Motions

Conference recognises that education, and consequently investment in education, as being essential for economic development. Education is both a human right for the development of the person, a provider of a well educated workforce and a means of prevention of...

Congress believes that austerity measures will damage the recovery and consign a generation of young people to the employment scrapheap. Congress maintains that the economy needs investment in jobs, not austerity. Congress restates its conviction that there is...

This conference affirms that it is vital for our national economic recovery that we have a well educated population and that therefore investment in education at all levels must be a priority. We welcome the increased numbers of students attending higher...

Conference calls on Congress to declare our firm opposition to the efforts of the US and other Governments and corporations to criminalise, financially destroy and shut down WikiLeaks. Documents released by WikiLeaks have exposed the criminal record of the US...

Despite growing world recognition of the mass violations of Palestinian human rights by the Israeli State, in breach of countless UN resolutions and the Fourth Geneva Convention, the plight of the Palestinian people remains one of being subject to apartheid...

This Biennial Delegate Conference applauds all those in the trade union movement here, including Congress officials and Trade Union Friends of Palestine, for their continued commitment to demonstrate effective solidarity with the Palestinian people. Conference...

Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world to be a trade unionist. Research carried out by Amnesty International indicates co-coordinated strategies exist between the Colombian State military and paramilitary death squads to make the work of trade...