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50 YEARS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS CAMPAIGN

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2018

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...

Adopted

Martin O'Hagan

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2018

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...

Adopted

Delivering the Promise of the Good Friday Agreement

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2018

Conference notes that 10th April marked the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Conference recalls that UNISON, ICTU and a number of affiliates actively supported and campaigned for a ‘Yes’ vote for a society based on peace, justice, equality and...

Adopted

Peace Process

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference supports the Northern Ireland Committee on its response to the Fresh Start Agreement which acknowledges the importance of maintaining the Northern Ireland Assembly, holding our elected representatives to account while rejecting the Tory-lead welfare...

Adopted

Protecting the Peace Process

Motion no

Northern Ireland Committee Biennial Delegate Conference 2016

Conference congratulates the Northern Ireland Committee on its strategic response to the Fresh Start Agreement which recognises the political pressure exerted on parties in NI while rejecting all aspects of the Agreement which run counter to trade union...

Adopted

Esther Lynch European Trade Union Confederation ETUC

RESURRECTING FRANCO

ETUC Confederal Secretary Esther Lynch on the strange case of the Spanish workers known as the 'Airbus 8', who face trial next month on charges brought under a Franco era statute Even now, four decades after his death, the ghost of Franco still haunts Spanish public and political life. In 2011, a...

1916 Centenary

Motion no

Biennial Delegate Conference 2015

Conference respects the contrary perceptions of the 1916 Insurrection as between the different traditions on the island of Ireland. However, Conference deplores the abject failure to realise the egalitarian aspirations of the Proclamation in either of the...

Adopted

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50 YEARS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS CAMPAIGN

Martin O'Hagan

Delivering the Promise of the Good Friday Agreement

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Protecting the Peace Process

RESURRECTING FRANCO

1916 Centenary

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