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At TUC 2019, the Institute of Employment Rights was proud to witness a great many of the recommendations in our new Guide to a progressive Industrial Relations Bill adopted by the Labour Party.

In his address to Congress, Jeremy Corbyn thanked the IER for its advice, while announcing several key IER proposals would be taken forward by the Party, including:

• The establishment of a Ministry of Labour (renamed a Ministry of Employment Rights)
• The restoration of sectoral collective bargaining
• The repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016
• Real Living Wage
• Equal rights for all workers from day one
• Ban on zero-hour contracts
• An independent Labour Inspectorate (renamed a Workers' Protection Agency)
• Workers on company boards

Watch Corbyn's workers' rights pledges below<

Laura Pidcock's speech

Following Corbyn's address, Shadow Minister for Employment Rights, Laura Pidcock, took to the stage to provide a more detailed explanation of how Labour's new Ministry for Employment Rights would work, holding up to the crowd a copy of the IER's Guide to a progressive Industrial Relations Bill as a key text.

Read Laura Pidcock's speech

Our fringe: A Ministry of Labour - What can it deliver for working people?

Watch this space for a full video of the event, coming soon

Competition winners

Support for a Ministry of Labour in pictures

Guide to a progressive Industrial Relations Bill

In our Guide to a progressive Industrial Relations Bill, we explain our recommendations for reform in a digestible and easy-to-read format, laying out our vision for an effective framework of labour law fit for the 21st century.

We believe this Bill will transform the world of work for millions of people, give workers a voice in parliament, in their jobs, and across the economy at large.

With new legally protected powers to speak out collectively against injustice, workers will be provided with a means to protect and improve their job security, pay and conditions.

Underlying this system will be the reinstatement of collective bargaining as the foundation of workplace relations, together with stronger employment rights and better protection against discrimination.

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