Economy

Union Learning Reps at the forefront of union organising!

02 Dec, 2021

Union Learning Representatives (ULR) are at the forefront of efforts to improve the skills of the workforce, in this month’s blog, Union Learning Fund (ULF) Project Manager Julie Gorman tells us more. I’ve been working with the ULF for 7 years now and one of the things that has really struck me is...

Union recognition best route for decent work

16 Nov, 2021

Speaking at a Department of Finance event to mark Living Wage Week and the accreditation of the NI Executive as a living wage employer, ICTU AGS Owen Reidy said The trade union movement welcomes the commitment from the NI Executive to be a living wage employer. This is more important than ever given...

Rebuild, be Representative, be Stronger! ETUC mid-term conference takes place in Lisbon

10 Nov, 2021

After 20 months of virtual meetings, the European Trade Union Confederation which represents the interest of over 45 million workers across 39 countries, gathers mostly in person this week in Lisbon. ICTU representative on the ETUC Executive Owen Reidy is attending the conference and reports back...

Day two of ICTU Conference hears calls for strong collective bargaining rights for workers

27 Oct, 2021

The morning session of day two of the ICTU Biennial Delegate Conference addressed the important issue of collective bargaining and workers rights with motions from trade unions north and south. Delegates heard from Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Social Affairs who updated activists on the progress...

5 Party Leaders address trade union conference

26 Oct, 2021

Representatives of all five parties in the NI Executive, for the first time, shared a single stage at a trade union conference. They each outlined their party’s positions on workers’ rights as well as the implementation of commitments to decent, secure work and worker representation contained in the...

Northern Ireland needs decent work and stability

26 Oct, 2021

On the subject of the NI Protocol, Assistant General Secretary Owen Reidy told 600 trade union delegates (attending in person and virtually) at the ICTU Biennial Conference Northern Ireland needs stability and decent jobs. The trade union movement has consistently called for no border on the island...

ICTU Biennial delegate Conference 2021 - No Going Back

20 Oct, 2021

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions will hold the first major delegate conference to occur in Northern Ireland since the onset of the Covid pandemic in March 2020. Postponed from July, the ICTU BDC will now take place from 26-27 October 2021. The venue remains the same, the ICC Waterfront Hall...

Unions stand by staff and residents at Court Care Home

06 Oct, 2021

Unions representing unpaid and distressed workers at Court Care Home in Ballymoney received the full support of every union across Northern Ireland today. NIC-ICTU’s affiliated unions were briefed earlier today by the trade unions GMB and Unison who represent 50 staff at the Ballymoney care home...

This course is designed to equip representatives with the knowledge and skills to tackle redundancies in the workplace.

It will give reps a better understanding of the redundancy process and enable them to organise effectively around this issue.

The course will include:

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Letter to APNI leader on Agricultural Wages Board Mar 21

15 Mar, 2021

The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions supports Unite theUnion’s call to maintain the Agricultural Wages Board and seeks the Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs to reverse his ill-judged and short sighted decision to abolish the board. At a recent...

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