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Human Rights now at the centre of EU Foreign Policy


The EU has adopted its long-awaited Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy this week. The framework sets out principles, objectives and priorities designed to improve the effectiveness and consistency of European policy. The EU promises to place " human rights at the centre of its...
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Congress NDA Disability Forum


About 30 trade unionists gathered for a Disability Forum at the National Disability Authority on Clyde Road in Dublin this week,17th April 2012 . LInks to all the presentations below: Welcome address Deirdre O'Connor, Chair, Congress Disability Committe Introduction to the role and work of the...
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A Good week for Mental Health in the Workplace..


Congress participated in two launches this week in relation to mental health and the workplace. " BREAKING THE SILENCE OF SUICIDE IN THE WORKPLACE" was launched 31st January by Console and the Irish Hospice Foundation who have jointly produced a guide aimed at helping employers to respond...

Congress Disability Code of Practice 2011

This Code of Practice is intended as a tool to give practical effect to the provisions of the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011 and the Equal StatusActs 2000 to 2011, which prohibit discrimination on any of the following nine grounds: gender; civil status; family status; age; disability; sexual...

Under-Age Sales

Motion no
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Biennial Delegate Conference 2011
Congress is concerned about the problems facing shop workers over under-age sales. It is shop workers who bear the brunt of the anger and actions of those refused a sale. Shop workers should have respect and dignity at work and a safe working environment free...
Adopted

Investment in Health

Motion no
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Biennial Delegate Conference 2011
Expenditure on health is an investment in the future well-being of the nation. It is vital that the mistakes of the late 1980s should never be repeated. Congress urges the Government to consider the health of the nation and not just the health of our banking...
Adopted

Campaign Against Austerity Measures

Motion no
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Biennial Delegate Conference 2011
Conference rejects the austerity measures imposed by Governments on working people in both parts of the island to pay for a debt that workers did not create. Conference also rejects claims that 'we are all in this together' as working people did not cause the...
Adopted

Living to Work...Or Working to Live?

Living to Work....Or Working to Live? The Role of Managers in Creating Work Life Balance in Ireland, Briefing Paper by Eileen Drew and Gwen Daverth

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