Government

Conference condemns the recent decision by the UK government to end the universal entitlement to winter fuel payments, a decision that was enforced in Northern Ireland by the Stormont Executive parties. The policy will limit the special fuel payment to the ten...

Congress recognises the ongoing damage caused by privatisation across the public sector. Privatised services have consistently resulted in poorer pay, terms, and conditions for workers, while failing to deliver the quality and efficiency promised. We have seen...

It is well recognised that the failings in policy and delivery of housing over decades in this state has left considerable numbers of people in our society struggling to access decent public and affordable housing and a secure future that this allows for...

That this conference recognises that pensioners, especially those without email or internet access, are particularly dependent on the postal service for the receipt of communications from statutory organisations, including Health and Social Care (NHS) and from...

The Fire & Rescue Service provides a life-saving resource to all communities across Northern Ireland. Like all other public sector bodies the Fire and Rescue Service has suffered throughout the last 14 years of Austerity The Fire Brigades Union’s (FBU)...

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...

It is now well established that Derry and the North West region has for too long been starved of the resources, investment and the political will necessary to repair the impact of a century of under-development. Among the many adverse effects of the chronic...

Conference notes that 2024 saw a return of devolved power-sharing Government at Stormont. Conference commends the huge effort of our collective membership across the public and private sector in Northern Ireland in taking sustained industrial action for pay...

Conference acknowledges that there is currently no requirement for firms in Northern Ireland to publish their gender pay gap. Conference agrees that legislation introduced in the Republic of Ireland compelling companies of a certain size to publish their...

Congress is concerned that P&O Ferries have still not been punished for their unlawful assault on seafarer jobs, including on the Cairnryan-Larne route, where employment agencies now supply all the labour to P&O Ferries and where seafarers could still be...