Austerity is rolling back equality gains

The Institute of Employment Rights has published an excellent report of a recent conference held on the theme of 'Equality and discrimination: what next for equal rights'. Legal and trade union experts dissected the Coalition Government's track record on equalities and concluded that there is a systematic (and ongoing) weakening of anti discrimination laws and statutory enforcement of equal rights:
http://www.ier.org.uk/blog/equality-experts-coalition-cuts-could-be-death-equality

UK Government's ideological attack on workers - a Coalition timeline

The Institute of Employment Rights has published a timeline charting the introduction of policies, the airing of proposals and the calls of Tory backbenchers and right-wing think tanks that have threatened the rights of UK workers since the Coalition took power. It's a unique resource for viewing information on the Coalition's ideological drive against workers in a comprehensive and interactive way:
http://www.ier.org.uk/resources/coalition-timeline

We are fighting a war of attrition and we will not give in

UNISON Policy Chair Jane Carolan, speaking at the Institute Of Employment Rights ‘What Now for Trade Unions?’ conference, outlined in clear and precise detail the way the Tories are pursuing a political goal to end the post war welfare consensus in the UK. Outlining the stupidity of making massive cuts now, Jane stressed the need for an industrial response and community unity in defending the basic public services relied on by all working people.

What now for trade unions? - IER conference report

The always excellent Institute Of Employment Rights set itself a high bar with a conference entitled ‘What Now for Trade Unions?’ http://www.ier.org.uk/node/472  Like the search for alchemy, a future that is golden for trade unions is no easy prescription.
Steve Farley (Chair North West TUC) in opening the conference reflected on the serious damage the Tories will do to the Region and especially its young people.