13 May 2013 SHARP TREATMENT FOR WORKERS IN IRELAND News Workers in Irish hospitals and across the healthcare sector are now worse off than their EU counterparts because Ireland has failed to meet the...
03 May 2013 Appointment of members designate of new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission News Alan Shatter TD, Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, has announced the names of 14 new members designate of the Irish Human Rights and...
01 May 2013 CONGRESS SAYS TIME TO ABANDON FAILED AUSTERITY AND BUILD A FAIR RECOVERY News Congress General Secretary David Begg said today (May 1) that the gains of Social Europe for working people were being dramatically eroded and...
29 Apr 2013 CONGRESS URGES TROIKA TO "DO THE HONOURABLE THING" AND ADMIT FAILURE OF AUSTERITY News Congress General Secretary David Begg has urged Troika officials to "do the honourable thing" and concede that austerity as a remedy for Ireland's...
24 Apr 2013 CONGRESS WELCOMES AUDIT OF SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME, SAYS PROCUREMENT POLICY MUST PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE News The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has welcomed the decision of the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn to appoint monitors in order to audit...
22 Apr 2013 COLOMBIAN PEACE DELEGATION TO MEET SENIOR OFFICIALS, POLITICIANS IN DUBLIN, BELFAST & LONDON News Leaders of the Patriotic March - Colombia's largest civil society peace movement - will meet with senior government officials and politicians in...
17 Apr 2013 CONGRESS UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES PUBLIC SECTOR BALLOT OUTCOME, WARNS OF RESISTANCE TO IMPOSED PAY CUTS News The Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has today (April 17) unanimously endorsed the outcome of the ballot of public sector...
08 Apr 2013 CONGRESS WELCOMES GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT ON DOMESTIC WORKERS News The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has welcomed a commitment from the Minister for Social Protection to ratify an international convention on rights...
25 Mar 2013 UNCSW: Agreement Reached but Trade Unions Remain Vigilant News Trade Unions around the world welcomed the adoption of Agreed Conclusions at this year's Commission on the Status of Women ( UNCSW). However, trade...
22 Mar 2013 Victimised for helping a workplace colleague? News What would you do if you were victimised for helping a workplace colleague who used equality legislation to seek protection against being sacked...
