Motion no: 9
This conference:
• Understands the importance of pooling our resources to meet the challenges facing working people, their communities and the unions that represent them.
• Values the unity that exists between workers in the private, public, and community sectors.
• Commends the collaborative work done by Congress and affiliates through the One Cork initiative and the development of One Galway.
• Acknowledges the plans underway to develop local trade union centres.
• Appreciates the need to revitalise local Trades Councils in a way that places the trade union movement at the centre of communities.
• Recognises the significance of the recent appointment of a Congress employee to coordinate this vital work.
Conference therefore resolves to:
Intensify our cross-union efforts to increase union membership and build union density.
Continue to tackle non-union and anti-union sectors and employers.
Strengthen our links with second and third- level students.
Support initiatives that attract young workers into the trade union movement.
Develop and implement strategies to organise and protect workers in emerging and precarious sectors, including the so- called ‘gig economy.’
Promote the visibility and profile of trade unions in the workplace and in our communities.
Develop joint education and training initiatives, and deepen trade union relationships with community groups.
