People Deserve Better from Government
General Secretary Patricia King outlnes the key policy prioriteies that Congress has put to the new government. (The full document Policy Priorities for Workers is available to download ) The new government may fall short on numbers, but it cannot afford to fall short on ambition. Their ambition...
Exploitation of seafarers
Motion no
38
Conference remains deeply concerned at the impact on domestic seafarers from ferry operators trading in the Irish Sea who recruit crews from outside the minimum wage. For example Conference notes that Polish seafarer ratings employed by freight operator...
Adopted
NHS funding
Motion no
33
This Conference is concerned at the continued under-funding of the NHS. This is putting lives at risk and is causing Patients’ anxiety and distress in particular when treatment is cancelled. The underfunding has resulted in the local NHS trusts having to...
Adopted
Health and Social Services – Time for Radical Change
Motion no
31
Our health and social care system is once again awash with a series of reviews. This continuous review syndrome has been used as a smokescreen to avoid the radical change necessary to produce a public health system to meet the needs of the people. Meanwhile...
Adopted
Workers Advisory Clinic
Motion no
19
Reductions in the funding for Citizens Advice Bureau’s and other advisory services has left workers in non-unionised workplaces without adequate access to employment advice and support. Employers are able to breach employment law, behave despicably...
Remitted
Trade Union Bill
Motion no
16
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
Rural Jobs and Services
Motion no
13
"Conference recognises that austerity’s affects are most severe on the most vulnerable, both individuals and communities. Conference notes with alarm that rural communities have suffered worst from cuts to services, which have had a severe impact on the...
Adopted
UTV
Motion no
12
Ulster Television was an independent cash rich television broadcasting company that paid very little for its television franchise yet continued to maximise its profits without really investing much in its programme and broadcasting production output within...
Adopted
