Conferences

Congress welcomes the fact that Northern Ireland again has the highest trade union membership density with 33.8% of workers being in a union. However, this is still 8.4 percentage points below where union density was in 1995. The figures are particularly...

Conference recognises that the deplorable practice of active large-scale poaching of each other’s members by trade unions is detrimental to members interests. These practices reduce the capacity of members to fight for better pay and terms and conditions of...

Conference notes that union membership has been steadily increasing over the past number of years and has risen from 199,000 members in 2016 to over 253,000 members in 2023. Recent successful conclusions to several long running industrial disputes have added...

Conference believes that the current General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland is not fit for purpose and should be dissolved. Conference is concerned that teachers are required to pay for registration from a body which is controlled directly by the...

Conference notes: 1) The priority in the Programme for Government to Deliver more affordable childcare; 2)The outcome of the PSEP scoping study; 3) The acknowledgement that childcare needs to become more accessible and affordable for all. Conference calls on...

Conference: a) notes; 1) the decreased SEND implementation funding made available to schools to support the proposed changes to the SEN Framework; 2) the dramatic increase in the establishment of specialist provision classes within mainstream schools (SPiMS)...

Congress has huge concerns about the marked lack of progress on the part of the employers within the education system in addressing the issues pertaining to workers with disabilities. These individuals face daily challenges that are compounded by the absence...

Conference welcomes the recent publication of the Interim Report by the Magee Taskforce which outlines a road map for the expansion of the Ulster University Magee Campus in Derry. After many decades of government inaction and empty promises, this interim...

Conference believes that the coronavirus crisis highlighted the need for the protection of workers income and health through the provision of adequate sick pay provision. In Northern Ireland Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) has been in existence since 1983. However...