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Support the Occupied Territories Bill


Congress calls for support of Bill to ban trade with Occupied Territories. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions Global Solidarity Committee has welcomed the publication of the Control of Economic Activities (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 by Senator Frances Black, which will be debated later today in...
Esther Lynch European Trade Union Confederation ETUC

Can the EU Social Summit Deliver for Working People?


As the Social Summit opens in Gothenburg, the ETUC's Esther Lynch asks if the EU can deliver real gains for working people 'Fair Jobs and Growth' is a key focus of the much-heralded Social Summit in Gothenburg, a theme that many feel has been long neglected by an EU more concerned with fiscal rules...
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Congress joins with others warning about the dangers of CETA


As Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is due to visit Dublin this week, Congress has joined with other groups to warn about the dangers of the Canada Europe Trade Agreement (CETA). Speaking at the press conference in Buswells hotel this morning, member of Congress Trade working group, Frank...

Palestine Solidarity

Motion no
55
Biennial Delegate Conference 2017
This conference applauds the ICTU Executive Council and Congress af liates, as well as Trade Union Friends of Palestine, for the wide range of actions taken to highlight the injustices suffered by the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation, colonisation...
Adopted

Global Solidarity

Motion no
53
Biennial Delegate Conference 2017
Conference notes the signi cant international developments since we last met, including . The adoption of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris. The UN Sustainable Development Agenda (Agenda 2030) and its...
Adopted

European Pillar of Social Rights

Motion no
52
Biennial Delegate Conference 2017
Congress recognises the danger posed by extreme right-wing populism throughout Europe. At least part of the reason for this has been the tendency by EU institutions to prioritise the rights of capital over the rights of workers, and they enthusiastically...
Adopted
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