Women

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...

ICTU Women’s Committee event to mark International Women’s Day Monday 7th March 2022 12.30 – 1.30 online via Zoom register here How do we tackle male violence against women and girls in work and in society? Trade unions have been campaigning to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls...

Speaking during the 16 Days of Action against gender based violence campaign, ICTU Equality Officer Clare Moore said The UK Government has finally agreed to ratify ILO Convention 190 which calls for the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work. This is especially important as it...

In advance of 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, NIC ICTU has written to all MLAs to urge them to support the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill which will be brought before the Assembly on 29 November by Rachel Woods MLA. The Bill proposes 10 days of paid...

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...

On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25th November), The trade union federations of Great Britain and the island of Ireland (TUC, STUC, WTUC and ICTU) which together represent over 6 million workers, call for urgent interventions to support victims and...