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Trade unions call for ‘hard-won peace to be protected’

The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions [NIC ICTU] has today added its voice to those calling for protection of the peace process. Following a meeting of senior figures in the trade union movement in Belfast on Wednesday, ICTU General Secretary, Owen Reidy , pointed out...

Early Years

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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

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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)...

Disability

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NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen
Congress has huge concerns about the marked lack of progress on the part of the employers within the education system in addressing the issues pertaining to workers with disabilities. These individuals face daily challenges that are compounded by the absence...

Adequate Sick Pay Provision

Motion no
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NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen
Conference believes that the coronavirus crisis highlighted the need for the protection of workers income and health through the provision of adequate sick pay provision. In Northern Ireland Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) has been in existence since 1983. However...

NHS Waiting Lists

Motion no
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NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen
This motion calls on ICTU to lead an active campaign to highlight and address the devasting social and economic impact of NHS waiting lists on working people and their families in Northern Ireland. The NI health service's current "critical situation" comes...

Health Inequalities

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NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen
Health inequalities requires cross department support but also requires the department to work with trade unions In 2013 the department for health published Making life better a strategic framework for public health. This was a ten-year strategy so it...
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