Wages and the Cost of Living Crisis
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Online via Zoom
This webinar will explain escalating inflation, its impact on wages and household budgets, and why union wage claims are not to blame. It will also address how...
NIC-ICTU demonstration at Stormont on Saturday 25th June on cost of living crisis and return of NI Executive
The NIC-ICTU is organising a trade union led rally/demonstration at Stormont for 12 noon on Saturday 25th June 2022. Speaking today Owen Reidy Assistant General Secretary of the ICTU said: Workers and their families can no longer endure inaction on the cost of living crisis. Inflation is now at 9%...
Save Regina Coeli hostel – Save UNITE members jobs
On Tuesday 15th March at 2PM, UNITE and NIC-ICTU handed over nearly 12,000 signatures collected from members of the public to the DfC Minister Deirdre Hargey calling for the Regina Coeli hostel to be saved. The petition was handed to the Minister by Regina Coeli workers Emma McCann and Bernadette...
Union recognition best route for decent work
Speaking at a Department of Finance event to mark Living Wage Week and the accreditation of the NI Executive as a living wage employer, ICTU AGS Owen Reidy said The trade union movement welcomes the commitment from the NI Executive to be a living wage employer. This is more important than ever given...
ICTU Biennial delegate Conference 2021 - No Going Back
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions will hold the first major delegate conference to occur in Northern Ireland since the onset of the Covid pandemic in March 2020. Postponed from July, the ICTU BDC will now take place from 26-27 October 2021. The venue remains the same, the ICC Waterfront Hall...
Dealing with Redundancies
This course is designed to equip representatives with the knowledge and skills to tackle redundancies in the workplace.
It will give reps a better understanding of the redundancy process and enable them to organise effectively around this issue.
The course will include:
Confidence at Work
Course content includes:
- How building confidence can change union members’ lives.
- How confidence can be damaged by stereotyping in the workplace.
- How to bring about change in the workplace.
- Understand the nature of specific intimidating behaviour at work.
- Understand how legislation and policy can support challenging specific behaviours at work.
- Be able to develop a trade union plan for dealing with intimidation at work.
The course will also look at building confidence for negotiating scenarios.
NIC-ICTU Biennial Conference, Zoom, 23 March 2021
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...
ICTU supports the call for a forum to discuss the future of banking and financial sectors
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...
Workers welcome successful conclusion of their industrial action at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
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...
