/Apologies for cross-posting/
It looks increasingly likely that the Trade Union Bill, which has
received its third reading in parliament and is now under consideration
in the House of Lords, will become law with its essential measures
remaining intact. If so, a key consideration will be in what ways might
trade unions be able to circumnavigate, blunt and defy the new legal
measures?
To discuss the nature of the challenge posed to the unions by the Bill,
its broader implications for industrial relations, and in what ways
unions might respond, make sure you have registered to attend this key
academic/practitioner conference: */http://tinyurl.com/n9qbdwn/*
The conference fee (£20 or £5 unwaged/students), which includes lunch
and refreshments throughout the day, is payable at the conference, but
you need to register in advance.
*British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)*
*One-Day Conference*
*/S/**/ponsored by the Institute for Employment Rights/*
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*THE TRADE UNION BILL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS*
*Friday 27 November: 10.30am-4.30pm*
*The Mechanics Centre, 103 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD*
*http://www.mechanicsinstitute.co.uk/*
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The Conservative government’s Trade Union Bill threatens the most
sweeping and radical tightening of the rules on industrial action and
trade union representation seen since the Thatcher era of the 1980s,
with a battery of restrictive measures that could potentially rebalance
power in the workplace, reduce the capacity of unions to represent their
members at work and undermine the ability of workers to take collective
action to protect their interests.
This special one-day BUIRA conference will bring together leading
industrial relations academics with national trade union officers and
other practitioners to discuss the nature of the proposed changes and
their implications for industrial relations, employee voice at the
workplace and trade union representation.
*/Please register in advance if you want to attend: £20 or £5
unwaged/students: (includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day)
to be payable at the conference: /**/http://tinyurl.com/n9qbdwn/***
9.30-10.30am
Registration & Refreshments
10.30am-11.45am:
*The Bill, historical overview, and current wider political and
austerity context*
John Hendy QC (Old Square Chambers, London), Paul Nowak (TUC assistant
general secretary) and Professor Tonia Novitz (University of Bristol)
Chair: Professor Jane Holgate (University of Leeds)
11.45am-1 pm
*Consequences of the strike, picketing and political fund provisions*
Mick Cash (RMT general secretary) and Professor Ralph Darlington
(University of Salford)
Chair: Lynn Collins (North West TUC Secretary)
/1pm-2pm: Buffet Lunch /
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2pm-3pm
*Consequences of the removal of check-off and reduction to facility time
provisions*
Heather Wakefield (Unison national secretary, head of local government
service group), Nick McCarthy (PCS director of communication: campaigns
and organising), Professor Kim Hoque (University of Warwick) and
Professor Nick Bacon (University of Nottingham)
Chair: James Harrison (Institute for Employment Rights)
3pm-4.30pm **
*Wider industrial relations and civil liberties consequences and the
campaign of opposition*
Sara Ogilvie (Liberty policy officer) and Professor John Kelly (Birkbeck
University)
Chair: Professor Mark Stuart (University of Leeds)
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*/Please register in advance if you want to attend: £20 or £5
unwaged/students: (includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day)
to be payable at the conference: /**/http://tinyurl.com/n9qbdwn/***
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Professor Jane Holgate
Professor of Work and Employment Relations
Work and Employment Relations Division
Leeds University Business School
31 Lyddon Terrace (room 2.05)
University of Leeds LS2 9JT
email: [log in to unmask]
Mobile: 07960 798399
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