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The Leadership of the trade union movement in Northern Ireland met yesterday to discuss the growing discontent among workers in both private and public sectors at the inability of the NI Executive and the UK Government to agree a Stormont budget. Speaking after the meeting, ICTU Assistant General...

A major new opinion poll shows continued public support for the Economy Minister’s Caoimhe Archibald’s plan to bring forward new legislation on workers’ rights and good jobs. A new LucidTalk poll reported by the Belfast Telegraph today shows that over 70% of the total sample agreed that trade union...

It is reported that the NI Secretary of State says work will begin today among officials from HM Treasury, NI Civil Service & the NIO to look at Stormont budget pressures. This will continue over the summer. Hillary Benn says the outcome can’t be a ‘one off fix.’ Following yesterday’s talks at...

Today the NI Assembly begins its summer recess, said ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy. Trade Unions are proud of the part we have played in ensuring workers have legal entitlements to holidays and time off to help recuperate from their working days. We do not begrudge the MLAs we elect...

While the NI Executive continues to block the Good Jobs Employment Bill, workers across England, Wales and Scotland will soon begin to enjoy many of many of the same provisions contained within that Bill. Speaking as the Labour government’s Employment Rights Act 2025 begins to take effect across GB...

Following the NI Executive meeting on Thursday 11 June which discussed yet again the Good Jobs Bill and yet again failed to approve its passing to the NI Assembly for debate, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy said This decision not to allow the Good Jobs Bill to progress before MLAs take...

Today the trade union movement stands with the victim of a horrendous knife attack in north Belfast, and his neighbours who came out and defended him. We stand with the emergency services who addressed the scene and are caring for his serious injuries on hospital. We stand with the police officers...

The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions notes with deep alarm and disappointment, the comments made by Gavin Robinson MP and Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly MLA today, regarding the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill. Speaking today, the ICTU Assistant General...

Dear First Minister and Deputy First Minister Please circulate this correspondence to the ministers of the NI Executive The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions notes with deep concern that the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill has not yet been submitted to the Northern...