Motions

Congress notes: the crisis of casualisation (resulting from precarious employment contracts) in teaching and lecturing; the rapidly increasing number of teachers and lecturers who are in fixed-term, part-time employment, many of whom are suffering income...

Congress deplores the attempts by employers in the Public Sector to undermine the entitlements secured under the terms of the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 by refusing to afford to workers who have an entitlement to a Contract of...

Conference: ondemns the increasing incidence of bullying, including cyber bullying, and acts of violence perpetrated on workers in the education sector;calls on the employers of education workers to ensure that a safe working environment, free from violence...

Recognising that rank-and-file bank workers were not responsible for the crisis in Irish banking but have nevertheless made considerable sacrifices since the beginning of the banking crisis in 2008 both in terms of their personal finances and in terms of the...

This ICTU Congress recognises that, due to the impact of the economic crisis, thousands of workers in the retail sector continue to face the threat of redundancy and under-employment. Congress recognises that the economic downturn has had a devastating impact...

Conference condemns the continued assault on the welfare of low to middle income earners by the Government, despite its mandate from the people to bring an end to the favouritism shown by the previous administration to those who are responsible for the State...

That this Conference notes with concern the rise of the practice of making workers who are fortunate to find work in these times of austerity more difficult by making them wait one, and in some cases, two weeks before they get paid, a practice known as working...

Conference expresses its concern that the assault on working people in the UK, the European Union and in other jurisdictions which have embarked upon austerity programmes are fundamentally about shifting the balance of economic power even further in favour of...

Conference rejects the thinking of the Governments in both jurisdictions in Ireland which divides society by artificially creating competition between different component groups. This thinking demands, for example, that the poor and disadvantaged pay for those...

Conference, noting the following: the ratification, by Government, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognises the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health...