05 Jun 2013 NEW DEAL FOR EUROPE LAID WASTE BY AUSTERITY News by Bernadette Segol, General Secretary of the ETUC and David Begg, General Secretary of the ICTU) The citizens of Europe have been subjected to a...
05 Jun 2013 EUROPEAN UNIONS CALL FOR MAJOR INVESTMENT AND RECOVERY PROGRAMME News Irish Congress of Trade Unions General Secretary David Begg and the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, Bernadette Ségol have...
30 May 2013 JOBLESS FALL CANNOT DISGUISE CHRONIC PROBLEMS OF LONG-TERM & YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT News The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has said that although the fall in jobless numbers is welcome, it cannot disguise continued high levels of long...
16 May 2013 SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT OPENS DOOR TO 'SHOCKING ATTACK' ON BUILDING WORKERS News The recent Supreme Court judgement on Registered Employment Agreements (REAs) paves the way for a devastating attack on the standard of living of...
13 May 2013 SHARP TREATMENT FOR WORKERS IN IRELAND News Workers in Irish hospitals and across the healthcare sector are now worse off than their EU counterparts because Ireland has failed to meet the...
03 May 2013 Appointment of members designate of new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission News Alan Shatter TD, Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, has announced the names of 14 new members designate of the Irish Human Rights and...
01 May 2013 CONGRESS SAYS TIME TO ABANDON FAILED AUSTERITY AND BUILD A FAIR RECOVERY News Congress General Secretary David Begg said today (May 1) that the gains of Social Europe for working people were being dramatically eroded and...
29 Apr 2013 CONGRESS URGES TROIKA TO "DO THE HONOURABLE THING" AND ADMIT FAILURE OF AUSTERITY News Congress General Secretary David Begg has urged Troika officials to "do the honourable thing" and concede that austerity as a remedy for Ireland's...
24 Apr 2013 CONGRESS WELCOMES AUDIT OF SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME, SAYS PROCUREMENT POLICY MUST PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE News The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has welcomed the decision of the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn to appoint monitors in order to audit...
22 Apr 2013 COLOMBIAN PEACE DELEGATION TO MEET SENIOR OFFICIALS, POLITICIANS IN DUBLIN, BELFAST & LONDON News Leaders of the Patriotic March - Colombia's largest civil society peace movement - will meet with senior government officials and politicians in...
