Economy

The presence in Stormont this morning of the new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his ‘productive’ and ‘positive’ engagement with the Northern Ireland Executive parties is a sign of hope for local working people after 14 years of neglect and mismanagement by the vanquished Conservatives. Speaking...

ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy said Trade unions in Northern Ireland welcome today’s announcement by the Economy Minister Conor Murphy that he is prepared to use Stormont’s devolved powers to deliver new employment legislation to update and improve the daily working lives of thousands...

What would the unions in Northern Ireland ask of the incoming UK Government? At last, we are within the sight of the finishing line. This awful Tory government ought to be dispatched to the history books if the polls are correct and morality has any meaning. This warning for future historians in...

Today in the NI Assembly’s ’Opposition Day’ debate the SDLP will propose a motion on devolving VAT on hospitality to ‘support the sector’ 13 May 2024 (niassembly.gov.uk) Explaining why this is a badly-thought out proposal which should be rejected by MLAs, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry...

Remarks from ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy This a serious event and we could be grim and sombre, but am more than happy to be here today – I am also honoured to be here among so many fine people. I am here speaking on behalf of over 200,000 working people across the North and over...

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...

NIC-ICTU today launched a new document in the Long Gallery at Parliament Buildings, with Conor Murphy MLA who agreed to ‘sponsor’ the event before becoming Minister for the Economy during the very welcome restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive. As well as Minister Murphy, the...

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Finance, Dr Caoimhe Archibald that an allocation of £685m has been made available to departments to allow them to begin pay negotiations with public sector trade unions. ICTU assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy...