Congress Executive supports Trade Union Campaign to Repeal the 8th Amendment
The Congress Executive Council recently took the decision to support the Trade Union Campaign to Repeal the 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution. Women make up more than half of trade union membership in Ireland and it is unacceptable that they still live in a country with one of the world's most...
WHO'S AFRAID OF DENIS O'BRIEN?
NUJ IRISH SECRETARY SEAMUS DOOLEY ASKS WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED TO TACKLE MEDIA MONOPOLIES While it is now Congress policy to support the establishment of a Commission on the Future of the Media in Ireland, I am not naí¯ve enough to believe that it will top the agenda at many union meetings...
New ESRI Research Highlights Strong Interest in Employment Among People with a Disability
A new ESRI Research report launched July 2015 highlights Strong Interest in Employment Among People with a Disability. Lead author Dorothy Watson said 'there is a high level of interest in employment among people with a disability, with over half of them either at work at the time of the survey or...
Cautious welcome for proposed paid parental leave scheme
Cautious welcome for paid parental leave scheme proposed in Report of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Future Investment in Early Years and School Age Care and Education Services Commenting on the launch of the Report of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Future Investment in Early Years...
Indifference and Incompetence behind Irish Pension Crisis
Several hundred thousand people at work in Ireland today will be far worse off in retirement than they had either planned or expected to be. Many will slide in to poverty, others will barely make ends meet. But this will not happen because they failed to make adequate provision for their retirement...
Water Charges and Public Ownership
Motion no
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That the Waterford Council of Trade Unions calls on Conference to reject imposition of water charges on the Irish people and call for a Constitutional Amendment that ensures water remains in the ownership of the Irish people. Adopted Unamended Waterford...
Adopted
