A Manifesto for Labour Law explained

A Manifesto for Labour Law: towards a comprehensive revision of workers’ rights (Institute of Employment Rights, 2016) is a set of reform proposals for UK labour law, written by fifteen labour rights experts in academia and legal practice from the UK, Europe and the Commonwealth.^[1] It is edited by Keith D. Ewing, John Hendy QC and Carolyn Jones. The Manifesto urges that to stop low productivity, rising inequality, stagnant low wages, and poor working conditions, there should be a shift toward sectoral collective bargaining, worker voice in corporate governance, and a renewed Ministry of Labour with power to support democracy at work. In full, it lists 25 recommendations for reform.

Contents

• Chapter one - introduction
• Chapter two - the four pillars of collective bargaining
• Chapter three - making collective bargaining work
• Chapter four - improving statutory protection
• Chapter five - making rights work
• Chapter six - securing freedom of association
• Chapter seven - enhancing the right to strike
• Chapter eight - conclusion
• Principal recommendations

Significance

The ‘’Manifesto’’ has been reviewed in multiple blogs and journals,^[2] endorsed by trade unions, and adopted by the opposition Labour Party.

See also

• United Kingdom labour law
• European labour law
• United States labor law

References

• E McGaughey, ‘Twelve Point Plan for Labour, and A Manifesto for Labour Law’ (2017) 46(1) Industrial Law Journal 169
• International Centre for Trade Union Rights

External links

• Manifesto on IER website

Notes and References

1. Alan Bogg, Nicola Countouris, Ruth Dukes, Keith Ewing, Michael Ford QC, Mark Freedland QC, John Hendy QC, Phil James, Carolyn Jones, Aileen McColgan, Sonia McKay, Tonia Novitz, David Walters, David Whyte, and Frank Wilkinson.
2. See E McGaughey, ‘A Twelve Point Plan for Labour, and A Manifesto for Labour Law’ (2017) Industrial Law Journal (issue tbd) and International Centre for Trade Union Rights