Motions

Congress notes the emerging evidence highlighting the potential implications of social media on mental health, particularly in young people. Recent research suggests those who used social media for more than two hours a day are more likely to report mental...

Conference notes the need to ensure green open spaces in urban areas to help workers cope with stress and anxiety and improve lifestyles choices. Conference also notes plans by Southern Regional College to close its Lurgan and Portadown campuses and open a new...

Congress notes that the recent political instability has left a political vacuum in Northern Ireland at an incredibly challenging time in light of seeking to deal with the consequences of the triggering of Article 50 and the forthcoming Brexit process...

Conference is alarmed at the current political situation in Northern Ireland and in particular the impact that this is and will have on workers across the private, public and voluntary/ community sectors. While we continue to have obvious disputes and...

Conference notes the continued attacks on trade unions by the Irish, N Irish and UK governments which aim to undermine the role of trade unions in the workplace by cutting facilities time for trade union duties, obstructing collective bargaining, creating a...

Conference is concerned by the trend, both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, towards a 24/7 culture in retail. Conference notes with particular concern the proposals by Belfast City and Derry City & Strabane Councils to designate their areas as...

Congress notes that: Although pay in the health service is devolved there has long been equality of pay across all four administrations. The Independent pay review body has been one element of this. However, congress also notes that: In 2010 George Osborne...

The current position of the UK Government for a hard exit from the EU places the Northern Ireland peace process in severe jeopardy and has serious implications for the island of Ireland as a whole. This peace agreement received the consent of the majority of...

This conference calls on the incoming Executive Council to campaign and lobby government for the introduction of The Right to Trade Union Access legislation which will give union representatives the legal right to enter workplaces in order to carry out the...

Conference believes the presence of trade unions in the workplace is essential to winning fairness at work. The growth of insecure work and the ongoing issues of underemployment and short-hours contracts make trade unions in the workplace even more important...