Economy

The experience of seven years of austerity has removed any doubt about the real relationship between states and markets. The market is a ruthless place where people sustain grievous injuries. It is the responsibility of the state to protect its citizens from...

That this Biennial Delegate Conference re-affirms the support of the ICTU for industrial democracy and, in particular, believes that it is imperative that State Agencies which operate under a Board should have Worker Directors on the Board. Furthermore...

Conference rejects the thinking of the Governments in both jurisdictions in Ireland which divides society by artificially creating competition between different component groups. This thinking demands, for example, that the poor and disadvantaged pay for those...

Conference expresses its concern that the assault on working people in the UK, the European Union and in other jurisdictions which have embarked upon austerity programmes are fundamentally about shifting the balance of economic power even further in favour of...

Conference condemns the continued assault on the welfare of low to middle income earners by the Government, despite its mandate from the people to bring an end to the favouritism shown by the previous administration to those who are responsible for the State...