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DERRY LAUNCH OF WORKERS DEMAND BETTER CAMPAIGN Campaign backed by all NI trade unions to tackle the cost-of-living crisis has first of series of ‘town hall’ meetings in Derry. Derry Trades Union Council (DTUC) and NIC-ICTU will host a public meeting in Derry about the Workers Demand Better campaign...

ICTU is delighted to announce that there will be a May Day march and rally in Belfast on Saturday 30th April. This will be the first physical May Day rally in nearly three years and this year will be a celebration of the key and essential workers who kept our economy running during COVID-19, often...

Unions representing unpaid and distressed workers at Court Care Home in Ballymoney received the full support of every union across Northern Ireland today. NIC-ICTU’s affiliated unions were briefed earlier today by the trade unions GMB and Unison who represent 50 staff at the Ballymoney care home...

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...

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...