BAME workers

Today the trade union movement stands with the victim of a horrendous knife attack in north Belfast, and his neighbours who came out and defended him. We stand with the emergency services who addressed the scene and are caring for his serious injuries on hospital. We stand with the police officers...

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions will today (2nd September 2025) host a national conference addressing anti-racism in the workplace and beyond. Now in its second year, the conference is run by Stronger Tgether Anti-Racist Workplaces and Trade Unions Project, which supports ICTU's affiliated...

Trade unions representing teaching and support staff have responded with sorrow and anger to a flood of online misinformation about Sanctuary Schools in Northern Ireland. “It is staggering the amount of lies and misrepresentation which are allowed to pollute social media”, said Jacquie White, Chair...

The scenes of violent disorder in Ballymena last evening were shocking and everything must be done to prevent a repeat of such attacks on vulnerable innocent families and on the police officers doing their duty to protect them, said Gerry Murphy, ICTU Assistant General Secretary. We support the PSNI...

The Trade Union Movement, like everyone else has been deeply disturbed by the rise in social unrest and violence that has taken place in recent weeks. It is clear that the protests and violence we have witnessed did not occur in a vacuum and that much of that agitation has its roots in decades of...

As you know, the NI Assembly is being recalled following the racist violence and intimidation of the past few days. In advance of that, we are proposing that trade unions show leadership and rally for the values we stated last Friday We stand with all victims of hate crime; we support our public...

The racist attacks in Ballykellly, following the horrific murder of children in Southport last Monday has resulted in widespread sympathy for the families directly affected and these affected communities, said Paddy Mackel, chair of NIC-ICTU. A more sinister reaction has come from bad-faith actors...

About 200 trade union women from across the island mark international women's day with a standing ovation for the Palestine Ambassador, Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid. The conference enthusiastically adopted a motion sending a message of Peace and Courage to women everywhere and a special message of...