Environment

Just Transition

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference recognizes that climate is a major systemic risk to the lives of our members and that more needs to be done across all our communities to move from carbon intensive industries to renewables. Conference acknowledges the recent efforts to establish a...

Delivering excellence in public transport

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference recognises the service and dedication of public transport workers and the critical importance of modern and sustainable public transport to society. Bus and rail services play a critical role in reducing poverty and advancing social inclusion. They...

Wildfires, Climate Change and Fire & Rescue Service resilience

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference recognises that climate change is increasing the risk and severity of extreme weather events, including wildfires, creating growing risks for workers, communities and the environment in Northern Ireland. Conference notes that firefighters responding...

Just Transition

Motion no

NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen

Conference recognises the importance of meeting the Paris Agreement Net Zero targets and notes that both our public and private sectors have not taken sufficient action to meet these targets. Conference also notes the impact of climate on our natural...

Gaye Partridge (Chair, Unite Regional Women’s Committee), Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald and Unite Regional Secretary Susan Fitzgerald.

Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald launches Unite’s ‘Extreme Weather’ demands at Stormont

17 Jun, 2025

Yesterday in Stormont the Economy minister Caoimhe Archibald launched Unite’s ‘Extreme Weather’ survey results and policy demands, following a survey of over 1200 Unite members across Northern Ireland and their experiences delivering essential services during recent severe storms. The event heard...

UK General Election Op-Ed - Gerry Murphy AGS ICTU

28 Jun, 2024

What would the unions in Northern Ireland ask of the incoming UK Government? At last, we are within the sight of the finishing line. This awful Tory government ought to be dispatched to the history books if the polls are correct and morality has any meaning. This warning for future historians in...

NIC-ICTU response to DfI consultation on changes to the Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme

29 Aug, 2023

ICTU as a general point of principle supports universal public services funded through progressive taxation. Part of the rationale for this is that services which are universally available to all, not means-tested, tend to be better quality services than a two-tier system. The famous example of the...

Climate Crisis and the Workplace – Green Skills for Trade Unionists | Jan 20 - Feb 10 2023

Online via Zoom

The course will look at a ‘just transition’ to a greener economy, where workers have a central voice in planning the transition. It’s one where no workers or...

Decarbonising public services

Motion no

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference

Conference calls on the Northern Ireland Committee to progress a campaign to decarbonise public services in Northern Ireland. Following the passage of Northern Ireland’s Climate Change Act this year, the transition to a zero-carbon economy is especially urgent...

End Profit Gouging from fossil fuels

Motion no

Workers Demand Better - Biennial Delegate Conference

The recent bumper profits for fuel companies has reinvigorated the drive for alternative sources of fossil fuels. Previously unacceptable, dangerous and environmentally destructive production methods are back on the agenda for both government and big business...

Just Transition

Delivering excellence in public transport

Wildfires, Climate Change and Fire & Rescue Service resilience

Just Transition

Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald launches Unite’s ‘Extreme Weather’ demands at Stormont

UK General Election Op-Ed - Gerry Murphy AGS ICTU

NIC-ICTU response to DfI consultation on changes to the Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme

Climate Crisis and the Workplace – Green Skills for Trade Unionists | Jan 20 - Feb 10 2023

Decarbonising public services

End Profit Gouging from fossil fuels

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