Motions

Conference notes with concern the NI Equality Commissions 2017 report on key inequalities in the workplace. Trade Unions have made massive gains on equality in workplaces across N Ireland but there is still significant work to do. Conference calls on the...

Conference welcomes the launch of the Joint Declaration of Protection produced by Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Business, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Conference recognises that...

Conference, in 2016 the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) conducted a confidential investigation into allegations of grave and systematic violations suffered by women in Northern Ireland as a result of archaic and punitive...

Conference notes that a majority of trades union members in the North support progressive reform of abortion law here and Repeal of the 8 th amendment to the Irish Constitution so that the Dail can legislate on the question of abortion rights. Conference urges...

This conference notes that, more than sixteen years after the murder of Belfast-based investigative journalist and trade union activist Martin O’Hagan there have been no convictions for the crime. Martin O’Hagan exposed criminality and corruption in Northern...

Conference notes that 2018 marks the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil Rights campaign against sectarianism and discrimination. Conference recognises that the Civil Rights Movement brought together a wide range of political and social activists...

Conference notes that Northern Ireland was excluded from the Warm Home Discount Scheme when it was introduced in GB by the Westminster government in 2011. Conference agrees that there is no justification for low-income households in NI to be treated less...

Congress is deeply concerned by the compelling evidence of the increasing incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace, including sexist ‘jokes’ and ‘banter’, unwanted touching and the growing objectification of women and girls. Congress is appalled at the...

Congress is alarmed by the persistence of sexual harassment at work and the fact that almost every woman will at some point in her lifetime experience sexual harassment. A recent EU-Wide European study found that over a million women or one in every two in the...

As long ago as 2013, the Federation of Entertainment Unions published a survey which identified entertainment workplaces as hotspots of discrimination, bullying, and harassment. The competitive nature of the work, often seen as glamorous, and the large number...