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Manchester Industrial Relations Society: Programme of Meetings 2011-12
Thursday 13 October 2011, 6pm,
Arthur Priest Memorial Lecture, Joint Meeting with the CIPD
Managing Employment Relations: Current Challenges and Opportunities
Neil Carberry, Director of Employment Affairs, Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Thursday 17 November 2011, 6pm
Wapping and News International
Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary, Unite the Union
Thursday 1 December 2011, 6pm
In Defence of Public Services, Jobs and Conditions
Christine Blower, General Secretary, National Union of Teachers
Thursday 19 January 2012, 6pm
The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class
Professor Guy Standing, Department of Social and Policy Studies, University of Bath
Thursday 16 February 2012, 6pm
Joint Meeting with the Industrial Law Society
Employment Discrimination
Jennifer Eady QC, Old Square Chambers, London, Chancery Lane
Thursday 15 March 2012, 6pm,
The Dynamics of Managing Diversity
Professor Gill Kirton, Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity, Queen Mary, University of London
Thursday 10 May 2012, 6pm
Shirley Lerner Memorial Lecture
Two Years On – Employment Relations Under the Coalition Government
Professor Mark Stuart
Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change, University of Leeds
The MIRS brochure for 2011/12 and the subscription form are attached below
All meetings take place in the Main Lecture Theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Street, Manchester, (near Piccadilly railway station)
The Manchester Industrial Relations Society is a well-established and important forum for the discussion of industrial relations and employment issues within Britain and internationally. Founded 47 years ago in 1964, the Society has mounted a continuous annual programme of meetings addressed by distinguished speakers from the industrial relations, HRM and trade union world. We now have over 160 members from across the north-west area drawn from the trade unions, management, Acas, Equal Opportunities Commission, Industrial Law Society, and universities.
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