Motions

As political devolution develops across the UK there is a danger that Northern Ireland may be viewed as a political situation on which agreement has been reached. This is not the case. In the Republic of Ireland all attention is focused on who will form the...

Congress views with profound regret the establishment of the Education Authority which falls lamentably short of fulfilling the basis for an effective cross-sectoral body for the delivery of an education service in Northern Ireland. Congress believes that the...

This Conference acknowledges: the success of the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) since its establishment in 2012 the significant and valuable contribution that NERI has made to the trade union movement by way of quality and relevant research; the...

Conference respects the contrary perceptions of the 1916 Insurrection as between the different traditions on the island of Ireland. However, Conference deplores the abject failure to realise the egalitarian aspirations of the Proclamation in either of the...

Conference notes with concern the increasing problem of inequality in society as analysed by the French economist, Thomas Piketty. There is now widespread agreement that liberalisation, particularly of finance, led to massive rises in inequality and had a...

Congress notes with alarm the growth of low hours and zero hours contracts in the Irish Economy, North and South. Approximately 28,000 people are on zero hours contacts in Northern Ireland with widespread underemployment and use short-hours contracts in both...

This BDC commends those unions actively pursuing pay increases for their members through collective bargaining or through challenging employers who refuse to bargain by all methods available to them including direct action such as protests, work to rule and...

Conference remains deeply concerned at the impact on domestic seafarers from ferry operators trading in the Irish Sea who recruit crews from outside Ireland and the British Isles to work for hourly rates of pay substantially below the Irish and UK national...

This conference notes the increase in construction activity and welcomes this growth as it should provide gainful employment for craft workers, general workers and our youth in the form of apprentices. However, the industry is awash with the Revenue...

The construction sector is still suffering from the collapse of the industry with tens of thousands of building workers having emigrated or finding themselves unemployed. In 2012 the Minister for Finance signed a commencement order for the introduction of...