Economy

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...

Following the publication of a letter from the Northern Ireland Executive to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this morning, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy said It is clear to us that the money is now available to settle pay claims across the entire public sector. The financial package makes...

Speaking after the decision by the NI Secretary of State to seek an extension of the deadline to hold an assembly election, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy said Last week saw 170,000 public servants make salary sacrifices lining out in the cold streets on picket lines, talking part in...

Today in Belfast, the senior leadership of the trade union movement held an initial meeting to consider the impact of last Thursday’s generalized day of action and the ongoing industrial actions by affiliates across most parts of the public sector. Speaking after the meeting, ICTU Assistant General...