Health & Safety

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...

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 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...

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)...

Performing artists such as cabaret artistes, comedians, stage management and singers can be vulnerable when working at entertainment venues, especially when working alone. Their work can include leaving venues late at night, parking and loading out in insecure...

The TNC 2023/2 Joint Declaration of Protection (for Dignity at Work & Inclusive Working Environment) contains the following commitments: This Declaration is a joint Management Side and Teachers’ Side agreement which recognises the moral and legal duties placed...

This conference notes with concern the growing threat to media freedom in Northern Ireland. The promotion and protection of independent journalism is essential to the functioning of a democratic society. Attempts to undermine journalists and journalism, either...

Conference condemns the outrageous display of racial and ethnic hatred on display in the centre of Belfast last August. An open demonstration of ignorant racist rhetoric was followed by street violence and vandalism aimed at people from ethnic or minority...