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Rebalancing the power relationship between workers and employers
As the Employment Rights Bill enters Parliament, JAMES HARRISON introduces a podcast designed to help trade unionists, as well as MPs, understand its intentions and how to go about improving it
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) hold a rally outside the Department for Education (DfE) in London as strike action is taken by sixth form college teachers members across 32 colleges in England. Picture date: Thursday November 28, 2024
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AS THE Employment Rights Bill passes through its parliamentary stages, now is the time for trade unionists to cut through the exclusive, technocratic nature of parliamentary procedures and understand what the Bill really means for workers.
Where are the loopholes and how, with trade union lobbying, might it be improved?
As a trade union think tank, the labour law experts at the Institute of Employment Rights (IER), have been informing the debate on defending and restoring labour rights for over 35 years and we see the government’s Bill as a welcome step in the right direction. But can it be improved? As an independent trade union movement, we should be looking at the proposals with an informed and critical eye.
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