Motions

Conference rejects the austerity measures imposed by Governments on working people in both parts of the island to pay for a debt that workers did not create. Conference also rejects claims that 'we are all in this together' as working people did not cause the...

This Conference unreservedly condemns the disastrous consequences of the previous Fianna Fail/Green Party coalition Government's fiscal austerity and failed banking policies. Conference also condemns the economic privations being visited on Northern Ireland by...

Congress regards the current economic and financial crisis as one which arises from the nature of our economic and social system. The concentration of economic power in the hands of giant financial and industrial monopolies, which use that power to influence...

That this Conference regrets that the policies being pursued by the Fine Gael/Labour coalition Government so far are broadly similar to those of the previous Government, particularly with regard to economic matters. This Conference therefore calls on the...

That, in light of the ongoing austerity measures still to be inflicted on working men and women and their families, the Waterford Council of Trade Unions are calling on the ICTU to demand that the people be given the right to decide on the issue of the bank...

This Conference supports the retention of the 12.5% rate for Corporation Tax as it is seen as a driver for economic recovery by attracting Foreign Direct Investment.

Noting that the Programme for Government contains a provision to introduce a Site Valuation Tax for non-agricultural land, this conference calls for the immediate introduction of a Land Value Tax as a small first step towards curbing speculation in the future...

The Creative Industries throughout Ireland have been hugely successful to the economies of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Part of that success depends on investment through Government funding from both the Irish Government and the Northern...

Congress notes that the trade union movement will continue to develop strategies and policies which will ensure that the union movement is the leading voice for social change in Ireland, thus providing alternative analyses and solutions to those being...

Congress deplores Ireland's continuing breach of International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions, namely: ILO Convention 98, Article 1 - protecting workers from acts of anti union discrimination. ILO Convention 98, Article 2 - protecting workers'...