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Anti-Austerity

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference acknowledges the main NI political parties have sold Northern Ireland short by reaching agreement on a range of austerity measures which will be bad for workers, bad for their families and bad for the citizens of Northern Ireland. While it is...

Adopted

Peace Process

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference supports the Northern Ireland Committee on its response to the Fresh Start Agreement which acknowledges the importance of maintaining the Northern Ireland Assembly, holding our elected representatives to account while rejecting the Tory-lead welfare...

Adopted

Protecting the Peace Process

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference congratulates the Northern Ireland Committee on its strategic response to the Fresh Start Agreement which recognises the political pressure exerted on parties in NI while rejecting all aspects of the Agreement which run counter to trade union...

Adopted

First steps

Dr. Peter Rigney looks at the problems that bedevil childcare in Ireland and outlines how we can move to a high-quality, acessible and affordable model 'Policy failure' is a polite term used to describe the inability or unwillingness of governments and assorted lawmakers to deliver solutions to...

YES EQUALITY!

To mark International Women's Day, Congress General Secretary Patricia King looks at how far we have to go to achieve real equality Gender inequality remains a persistent feature of life on this island. Women are disadvantaged in work and still carry a disproportionate responsibility for unpaid care...

EU strategy on equality between women and men

Congress recently joined with the ETUC in seeking to ensure that the European Commission adopt a new EU Strategy on equality between women and men as a communication and not as a staff working document as previously announced. The action was successful with the EPSCO Council adopting conclusions...

Launch of Comprehensive Employment Strategy for people with disabilities (CES).

Congress (2 October 2015) welcomes the long awaited launch by the Taoiseach today of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for people with disabilities (CES). The first three years of the plan contains many concrete time bound actions that lay the building blocks necessary to increase the number of...

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...

Equality

Motion no

Biennial Delegate Conference 2015

Conference notes that in the context of delicate economic recovery, Ireland North and South is struggling to maximise the life opportunities of all citizens, leading to deeper inequality and growing social division, with women disproportionately impacted upon...

Adopted

Rights of Freelance Workers

Motion no

Biennial Delegate Conference 2015

This Biennial Delegate Conference notes the dramatic changes within the Irish media landscape.In particular conference notes the decline in permanent employment within the newspaper and broadcasting sectors; the increased dependence on casual and freelance...

Adopted

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Anti-Austerity

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Protecting the Peace Process

First steps

YES EQUALITY!

EU strategy on equality between women and men

Launch of Comprehensive Employment Strategy for people with disabilities (CES).

New ESRI Research Highlights Strong Interest in Employment Among People with a Disability

Equality

Rights of Freelance Workers

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