Health Inequalities and Access

Motion no
34
Biennial Delegate Conference 2015
Congress calls on all public representatives in the next general election to address inequalities in health and access to healthcare by ensuring a Health in All Polices Approach, by putting mental health on a par with physical health and by focus on universal...
Adopted

Opposition to Austerity

Motion no
7
Biennial Delegate Conference 2015
Conference acknowledges the importance of the increased opposition across many countries in Europe to the austerity programmes of national governments and the European Union as a significant and positive development which should be encouraged and supported by...
Adopted
workplace women meeting

Women's Lives Matter


Eileen Dinning* If we are over 50% of the population, where are we in the power game ? Well, not that prominent, if truth be told. Media wise we see increasingly more women in positions of power. From senior politicians, NHS Chief Executives and Chief Constables, women's profile is higher than it...
hand forcing another hand

Congress partners with Safe Ireland on Man Up campaign


Congress is pleased to partner Safe Ireland, along with the National Women's Council, on the launch of the 2014 Man Up campaign - Make Ireland the Safest Place for Women and Children Congress General Secretary, David Begg spoke at the launch and shared the results of research done by the Women's...

Breast Cancer Guide

Policies to Assist Workers with Breast Cancer: Congress Guide for Unions (Sept 2014)

Rainbow umbrella

Stand Up against Homophobia and Transphobia at Work Launch


Today, Friday, 16 th May, BeLonG To, Ireland's national organisation for Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) young people and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions have come together to launch a campaign to combat the homophobia and transphobia that LGBT young people face in the workplace. Non...

Funding for Health and Primary Care

Motion no
39
Biennial Delegate Conference 2013
In launching the Healthy Irelandpolicy document on 28th March last, the Irish Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly TD, observed that the current generation of Irish parents are in danger of becoming the first generation to bury their children. Given the...
Adopted

Public Health Services

Motion no
37
Biennial Delegate Conference 2013
Conference, noting the following: the ratification, by Government, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognises the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health...
Adopted

Treatment of Older People

Motion no
13
Biennial Delegate Conference 2013
Conference expresses its deep concerns at the growing number of cases in which older people are having their human rights neglected when receiving care. Much has been written about the subject but as yet, very little progress has been made to tackle the...
Adopted
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