Equality

The mandate of the NI Assembly passed in march without the completion of legislation designed to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of age, a requirement under the 1998 Belfast Agreement, and the subject of equivalent legislation in England, Wales, Scotland...

Domestic abuse affects 1 in 4 women. PSNI respond to a domestic incident every 23 minutes. Many perpetrators are serial perpetrators going from woman to woman. Presently women do not have the right to know if their partner has a history of domestic violence...

Conference notes the case –Brewster v NILGOSC – and efforts to obtain cohabiting couples equal rights under pension legislation. Conference notes that cohabiting couples are required to complete a declaration to obtain pension rights should a partner die while...

Conference is appalled at the level of violence against women and girls in all parts of our society, including at the workplace. Conference notes the survey undertaken by the Women’s Committee in 2014 on the impact of domestic violence on the workplace which...

That this conference is concerned that Retired Workers still have no avenue by which to submit directly and speak in sup[port of motions to BDCs. The NIC is therefore instructed to bring forward whatever change of rules are necessary, to enable one motion to...

Conference condemns the continued casualisation of labour with ever increasing use of short term, causal, zero hours contracts etc. creating insecure work and mass under employment. Conference notes that workers on these contracts are not afforded the same...

Congress recognises the importance of due process in ensuring that trade union members are afforded rights to information and full disclosure, representation, appeal and presumption of innocence when going through workplace disciplinary processes or formal...

"Conference recognises that austerity’s affects are most severe on the most vulnerable, both individuals and communities. Conference notes with alarm that rural communities have suffered worst from cuts to services, which have had a severe impact on the...

Conference notes that a large number of Northern Ireland Housing Executive tenants received letters in mid-February telling them that it is proposed to sell their homes to housing associations. Conference believes that the interests of tenants and of the...

Conference reaffirms its agreed opposition to and commitment to fight; austerity, welfare cuts and all attacks on jobs and public services. The Fresh Start Agreement, designed to attack the poorest and most vulnerable in our society whilst protecting the...