Youth

Expansion of the Ulster University Magee campus in Derry

Motion no

NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen

Conference welcomes the recent publication of the Interim Report by the Magee Taskforce which outlines a road map for the expansion of the Ulster University Magee Campus in Derry. After many decades of government inaction and empty promises, this interim...

Violence against Women and Girls

Motion no

NI BDC 2024 Workers Making Change Happen

Conference acknowledges with alarm that Northern Ireland is facing what has been described as an epidemic of violence against women and girls witnessing a rise in domestic violence and the highest levels of femicide in Europe. As of September 2024, there have...

NIC-ICTU supports free school meals for all as a universal right

12 Mar, 2026

Today is International School Meals Day. Education support workers and teachers believe every child and young person should be able to access nutritious meals at school. Since our 2022 delegate conference, it has been NIC-ICTU’s policy to support young people and their families’ budgets with high...

Education Unions, Children's Rights Groups and LGBTQIA+ Organisations call on Education Minister to Reinstate Trans Guidance

10 Sep, 2025

Today a group of youth organisations, LGBTQIA+ charities and education unions representing thousands of teaching and non-teaching staff across Northern Ireland have condemned the Education Minister’s removal of guidance for supporting trans youth in education, urging him to reinstate the guidance in...

Trans Guidance

10 Sep, 2025

Education Unions, Children's Rights Groups and LGBTQIA+ Organisations call on Education Minister to Reinstate Trans Guidance The joint statement references the Department’s own research published in 2017 after it emerged this morning that the Department has removed the publication from its website...

Congress Youth launch Your Rights at Work guide for young workers

02 May, 2025

The Congress Youth Committee has launched an online guide designed to inform young workers in Northern Ireland about their rights at work. The Your Rights at Work guide is a living document, meaning it will be continuously updated to reflect changes in employment law and workers’ rights. This...

Your Rights at Work - NI

02 May, 2025

If you work in Northern Ireland, regardless of age or nationality, you are entitled to rights and dignity at work, including the right to join a trade union. Many young workers are unaware of their work-place rights, which can lead them to accept poor working conditions and have low expectations of...

NIC-ICTU calls for agreed age-appropriate content for Relationships and Sexuality Education which addresses the issues of domestic abuse and healthy relationships

14 Jun, 2023

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions reiterates its call for agreed age-appropriate content for Relationships and Sexuality Education which addresses the issues of domestic abuse and healthy relationships. The conflict between the NI Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris and faith groups over the...

DERRY LAUNCH OF WORKERS DEMAND BETTER CAMPAIGN

04 Nov, 2022

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...

Unions support paid leave for domestic violence victims

24 Nov, 2021

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...