Industrial Relations

This conference calls for all publicly funded projects to only be awarded on the basis of total compliance with Sectoral Employment Orders, Registered Employment Agreements and National Collective Employment Agreements where applicable and that any contractor...

Conference believes that awarding public contracts to anti-trade union companies facilitates and encourages anti-worker behaviour on the part of employers. By awarding contracts to companies which do not respect the right of staff to collectively bargain the...

Conference acknowledges the work of the Executive Council on the issue of bogus self- employment. This work practice has been bought to the fore in the media and has brought an awareness of the issue to the public in general. This precarious work practice...

Conference notes that since the foundation of our movement, trade unions have had to face down the scourge of precarious work on this Island. Today exploitative work practices exist in both traditional and newer forms. A significant proportion of the working...

The retail sector is witnessing an increasing number of employers deploying significant resources and energy to ensure their extremely profitable businesses either remain union free or that existing union structures are undermined. This is a coordinated...

This conference: • Understands the importance of pooling our resources to meet the challenges facing working people, their communities and the unions that represent them. • Values the unity that exists between workers in the private, public, and community...

Conference notes that international organisations such as the IMF, the World Bank, and the OECD have, over recent years, begun to publicly acknowledge – often in contrast to their previous positions – the negative implications of widening inequality...

Congress asserts that nepotism is still a problem across the public sector in Northern Ireland but particularly in Education. Congress believes that in too many schools, teachers and support staff are not appointed solely on merit but on a ‘who you know’ basis...

Conference notes that at the time of writing, Northern Ireland has been without a devolved power-sharing Government for over 2 years. Conference believes that this represents a damning indictment of the failure of our elected politicians to genuinely share...

This conference is concerned that there is what appears to be a blind faith in handing public funds to private companies to deliver what was public sector work. The recent collapse of Carillion demonstrated clearly the expense of privatisation and the clear...