Rural Jobs and Services

"Conference recognises that austerity’s affects are most severe on the most vulnerable, both individuals and communities.

Conference notes with alarm that rural communities have suffered worst from cuts to services, which have had a severe impact on the economy of country towns and villages. These have knocked on to local small businesses

Conference calls on the ICTU to put pressure on the Assembly’s Executive, in all ways it sees fit, to defend jobs in rural areas, and to use the public sector to create jobs in those areas."