Industrial Relations

Creating Workplaces that Protect Whistleblowers

Stephanie Casey outlines how we can create a workplace culture that is supportive of whistleblowing. Stephanie is the Integrity at Work Programme Manager with Transparency International Ireland Whistleblowing is acknowledged as one of the most effective ways to expose institutional wrongdoing. But...

Youth Committee Report on Union Activism

26 Jan, 2017

Congress Youth Committee report on youth activism in trade unions (Oct. 2016)

Governance of Schools

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference asserts that the current school governance arrangements in Northern Ireland schools increasingly are not fit for purpose. Conference pays tribute to teacher governors who seek to hold their boards of governors to account and who represent the...

Adopted

Collective Bargaining

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Under the cover of ‘austerity’ many governments have seized the opportunity to advance the neo-liberal agenda and slash public services, public employment and the provision of services. In consequence, living standards have dropped for the mass of the people...

Adopted

Industrial Democracy

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference believes that good citizenship and active participation in the wider political sphere can be fostered by the introduction of ‘Industrial Democracy’ in the workplace. Allowing workers to have a greater say in decision-making at work helps improve...

Adopted

Industrial Relations

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference calls on Congress to renew the campaign for a review of Industrial Relations procedures and the establishment of new models which will be a vehicle for the resolution of collective and individual disputes without the requirement to resolve them by...

Remitted

Grandparent Carers

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference recognises that finding childcare on bank holidays, at weekends, in the evening and/or early morning remains a serious challenge for parents in Northern Ireland. Paying for this care presents parents with yet another challenge. Given this, many...

Adopted

Equality in Employment Law for all Workers

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

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...

Adopted

Trade Union Bill

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference is opposed to the ongoing attacks by the Westminster Government on a raft of anti-trade union legislation such as the Trade Union Bill and other employment laws. Conference welcomes that the NI Assembly have not sought to introduce these draconian...

Adopted

Trade Union Bill

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

This conference notes with concern the proposed changes in legislation affecting the Trade Union movement in the rest of the UK. While we appreciate that Minister Farry has stated he will not implement the Bill in Northern Ireland, we must not become...

Adopted

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