Motions

Conference is alarmed at the current political situation in Northern Ireland and in particular the impact that this is and will have on workers across the private, public and voluntary/ community sectors. While we continue to have obvious disputes and...

Conference notes the continued attacks on trade unions by the Irish, N Irish and UK governments which aim to undermine the role of trade unions in the workplace by cutting facilities time for trade union duties, obstructing collective bargaining, creating a...

Conference is concerned by the trend, both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, towards a 24/7 culture in retail. Conference notes with particular concern the proposals by Belfast City and Derry City & Strabane Councils to designate their areas as...

Congress notes that: Although pay in the health service is devolved there has long been equality of pay across all four administrations. The Independent pay review body has been one element of this. However, congress also notes that: In 2010 George Osborne...

The current position of the UK Government for a hard exit from the EU places the Northern Ireland peace process in severe jeopardy and has serious implications for the island of Ireland as a whole. This peace agreement received the consent of the majority of...

This conference calls on the incoming Executive Council to campaign and lobby government for the introduction of The Right to Trade Union Access legislation which will give union representatives the legal right to enter workplaces in order to carry out the...

Conference believes the presence of trade unions in the workplace is essential to winning fairness at work. The growth of insecure work and the ongoing issues of underemployment and short-hours contracts make trade unions in the workplace even more important...

Conference condemns unscrupulous employers who engage in practices such as unpaid hours, zero hour contracts, agency work and bogus self-employment. These practices are not only a threat to the livelihood of workers but also to compliant employers. Any...

Conference notes the excellent work carried out by the Executive Council with regard to the False Economy Report. The false economy report has now been supported by the TASC report on Bogus Self Employment in the Irish Construction sector which con rms the...

Bogus self-employment costs the Irish Exchequer an estimated ¤80 million per year in lost revenue and is a means of exploiting workers and driving down labour costs for employers. It also places workers in a precarious position with losses of entitlements that...