Economy

Speaking after the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) all-island Executive meeting today, Patricia King General Secretary of the ICTU stated, “It seems the UK government are intent on heightening tension around the implementation of the NI/Ireland Protocol. The protocol was an agreement freely...

Responding to the launch of the Government’s new Pathways to Work strategy, Irish Congress of Trade Unions General Secretary Patricia King said: While parts of the economy continue to reopen allowing workers back to work, unfortunately not all previous jobs will return and not all firms and sectors...

Responding to the launch of the Government’s new Pathways to Work strategy, Irish Congress of Trade Unions General Secretary Patricia King said: “While parts of the economy continue to reopen allowing workers back to work, unfortunately not all previous jobs will return and not all firms and sectors...

Irish Congress of Trade Unions Retail Sector Group Opening Statement to Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade & Employment July 7, 2021 Presentation by Congress Campaigns Officer Macdara Doyle I would like to thank the Chair and Committee members for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am...

Opening statement by Dr Laura Bambrick, social policy officer, Irish Congress of Trade Unions to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Chair, Deputies, Senators, On behalf of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, I would like to thank the members of the Committee for the...

Congress has responded to media reports today that An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar wants to see a phased return to offices in August rather than September. General Secretary Patricia King said that Congress is currently engaged in a consultation process through the Dept. of the Taoiseach relating to the...

Congress has made a submission to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) Public Consultation on Flexible Working. You can read a copy of the submission here.

ICTU cannot and will not support the Government’s plans to cut the income of some of the lowest income workers in the State. When and how the PUP is withdrawn must be based on concrete evidence and not on baseless and frankly insulting claims that workers ‘do not want to return’ to their jobs”. See...