Motions

This BDC notes the continuing chaos in the NHS, causing pain, suffering and distress to those reliant on its services and calls for the values of Britain’s ‘Bevan Welfare State’ to be reasserted with the principles of care being free at the point of delivery...

Conference notes the recent Congress report on precarious employment that has highlighted that precarious working practices are now pervasive throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Conference further notes that in the Republic of Ireland...

Rapid advances in technology and robotics are presenting an urgent challenge to workers and society. The trade union movement must be prepared to challenge the drive by employers to undermine jobs, wages and conditions by the introduction of new technology...

Conference notes that 10th April marked the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Conference recalls that UNISON, ICTU and a number of affiliates actively supported and campaigned for a ‘Yes’ vote for a society based on peace, justice, equality and...

Conference notes with concern the NI Equality Commissions 2017 report on key inequalities in the workplace. Trade Unions have made massive gains on equality in workplaces across N Ireland but there is still significant work to do. Conference calls on the...

Conference welcomes the launch of the Joint Declaration of Protection produced by Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Business, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Conference recognises that...

Conference, in 2016 the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) conducted a confidential investigation into allegations of grave and systematic violations suffered by women in Northern Ireland as a result of archaic and punitive...

Conference notes that a majority of trades union members in the North support progressive reform of abortion law here and Repeal of the 8 th amendment to the Irish Constitution so that the Dail can legislate on the question of abortion rights. Conference urges...

This conference notes that, more than sixteen years after the murder of Belfast-based investigative journalist and trade union activist Martin O’Hagan there have been no convictions for the crime. Martin O’Hagan exposed criminality and corruption in Northern...

Conference notes that 2018 marks the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil Rights campaign against sectarianism and discrimination. Conference recognises that the Civil Rights Movement brought together a wide range of political and social activists...