Education

EA saving plans a 'ransom'

10 Nov, 2026

Education Unions criticise saving plans outlined by the Education Authority as ‘ransom’. Speaking after an emergency meeting of the NIC-ICTU Education Group of 10 trade unions representing workers across the Education sector, ETUG chair Marie O’Shea criticised the saving plans outlined by the...

Our Forgotten Children

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference recognises that some of the most vulnerable children and young people in our society are those whose lives are affected by multiple and complex challenges, including experience of the care system, poor mental health, developmental trauma, addiction...

Social media abuse targeting teachers

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Congress notes with grave concern the increasing incidence of social media abuse targeting teachers, including the creation of fake accounts, AI-generated videos, and other forms of online misrepresentation. Congress recognises that such content is often...

The Cause of Education is the Cause of us All

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference notes:- Ulster University’s announcement of 450 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) job cuts across all 4 campuses The united opposition of the campus Joint Trade Unions (JTUs), UCU, UNITE and UNISON to such devastating job cuts The legal obligation on the...

Tackling Racism and Promoting Anti-Racism in Education

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference condemns the organised, planned racist violence that erupted in Belfast and other parts of Northern Ireland in June 2026, which saw homes set alight, families forced to flee, and communities terrorised. Conference believes that the trade union...

Defending education from attacks by the far right

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference recognises the growing threat posed by the far right. Far-right politics feeds on insecurity and division, scapegoating migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, while offering no serious answer to underfunded public services, insecure work, poverty or...

Motion no

NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen

Conference notes that union membership has been steadily increasing over the past number of years and has risen from 199,000 members in 2016 to over 253,000 members in 2023. Recent successful conclusions to several long running industrial disputes have added...

Professional Regulation of Teachers

Motion no

NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen

Conference believes that the current General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland is not fit for purpose and should be dissolved. Conference is concerned that teachers are required to pay for registration from a body which is controlled directly by the...

Early Years

Motion no

NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen

Conference notes: 1) The priority in the Programme for Government to Deliver more affordable childcare; 2)The outcome of the PSEP scoping study; 3) The acknowledgement that childcare needs to become more accessible and affordable for all. Conference calls on...

SEN

Motion no

NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen

Conference: a) notes; 1) the decreased SEND implementation funding made available to schools to support the proposed changes to the SEN Framework; 2) the dramatic increase in the establishment of specialist provision classes within mainstream schools (SPiMS)...

Education

EA saving plans a 'ransom'

Our Forgotten Children

Social media abuse targeting teachers

The Cause of Education is the Cause of us All

Tackling Racism and Promoting Anti-Racism in Education

Defending education from attacks by the far right

Education

Professional Regulation of Teachers

Early Years

SEN

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