Motions

Congress pays tribute to the work of the late Inez McCormack, former President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and former Regional Secretary of UNISON, for her unceasing and inspirational commitment to equality and human rights. As an enduring tribute...

This conference is deeply concerned at the growing sectarian tensions in our society created by the ongoing controversy over symbols of identity, which are being exploited by political parties for their own agendas. Politicians have for far too long refused to...

As predicted by a series of Congress resolutions at successive Biennial Conferences, inequality has widened and discrimination has deepened across both jurisdictions. Much of this widening inequality is a result not only of economic crises but is also due to...

Congress shares the shock and outrage at the appalling attack on a 23 year old physiotherapy student in Delhi, in December 2012 who later died from the severe injuries she sustained. The crime caused international outcry, and raised again the need to campaign...

Conference asserts that the right of all workers to bargain collectively with employers is a fundamental human right enshrined in the conventions of the International Labour Organisation and in Article 28 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, consistently...

Congress demands the adoption of specific legislative provisions to ensure that workers do not suffer discrimination or penalty from their employer either because they are a union member or activist, or for revealing illegal or unethical practices in the...

This Biennial Delegate Conference notes with concern the lack of progress in securing the right to collective trade union representation for freelance and economically dependent workers. Towards 2016, Review and Transitional Agreement, contained a specific...

Noting that the scale of unemployment is at a level which involves excessive human suffering, and is otherwise a threat to social cohesion, Conference calls on Government to respond positively to our proposals for investment in both economies on the island in...

Conference acknowledges with deep concern the increasing issue of precarious work, combining very high levels of flexibility with very low levels of job security, as a growing phenomenon in Ireland and the fact that precarious work has received little...

Conference directs the incoming Executive Council to express its genuine concern over the Government's JobBridge scheme, as it currently exists, without any oversight or direction from the Trade Union movement. The existing scheme depresses genuine job...