Industrial Relations

Congress notes the risk, in a time of great economic and political uncertainty for the voice of workers, expressed through their trade unions, to become marginalised. This makes it essential that in any discussion of future economic development and trade...

We at Equity request that all the sister unions at this year’s ICTU Conference join with us to pursue these aims and any others necessary to protect all of our workers in all industries and professions at this difficult time. We call upon the ICTU: To join...

ICTU Biennial Delegate Conference expresses its concern over the crisis on the high street and in the wider retail sector. Over the past 12 months, the retail sector has been hit by more shop closures than ever and consumer confidence has still not fully...

This conference calls on the incoming Congress Executive to encourage as a matter of policy, that all productivity measures which form part of proposed pay agreements allow that due recognition be given to the health of workers, as prescribed in legislation.

This conference, in the interest of equality, calls for a campaign for the 6 months limit in the Payment of Wages Act 1991 for claiming unpaid wages be abolished and allow workers to claim all arrears due to them as another step in the battle against wage...

Conference notes the shortage of apprentices in a number of crafts in the construction sector. This is compounded by the fact that employers in the sector are refusing to recognise qualifications as a requirement to employment. Employers have created an...

Conference remains deeply concerned at the impact on domestic seafarers from ferry operators’ recruitment of foreign crews on rates of pay below legal minimum wage rates on both sides of the Irish Sea. For example, Conference notes that Seatruck, Irish Ferries...

As a consequence of the changing role of our statutory mechanisms within the newly formed Workplace Relations Commission and their place in the continuum of equality processes, this Conference commits Congress to strengthen the argument for a need for earlier...

Conference notes the increasing industrial relations tensions within the energy sector across the Island of Ireland, and in particular the pressures placed on members as a result of uncertainty on employment security and incomes. We believe that many of these...

Securing decent jobs in the financial services is the core aim of Financial Services Union (FSU). A declining traditional retail banking sector has seen the loss of thousands of decent jobs. These jobs had union recognition, good conditions, pensions and...