The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has launched the Labour Market Monitor, a new quarterly publication to provide quality analysis and information on key trends within the labour market.
Congress General Secretary David Begg said the publication was timely, given the ongoing jobs crisis and uncertainty about the nature of new jobs being created.
"We can see a new labour market evolving, here at home and across Europe. Some worrying trends are evident, with the rise in low paid, unskilled and insecure positions – a new precarious workforce. That is hardly a solid foundation on which to build a recovery.
"Information about these new trends is critical, as is good quality analysis, both of which we aim to include in the Labour Market Monitor.
Mr Begg said he believed the new publication would be of great assistance to trade unions in their "ongoing battle to defend and improve pay and conditions of employment across the economy and to shape a fairer more equitable labour market."
The Labour Market Monitor will appear quarterly.
