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Congress supports Amnesty report on Israel


Congress welcomes Amnesty International’s report which condemns Israeli Apartheid and calls for international action to end the oppression of the Palestinian people. The report entitled 'Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians : Cruel system of Domination and Crime against Humanity’ adds to an...
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New Employers Guide for Hiring Asylum Seekers


Human Rights and Equality Commission, IBEC, and ICTU Publish New Employers Guide for Hiring Asylum Seekers on International Human Rights Day. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the Commission) is asking employers across Ireland to use the significant skills, experience and...

Programme for Disability Webinar 9 December 2021

The Annual Congress Disability Webinar will focus on workplace issues for people with disabilities and look at the policy context and the government support framework for disabled workers and employers across the island.

Disability Seminar - Ensuring Decent Work for all

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The event will be held on Webex.  Please contact Pauline Corr pauline.corr@ictu.ie for further info

Webinar to mark the International Day for People with Disability looking at the employment landscape in Ireland, North and South.
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President Higgins leads tributes to Mary Maher


Tributes have been paid to the well-known trade unionist, feminist and journalist Mary Maher, who died today. She was a founder member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement. President Michael D. Higgins said Mary 'was a true trailblazer, role model, and inspiration'. Congress General Secretary...
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The State’s hands-off approach to childcare must end


All European welfare systems were originally built around the assumption that women are full-time caregivers in the home and men earn a wage to support the family. From the 1950s onwards, this male-breadwinner model of work and family life began to be replaced by social policies that facilitated...

No Going Back: For a Fairer Future - Congress Budget 2022 Priorities

This is the second set of budgetary recommendations that the Irish Congress of Trade Unions(ICTU) has issued during the Covid-19 pandemic, the most severe global health crisis in living memory. Due to the enormous personal and communal efforts made since March 2020, as well as the unprecedented...

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