Motions

That this Conference notes with concern the rise of the practice of making workers who are fortunate to find work in these times of austerity more difficult by making them wait one, and in some cases, two weeks before they get paid, a practice known as working...

Conference expresses its concern that the assault on working people in the UK, the European Union and in other jurisdictions which have embarked upon austerity programmes are fundamentally about shifting the balance of economic power even further in favour of...

Conference rejects the thinking of the Governments in both jurisdictions in Ireland which divides society by artificially creating competition between different component groups. This thinking demands, for example, that the poor and disadvantaged pay for those...

Conference, noting the following: the ratification, by Government, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognises the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health...

Evidence from the Chief Medical Officer in Northern Ireland and the TASC Report 2011 indicate that working class people in both jurisdictions are suffering disproportionately from austerity measures. The ultimate inequality is lower life expectancy and...

In launching the Healthy Irelandpolicy document on 28th March last, the Irish Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly TD, observed that the current generation of Irish parents are in danger of becoming the first generation to bury their children. Given the...

The Cork Council of Trade Unions calls on the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to vigorously seek the reversal of the exclusion of ICTU nominees to State Boards and in particular to the Boards of Port Companies nationally, and to strongly oppose any further...

That this Biennial Delegate Conference re-affirms the support of the ICTU for industrial democracy and, in particular, believes that it is imperative that State Agencies which operate under a Board should have Worker Directors on the Board. Furthermore...

Congress, recognising the link between education investment, improved quality of life, economic competitive advantage and a more equal society, calls on Governments North and South to prioritise education spending at primary level to ensure that: expenditure...

The experience of seven years of austerity has removed any doubt about the real relationship between states and markets. The market is a ruthless place where people sustain grievous injuries. It is the responsibility of the state to protect its citizens from...