Motions

Delegates will recall that in 2016 this conference passed a motion calling on the NI Executive and Assembly to complete the legislation designed to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of age a requirement under the 1998 Belfast Agreement and the subject of...

Conference is deeply concerned by the compelling evidence of the increasing incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace, including sexist ‘jokes’ and ‘banter’, unwanted touching and the growing objectification of women and girls. Congress notes that the...

Awareness of the scale and urgency of the climate crisis and the wider environmental threats faced as a result of unsustainable capitalist economics is growing among all sections of the community, most especially the young. Trade unionists have joined and been...

Conference notes that unions and the broader trade union movement, along with many public housing activists and campaigners have long agreed that the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has been deliberately underfunded for more than two decades and that this...

NICICTU notes that rehabilitation must be recognised as an unmissable part of Covid-19 recovery, and leaders and policy makers need to be taking urgent action to ensure that this is delivered. Recent modelling and evidence suggests that a significant number of...

This Conference reaffirms the policy of Congress to oppose the mining of gold in the Sperrin mountains. Conference believes this would cause massive environmental pollution to an area of outstanding natural beauty, threaten the entire Foyle River system, and...

It is noted that coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on all workers across the economy, and in particular freelancers and the self-employed within the creative industries in Northern Ireland, who have fallen between the gaps of income support schemes...

Conference is deeply concerned at the impact of Covid-19 on jobs and terms and conditions of employment for seafarers working on Irish Sea routes. Conference notes that in early April, days into the first lockdown, Stena Line unilaterally scrapped the company...

Conference notes that one of the great benefits of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has been the ability to improve access to third level education. In this, Scotland led the way by abolishing student fees, something which UCU fully supports...

The birth of a baby is a significant life event and many parents capture this moment on video and by taking photos. This has always been supported and facilitated by the midwives caring for the women and their partner during labour. Recently we are finding a...