Motions

Inequality is often rife throughout all industries within the North and South of Ireland. It is, however, particularly prevalent within the cultural industries where people are often cast or given work on the basis of nepotism and the old boy network. It is...

This Biennial Delegate Conference notes the dramatic changes within the Irish media landscape.In particular conference notes the decline in permanent employment within the newspaper and broadcasting sectors; the increased dependence on casual and freelance...

Conference instructs the incoming Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to adopt a position to ensure that companies supplying products and/or services to affiliates respect their employees entitlement to avail of union representation and...

Conference notes with concern the increasing occurrence of employers using various approaches which can remove employees from their post despite employee performance being satisfactory. Examples include a requirement to apply for your own job, assessment...

Conference notes that in the context of delicate economic recovery, Ireland North and South is struggling to maximise the life opportunities of all citizens, leading to deeper inequality and growing social division, with women disproportionately impacted upon...

That this conference: notes that homelessness is now a major issue North and South; recognises that in the Republic of Ireland the explosion in homelessness and rough sleeping has been one of the unacceptable consequences of the economic crisis and the...

That this Conference notes with concern the serious situation in the Community Sector of Environment, Community and Local Government resulting from the recent Department policy on Reform. Conference further notes the ongoing refusal to recognise national norms...

Whereas the trade union movement has sought for over ten years to impress upon various governments the imperative of addressing a huge potential crisis in pensions provision, no sustainable long-term policy has materialised. To the contrary, the use of the...

Conference notes with concern the continuing attacks by neoliberal commentators and greedy employers on worthwhile pension schemes (i.e. those that sustain living standards in retirement) throughout the Irish economy in both the public and private sectors and...

Conference notes the growing momentum to weaken state old age pensions on the spurious and ideological-driven assertion that the state can no longer afford to provide for those in retirement; and that more and more workers are finding it difficult to fund...