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Trade Unions join Minister for the Economy to remember all those killed, injured or made sick at or because of work. The Chair of the Northern Ireland Committee ICTU Jacquie White joined the Minister for the Economy Dr Caoimhe Archibald MLA, to participate in a wreath laying ceremony in Stormont...

The letter from some business lobby groups today calling on the Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald to walk away from her flagship Good Jobs Bill is based on little evidence and few specific objections to the most comprehensive updating of employment law in a generation. This legislation has been...

NIC-ICTU is calling on the Northern Ireland Office to take immediate and decisive action to address the deepening funding crisis facing the community and voluntary sector. Speaking after a rally of voluntary sector groups at Stormont, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy said: the immediate...

Today is International School Meals Day. Education support workers and teachers believe every child and young person should be able to access nutritious meals at school. Since our 2022 delegate conference, it has been NIC-ICTU’s policy to support young people and their families’ budgets with high...

On International Womens Day, the trade union movement calls on MLAs to support the Good Jobs Bill. Polling shows major support for new Employment Rights laws from NI Assembly The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has written to every MLA to urge support for new rights for workers in Northern Ireland...

The new Living Wage Foundation finding that NI has second-highest low-pay rate in UK despite overall fall, is more evidence that working families need the protections proposed in the long-awaited Good Jobs Bill. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ni-has-second-highest-low-pay...

A LucidTalk poll published last week in the Belfast Telegraph revealed that just one in four people think Stormont has improved their lives since its restoration two years ago. The same people were asked their opinion about aspects of the Executive’s proposed Good Jobs Bill. This legislation will...

On 25 November, trade unions supported by civil society marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls by asking: ‘Where’s our safe leave?’ and raising concerns about the long delay in providing paid leave for workers dealing with domestic abuse. Trade unions...