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Congress NDA Disability Forum


About 30 trade unionists gathered for a Disability Forum at the National Disability Authority on Clyde Road in Dublin this week,17th April 2012 . LInks to all the presentations below: Welcome address Deirdre O'Connor, Chair, Congress Disability Committe Introduction to the role and work of the...
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Equality Authority / ESRI report on Multiple Disadvantage


The Equality Authority and ESRI have today (23/32012) published a report on Multiple Disadvantage faced by members of groups identified by the nine grounds covered by the Equality Acts. This comprehensive analysis was made possible by access to the full Census 2006 Research Micro-data File. Among...
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Gender Inequality still a persistent and significant factor


Congress today said that the last decade had seen "no discernible progress" towards addressing the gender pay gap and that inequality remains "a significant factor in the working lives of women." Congress Assistant General Secretary Sally Anne Kinahan said recent reports from the International Trade...
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Finance Bill Extends Equal Treatment for Civil Partners in the Tax Codes


The Finance Bill published this week (8/2/2012) has drawn a disappointed reaction from Trade unions, who have said that "it ignores the potential benefit of infrastructural investment to the Irish economy and casts a blind eye to the possibility of incentivising the country's private pension schemes...

Congress and TENI Gender Identity in the Workplace Guide

This guide is presented in partnershiop with TENI (Transgender Equality Network Ireland) Congress and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) haveproduced this Introductory Guide to promote equality and to help foster understanding of gender identity and transgender experiences in the workplace.

Congress Equality How - taking an equality case

This publication is a detailed guide for trade unions on bringing a workplace equality case to the Equality Tribunal under the Employment Equality Act 1998 - 2011. It is written for Congress by Eilis Barry BL

Standard of Living for Pensioners

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Biennial Delegate Conference 2011
Congress expresses its deep concern at the continued erosion of the standard of living of people on low and medium incomes including pensioners in Northern Ireland and in the Republic; Pensioners require the assistance of the trade unions in their campaigns...
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Better Fairer Way

From the outset, it is important that there is clarity about the course of action upon which Congress has embarked. This campaign is based on the very clear principles of equity and fairness and is concerned not with isolated or discrete sectors of the workforce, but with the great majority of Irish...

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