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The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (NIC-ICTU) is hosting its Biennial Delegate Conference (BDC) this week online. The BDC was originally planned to take place over two days last March in the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen, but was postponed for obvious reasons. The...

Congress supports the call by the Financial Services Union for a forum to discuss the future of banking and financial sectors on the island and established governments in the Republic and Northern Ireland. General Secretary Patricia King said thousands of workers face turmoil following the scandal...

Management commits to address all workforce concerns in comprehensive agreement to end dispute Any council worker who loses out in the management-trade union led job evaluation process will receive between £500 and £7,500 in compensation Trade unions representing workers at Newry, Mourne and Down...

Speaking after staff were withdrawn from the Ports of Belfast and Larne after sinister threats from unknown people, ICTU Assistant General Secretary Owen Reidy called for "these threats to be immediately lifted from whoever is making these threats, and for elected representatives to dial down the...

Joint UNITE, NIPSA, SIPTU and GMB Press Release Industrial action escalates at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council as mediated talks collapse after management refuse trade union proposal to end dispute All four staff trade unions, Unite, GMB, NIPSA and SIPTU, warn work-to-rule will result in...

Retail & Distribution workers in Northern Ireland are demanding a 'new deal' that will tackle low pay and insecure work and help rebuild the sector in the aftermath of the Covid 19 pandemic, as part of a new campaign launched by trade unions representing workers across the sector. A New Deal for...

Joint UNITE, NIPSA, SIPTU and GMB Press Release Members of all four staff trade unions, Unite, GMB, NIPSA and SIPTU, will commence work-to-rule from January 4 th, second 24-hour strike date confirmed for January 27 th Councillors warned that work-to-rule will result in severe disruption to council...