Economy

Congress supports the call by the Financial Services Union for a forum to discuss the future of banking and financial sectors on the island and established governments in the Republic and Northern Ireland. General Secretary Patricia King said thousands of workers face turmoil following the scandal...

NIC-ICTU News Release This week in Westminster, amendments from the Lords on the government's treaty-breaking Internal Markets Bill will go to the Commons, where it is expected that Conservative MPs will expunge those amendments and continue with high-wire act of Prime Minister Johnson. Commenting...

1 in 4 workers in Northern Ireland paid below £9.50 per hour Nearly a quarter of a million workers in Northern Ireland are paid below the real living wage of £9.50 per hour. This equates to 1 in 4 workers earning poverty pay in Northern Ireland where clearly work does not pay. Commenting on a new...

Speaking after the announcement by the NI Executive, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Owen Reidy commented: "Now that the NI Executive have made a definitive decision regarding additional regulations, coming into effect on the 27 th November 2020, in an effort to stop the rise in Covid 19 infection...