Is Ireland Ready for a Green New Deal? - 2019 Dónal Nevin Lecture
In the next election, green credentials are going to be near the top of the public debate. Political candidates are conscious that an entire generation – some too young to vote, but well able to pester their parents and grandparents – are tuned in. Never have the stakes been so high, with global...
What exactly is precarious work and why are young workers vulnerable ?
Ciarán Nugent NERI – Nevin Economic Research Unit There is no accepted definition of what exactly constitutes precarious work. Precarious work takes many forms and is characterised by in-work poverty as well as the insecurity related to the nature of many types of employment contracts (part-time...
Partnership between ICTU and NUI Galway to explore Labour Movement's Revolutionary role in the struggle for Irish Independence
The ICTU has established a partnership with NUIG this year to mark the Labour Movement's role in the Struggle for Independence. A number of satellite events will be held in Athy, Belfast, Cork and Dublin. These are being organised in conjunction with local trades councils and other organisations...
Free Public Transport
Motion no
51
Conference notes the many societal problems across the Island of Ireland; from unemployment, job insecurity, and homelessness, rural isolation to ghettoisation, deprivation, poverty and inequality. This conference agrees that urbanisation and centralisation of...
Adopted
Reverse the Waiting Time for Disability Benefit
Motion no
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That this Conference calls on the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to reverse the decision in 2015 to increase the waiting time to qualify for disability benefit from three days to six days. This measure was implemented during the...
Adopted
