Employment and Social Cohesion

Motion no
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Biennial Delegate Conference 2013
Noting that the scale of unemployment is at a level which involves excessive human suffering, and is otherwise a threat to social cohesion, Conference calls on Government to respond positively to our proposals for investment in both economies on the island in...
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

Older People

Motion no
8
Biennial Delegate Conference 2013
Having regard for the motion adopted on Retired Members at the 2011 Congress Biennial Conference and noting the Report of the Executive Council and motion adopted at the Biennial Conference in 1995, and having regard for the experience of trade unions centres...
Adopted
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UNCSW: Agreement Reached but Trade Unions Remain Vigilant


Trade Unions around the world welcomed the adoption of Agreed Conclusions at this year's Commission on the Status of Women ( UNCSW). However, trade unions and others civil society partners stay vigilant as the adoption of the Conclusions was a hard fought battle due to conservative countries who...
Migrant boat

Unions say Turn Off the Red Light


On EU Anti Trafficking Day, Irish trade unions have lent their support to the Turn Off the Red Light campaign, to jointly call on Irish politicians to take swift action to end sex trafficking and exploitation. We support the Turn Off the Red Light campaign and believe the best way to end the human...
Housing houses above gardens

Solidarity Stroll for Domestic Workers


Maire Mulcahy, Chair of Congress Women's Committee, joined with members of the Domestic Workers Action Group, on a Solidarity Stroll (Saturday 6 October 2102). Strollers are urging the Government to ratify ILO Convention 189. More info here

Shifting the Burden

That's not a plan In the latter half of 2009, the Government formulated a plan to deal with the economic crisis. Key elements of that plan were unveiled on Budget Day in December. But there are parts of the plan they won't reveal in public because, at its core, lies a determination to load the full...

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