Economy

STRATEGIC COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR FORUM

Motion no

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference

Community and Voluntary Sector workers through their jobs strive to raise the living standards and aspirations of the people, finding themselves in positions of influence - providing hope and building resilience across working class communities. An essential...

Basic Income for the Arts

Motion no

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference

The issues of low pay, precarious work and poverty are prevalent across the arts and entertainment industry and have been entrenched further by the Covid-19 pandemic. Flaws in the universal credit and wider social security system are a major barrier for access...

Tackling One-Sided Flexibility 

Motion no

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference

Conference notes the significant impact of the cost of living crisis on low paid workers in   Northern Ireland.  In June 2022, Usdaw surveyed thousands of low paid workers and the responses from Northern Ireland showed that:  57% said petrol prices and travel...

Cost of Living

Motion no

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference

Congress notes that our communities face the biggest cost of living crisis in 40 years with twelve-month inflation running at above 12 percent and with the prospect of rising further as the knock-on impacts of the surge in energy prices are felt in foods and...

Government must deliver for workers in the cost of living crisis

Motion no

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference

Conference notes that, at the time of writing, no new Executive has been formed following the Assembly elections held in May and that Ministers currently in place will cease to hold office if no new Executive is formed by the end of October, with the Secretary...

WORKERS DEMAND BETTER

Motion no

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference

Conference acknowledges the sacrifices made by thousands of workers during the Covid pandemic to maintain the economy and to keep us safe. Applause once a week at our doorsteps was no real reward after years of pay restraint across our public and private...

The Cost of Living Crisis: A generation in the making

11 Nov, 2022

At the first public meeting promoting the NIC-ICTU campaign Workers Demand Better, a core part of the evening was the economic context explained in this presentation from Dr Lisa Wilson of the Nevin Economic Research Institute.

DERRY LAUNCH OF WORKERS DEMAND BETTER CAMPAIGN

04 Nov, 2022

DERRY LAUNCH OF WORKERS DEMAND BETTER CAMPAIGN Campaign backed by all NI trade unions to tackle the cost-of-living crisis has first of series of ‘town hall’ meetings in Derry. Derry Trades Union Council (DTUC) and NIC-ICTU will host a public meeting in Derry about the Workers Demand Better campaign...

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference report

01 Nov, 2022

The Biennial Delegate Conference of the Northern Ireland Committee ICTU will take place on 22-23 November in Enniskillen. This is the report to conference together with the agenda and motions.

Safe at Home, Safe at Work, Guidance for Employers and Trade Unions

31 Oct, 2022

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STRATEGIC COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR FORUM

Basic Income for the Arts

Tackling One-Sided Flexibility

Cost of Living

Government must deliver for workers in the cost of living crisis

WORKERS DEMAND BETTER

The Cost of Living Crisis: A generation in the making

DERRY LAUNCH OF WORKERS DEMAND BETTER CAMPAIGN

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference report

Safe at Home, Safe at Work, Guidance for Employers and Trade Unions

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