Can you sing? Join the Peoples College Choir!
The Peoples College Choir is recruiting new members for the start of choir practice this coming September. Over the years the Choir has performed at many trade union events such as the opening of Biennial Delegate Conference 2019 in Trinity College, and at vararious 1913 Centenary Celebration events...
New Higher Education Funding Plan a “Positive First Step”
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions Education Sector Group has described new proposals from government on the funding of higher and further education as “a positive first step that has potential to address the many problems faced by all who work and study in the sector.” The Congress Education Sector...
Congress response to early learning and childcare reports
Congress notes today’s publication by the Minister of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, Roderick O’Gorman, T.D of two important and long-awaited reports for the Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare sector. • Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for...
How our new website was designed
I’ve been leading the development of the new Irish Congress of Trade Unions website. This next-generation site has been developed to help make it easier to find information, with both regular visitors and those new to the movement in mind. One of the priorities was a new, clean and modern graphic...
Grief in the workplace - Responding to suicide guide
Congress was involved today in the launch of “Grief in the Workplace Responding to Suicide – A Guide for Employers”. The full guide and accompanying E-learning course can be accessed here, The resource was developed in partnership with the Irish Hospice Foundation, the HSE National Office of Suicide...
The State’s hands-off approach to childcare must end
All European welfare systems were originally built around the assumption that women are full-time caregivers in the home and men earn a wage to support the family. From the 1950s onwards, this male-breadwinner model of work and family life began to be replaced by social policies that facilitated...
Congress Education Unions Welcome Commitment to Ongoing Consultation and Dialogue in Third Level Reopening Plan
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions Education Group has welcomed official plans to increase on-site learning activity in the further and higher education sector in the Autumn and the commitment from Government to ensure the process takes place in full accordance with public health guidelines. In...
Raise the Roof Campaign Calls for Full Support for New Measures to Assist Student Renters
Raise the Roof Campaign Calls for Full Support for New Measures to Assist Student Renters The Raise the Roof housing campaign today (February 25) backed calls from the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) for all party support for proposed new legislation to provide greater protection for student...
