International

Conference is extremely concerned about theproposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Free Trade Treaty, a wide-ranging trade deal giving unprecedented power and influence to transnational corporations that would become the benchmark for...

As political devolution develops across the UK there is a danger that Northern Ireland may be viewed as a political situation on which agreement has been reached. This is not the case. In the Republic of Ireland all attention is focused on who will form the...

Conference expresses its concern at a number of core elements of the Stormont House Agreement (SHA) which was agreed by the main political parties in Northern Ireland in December 2014. Conference recognises the need to strengthen the peace process and for this...

This conference calls on the Executive Council to pursue with the European Globalisation Fund Managing Authority funding for the retraining of Irish redundant workers in sectors of Irish Industry such as the construction sector where many thousands of workers...

Congress shares the shock and outrage at the appalling attack on a 23 year old physiotherapy student in Delhi, in December 2012 who later died from the severe injuries she sustained. The crime caused international outcry, and raised again the need to campaign...

Congress pays tribute to the work of the late Inez McCormack, former President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and former Regional Secretary of UNISON, for her unceasing and inspirational commitment to equality and human rights. As an enduring tribute...

Conference expresses its concern at the increased sectarian tensions and displays of community division over the last year in Northern Ireland and reiterates its total opposition to sectarianism in all its forms. In particular Conference is concerned that...

Conference notes the disconnection between economic decision-making and the people affected by decisions made by individuals and institutions with little or no democratic accountability. We note the on-going role of the Troika in the detail of economic policy...

Global Solidarity within the global trade union movement has never been in greater demand. The international onslaught on the lives of working people worldwide, particularly those living close to or in poverty requires a decisive response from civic society at...