Economy

EA saving plans a 'ransom'

10 Nov, 2026

Education Unions criticise saving plans outlined by the Education Authority as ‘ransom’. Speaking after an emergency meeting of the NIC-ICTU Education Group of 10 trade unions representing workers across the Education sector, ETUG chair Marie O’Shea criticised the saving plans outlined by the...

Progress the Good Jobs Bill

09 Nov, 2026

Unions call upon NI Executive to be allowed to do their job, and progress the Good Jobs Bill Responding to the continued obstruction of the Good Jobs Bill, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy said Earlier this month we saw new trade union access rights come into effect in Great Britain...

Defending, Valuing and Organising the Community and Voluntary Sector in Northern Ireland

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference notes that: The community and voluntary sector in Northern Ireland employs approximately 57,000 workers across hundreds of employers and over a thousand sites, with trade union density below 5%. The sector delivers frontline services to some of the...

Rebuilding Royal Mail for Workers and the Public

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference believes Royal Mail is a vital public service facing existential challenges, requiring a new vision that secures its future in the interests of customers, communities and workers, including across Northern Ireland, while utilising its national...

Public Transport

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference notes that: Translink is facing cuts across both bus and rail networks reducing an already inadequate public transport system for Northern Ireland; Students, workers and everyday passengers face an increase in the cost of using public transport...

Outsourcing

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Congress notes the policy shift announced by the UK Government in June 2026, which formally acknowledged that decades of "outsourcing by default" have damaged public sector resilience, eroded terms and conditions, and enriched private contractors at the...

Seafarer Jobs and Pay in the Ferries Sector

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Congress welcomes growth in ferry passenger numbers and freight volumes into ports in Northern Ireland, including the 55% increase in passengers carried between Birkenhead and Belfast since 2019. Congress applauds the progress the RMT has made with measures to...

Basic Income for the Arts

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Over the last few years, the issues of low pay, precarious work and poverty have become ever more prevalent across the arts and entertainment industry. Flaws in the universal credit and wider social security system are a major barrier for access for many...

Budget

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference notes the deepening crisis across our public services, with unsafe staffing levels, rising workloads, growing waiting lists, crumbling infrastructure and repeated failures to deliver fully funded, timely public sector pay awards. This crisis is the...

Age Discrimination

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

This BDC is familiar with the call for legislation to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of age in the provision of goods, facilities and services. This is despite promises that it would be brought forward in 2016, 2021 and again in 2022. Several motions to...

EA saving plans a 'ransom'

Progress the Good Jobs Bill

Defending, Valuing and Organising the Community and Voluntary Sector in Northern Ireland

Rebuilding Royal Mail for Workers and the Public

Public Transport

Outsourcing

Seafarer Jobs and Pay in the Ferries Sector

Basic Income for the Arts

Budget

Age Discrimination

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