Economy

It is reported that the NI Secretary of State says work will begin today among officials from HM Treasury, NI Civil Service & the NIO to look at Stormont budget pressures. This will continue over the summer. Hillary Benn says the outcome can’t be a ‘one off fix.’ Following yesterday’s talks at...

Today the NI Assembly begins its summer recess, said ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy. Trade Unions are proud of the part we have played in ensuring workers have legal entitlements to holidays and time off to help recuperate from their working days. We do not begrudge the MLAs we elect...

The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions repeats its call for the NI Executive to bring forward the Good Jobs Employment Bill before MLAs leave Stormont for the summer recess. We reiterate that there is time for our elected MLAs to debate and scrutinise the legislation in...

Rally at the steps of Parliament Buildings, Stormont Estate 12 Noon, 18 May 2026 The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions invite you to a press event at the steps of Parliament Buildings next Monday. The ‘ Good Jobs’ Employment Bill is at the NI Executive for discussion...

The letter from some business lobby groups today calling on the Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald to walk away from her flagship Good Jobs Bill is based on little evidence and few specific objections to the most comprehensive updating of employment law in a generation. This legislation has been...

NIC-ICTU is calling on the Northern Ireland Office to take immediate and decisive action to address the deepening funding crisis facing the community and voluntary sector. Speaking after a rally of voluntary sector groups at Stormont, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy said: the immediate...

On International Womens Day, the trade union movement calls on MLAs to support the Good Jobs Bill. Polling shows major support for new Employment Rights laws from NI Assembly The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has written to every MLA to urge support for new rights for workers in Northern Ireland...

The new Living Wage Foundation finding that NI has second-highest low-pay rate in UK despite overall fall, is more evidence that working families need the protections proposed in the long-awaited Good Jobs Bill. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ni-has-second-highest-low-pay...