academics called for an end to the deregulation of health and safety yesterday at Institute of Employment Rights' conference Health and Safety at Work 2013.
The Public Sector: cuts, privatisation and employment rights
15 May 2013
By Janet Newsham
A delegate to the Institute of Employment Rights' latest conference on cuts, privatisation and employment rights in the public sector reports back on the event.
Lessons learned from the frontline
12 April 2013
By Janet Newsham
Janet Newsham reports back on the debate and lessons learned from the IER's most recent conference: Workplace Issues - Learning from the Front Line.
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