ICTU Public Services Committee ratify new public service pay agreement
New deal will see full and final unwinding of 2009 FEMPI legislation and provides for unions to negotiate up to an additional 3% of pay costs via local bargaining. The Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has ratified the new public service pay agreement following its...
Happy International Women's Day
About 200 trade union women from across the island mark international women's day with a standing ovation for the Palestine Ambassador, Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid. The conference enthusiastically adopted a motion sending a message of Peace and Courage to women everywhere and a special message of...
Unions welcome new Code of Practice on flexible and remote working requests
Workers’ work-life balance rights have been strengthened, after Minister Coveney brought in a Code of Practice on making and managing requests for flexible-work and remote-work. The Code, developed by the WRC and social partners, guides employers, employees and their representatives through the...
Collective Bargaining Rights FSU
Today's decision by the Industrial Court in Northern Ireland is a significant one and vindicates the FSU organising campaign with this category of staff in AIB in Northern Ireland. Welcoming today’s decision Owen Reidy General Secretary stated, “this is the correct decision, the workers concerned...
Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Heads of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023 - Statement to Joint Oireachtas Committee
ICTU Industrial Officer, Liam Berney and Dr.Laura Bambrick, Social Policy Officer Opening Statement to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on pre-legislative scrutiny of the Heads of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023 (20th February 2024) Chair, Deputies, Senators 1. On behalf of the...
Pay Bargaining Guidance for Unions in the Private Sector for 2024
The Congress Private Sector Committee has published Pay Bargaining Guidance for Unions in the Private Sector for 2024. The committee stated that based on an analysis of the prevailing conditions in the private sector of the economy the PSC believes that in 2024, it is appropriate for unions in the...
