Jobs

Progress the Good Jobs Bill

09 Nov, 2026

Unions call upon NI Executive to be allowed to do their job, and progress the Good Jobs Bill Responding to the continued obstruction of the Good Jobs Bill, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy said Earlier this month we saw new trade union access rights come into effect in Great Britain...

Defending, Valuing and Organising the Community and Voluntary Sector in Northern Ireland

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference notes that: The community and voluntary sector in Northern Ireland employs approximately 57,000 workers across hundreds of employers and over a thousand sites, with trade union density below 5%. The sector delivers frontline services to some of the...

Defend and renew our public health system

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference notes with concern the extreme pressures facing our health and social care (HSC) system and the impact of underfunding, outsourcing and structural inefficiency on healthcare workers and the public. The approach taken by healthcare leaders and...

Safe Staffing Legislation — Training for Implementation

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference recognises and thanks the health trade unions, for the sustained work that ensured we had progress towards safe and effective staffing legislation. Conference further recognises that this legislation has the potential to strengthen accountability...

Safe Staffing = Safe Care

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Congress notes that maternity services across Northern Ireland are being pushed by years of understaffing, underinvestment and increasing demand. Midwives, maternity support workers and student midwives are working in conditions that are neither safe nor...

Flexible Working and Staff Retention in Healthcare

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference notes that healthcare professions with predominantly female workforces continue to experience significant barriers to accessing flexible working arrangements, despite ongoing workforce shortages and increasing pressures on staff. Conference believes...

Rebuilding Royal Mail for Workers and the Public

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference believes Royal Mail is a vital public service facing existential challenges, requiring a new vision that secures its future in the interests of customers, communities and workers, including across Northern Ireland, while utilising its national...

Public Transport

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference notes that: Translink is facing cuts across both bus and rail networks reducing an already inadequate public transport system for Northern Ireland; Students, workers and everyday passengers face an increase in the cost of using public transport...

Delivering excellence in public transport

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Conference recognises the service and dedication of public transport workers and the critical importance of modern and sustainable public transport to society. Bus and rail services play a critical role in reducing poverty and advancing social inclusion. They...

Outsourcing

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2026

Congress notes the policy shift announced by the UK Government in June 2026, which formally acknowledged that decades of "outsourcing by default" have damaged public sector resilience, eroded terms and conditions, and enriched private contractors at the...

Progress the Good Jobs Bill

Defending, Valuing and Organising the Community and Voluntary Sector in Northern Ireland

Defend and renew our public health system

Safe Staffing Legislation — Training for Implementation

Safe Staffing = Safe Care

Flexible Working and Staff Retention in Healthcare

Rebuilding Royal Mail for Workers and the Public

Public Transport

Delivering excellence in public transport

Outsourcing

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