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Delegates may recall that similar motions to this have appeared on the Agendas for the NIC BDCs in 2016 and 2021 It is reprehensible that the legislation to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of age in the provision of goods facilities and services has not...

The Fermanagh Trades Council notes that the Equality Law was applied in Great Britain in 2010 which banned discrimination on grounds of Age in the provision of Goods & Services. However it did not apply in Northern Ireland. Whilst there is Extensive Equality...

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...

The importance of workplace democracy, more commonly referred to as collective bargaining, is the foundation upon which workers not only increase their wages, improve working conditions, and provide for workers families. It is much more than this, at a...

The issues of low pay, precarious work and poverty are prevalent across the arts and entertainment industry and have been entrenched further by the Covid-19 pandemic. Flaws in the universal credit and wider social security system are a major barrier for access...

Conference notes the significant impact of the cost of living crisis on low paid workers in   Northern Ireland.  In June 2022, Usdaw surveyed thousands of low paid workers and the responses from Northern Ireland showed that:  57% said petrol prices and travel...

Congress notes that our communities face the biggest cost of living crisis in 40 years with twelve-month inflation running at above 12 percent and with the prospect of rising further as the knock-on impacts of the surge in energy prices are felt in foods and...

Conference notes that, at the time of writing, no new Executive has been formed following the Assembly elections held in May and that Ministers currently in place will cease to hold office if no new Executive is formed by the end of October, with the Secretary...

Conference acknowledges the sacrifices made by thousands of workers during the Covid pandemic to maintain the economy and to keep us safe. Applause once a week at our doorsteps was no real reward after years of pay restraint across our public and private...