A TUI Teacher's experience having to get to grips with online teaching in the midst of a Global Pandemic
Lisa O'Donoghue, TUI Member and Chairperson of the ICTU Youth Committee has published a blog for Education International on her experience as a teacher of Covid-19 and its impact on education in the future and on teaching as a profession. Lisa's blog can be read below. I sighed as I sat down at my...
Covid-19: Policymakers should focus on decent work and a green new deal in recovery
Assessing the likely economic impact of 12 weeks of coronavirus lockdown in their quarterly commentary at the end of March, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) suggested unemployment could reach 18 per cent with 350,000 job losses. Unemployment figures for March were released last week...
Disability Inclusion in COVID-19 responses in the World of Work
Webinar report by Paul O'Reilly and David Joyce Members of the Congress Disability Committee attended the recent ILO webinar on disability inclusion in the world of work. Paul O'Reilly from ASTI provides the following report. Facilitated by the International Labour Organisation's Global Business and...
EU Chemicals Legislation Finder
A new online service has been launched by the European Chemicals Agency, to make it easier for companies to understand which pieces of chemicals legislation they may need to comply with. The EU Chemicals Legislation Finder (EUCLEF) provides access to a free-of-charge overview of 40 pieces of EU...
Congress solidarity with our front-line and essential workers
The General Purposes Committee of Congress, meeting on April 7th, has issued a statement of support for front-line and essential workers and called for a uniform approach to Covid-19 across the island of Ireland. Read details here.
