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John Dixon, Assistant Secretary, Organising and Membership, National Union of Teachers We undertake research for British and European trade unions and related organisations. Our areas of expertise include:-
Our researchers all have many years experience of carrying out quantitative and qualitative research and we have a wide network of contacts within workplaces and unions. For further details about how LRD can meet your research requirements, and our current daily research rate, contact Lionel Fulton on 0207 902 9810. European public sector unions response to migration June 2010A new report examining the challenges of migration and how unions are responding has recently been produced by the LRD for the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU). It... LRD carries out equality audit for the TUC October 2009The Labour Research Department earlier this year carried out the prestigious and comprehensive TUC Equality Audit 2009, which was launched at Congress in September 2009. It provides a hugely detailed... Research shows unions are the real green champions for tackling climate change June 2009The Labour Research Department has published the results of a TUC survey on climate change. LRD received 1,301 responses to the survey in February-March this year, with detailed responses from... Research shows how workers lose out because of the cap on redundancy payments February 2009The Labour Research Department has carried out research looking at the effect of the cap on redundancy pay for unions backing Lindsey Hoyle MP in his attempt to increase the...February 2009 The TUC commissioned LRD to produce a guide on apprenticeships for union negotiators and reps, Apprenticeships are union business, which was launched at an event hosted by unionlearn... Translation provides access to German union material February 2009As part of its ongoing co-operation with the union-linked Hans Böckler Foundation in Germany the Labour Research Department has translated a number of articles from the Foundation's fortnight newsletter Impuls.... 'Good Practice' for agency workers January 2009This report compiled for the North West TUC by the Labour Research Department focuses on good practice in union agreements covering agency workers.Although many agency workers have lost their jobs... Impact of restructuring on health January 2009LRD contributed to a project co-ordinated by the CGT in France which examined restructuring and its effect on workers' health. There were also contributions from Spain, Bulgaria and Hungary... LRD compiles dossier on directors' pay at banks for Unite November 2008Labour Research Department has compiled a detailed dossier for Unite exposing the pay of senior executives in the financial services taken from annual reports, between 2003 and 2007. The... Report shows safety failures led to firefighter deaths November 2008There has been a sharp increase in firefighter deaths in the last five years, a report for the FBU firefighters' union has found. The report, In the line of... TUC biennial survey of safety reps 2008 October 2008Stress and musculoskeletal disorders topped the list of workers' safety concerns, according to the TUC's biennial survey of safety reps, carried out by the Labour Research Department. In the survey three... Tackling attacks on fire crews - report for the Fire Brigades Union February 2008This follow up report for the FBU supports the union's campaign to address the issue of deliberate attacks on its members. The report revealed that over 40 attacks on firefighters take... LRD provides comparative tables detailing employee rights to representation at workplace level in EU November 2007Work carried out by the LRD for the union-linked Hans Boeckler Foundation in Germany, allows users to compare employees' rights to workplace representation in all 27 countries of the European... LRD again undertakes Equality Audit for the TUC August 2007As on the two previous occasions, the TUC in 2007 asked the LRD to carry out its two-yearly Equality Audit of its affiliates. This is a comprehensive survey of unions'... European Trade Union Institute uses LRD as a source for its web pages June 2007The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), the research and education body of the European Trade Union Confederation, has turned to the LRD to produce the bulk of the information it... LRD translates articles from the Hans Boeckler Foundation's information service into English March 2007As part of its research work the LRD has translated some of the recent articles produced by the Hans Boeckler Foundation - the research and education body linked to the... GMB commissions LRD to compile Polish workers’ rights at work leaflets January 2007LRD has produced a series of employment rights leaflets in Polish for the GMB union. The leaflets outline key rights including pay and the...September 2005 The TUC equality audit arises from a Congress decision in 2001 which followed the recommendations of the TUC Stephen Lawrence Task Group. Last published in 2003, the 2005 audit was launched... Attacks on firefighters - report for the Fire Brigades Union April 2005This report supports a campaign by the FBU to address the issue of deliberate attacks on its members. Using interviews with firefighters, the report provides an overview of the issue, outlining... Can people with HIV work? An employment perspective from the UK January 2005Information on working with HIV, based on a survey of employers and employees undertaken by Positive Futures, a partnership of HIV charities supporting people living with HIV and AIDs, including... Off the Run - Fire Brigades Union September 2004The FBU and the National Retained Committee launched a campaign in Autumn 2004 to highlight the enormous problem of the recruitment and retention of firefighters on the retained duty system.... Who is 'under-saving' for retirement? - Age Concern July 2004Millions of ordinary working people are on track for a poverty-stricken retirement, warns an Age Concern report. Builders, shop workers, hotel staff and factory workers are some of the many... Gender sensitive health and safety/atypical work - European Agency for Safety and Health May 2004LRD worked in partnership with the Italian training organisation INCA (linked to the CGIL union federation) and Emergence, a research organisation linked to the CGT union federation on a project... |
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