by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has called on the Government to restore the rights and protections that applied to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation workers, before the introduction of emergency legislation that liquidated the company. Congress General...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
Over 100,000 people marched in six Irish cities and towns on Saturday (9th February) in protest at the bank debt and one sided austerity policies. More than 60,000 marched in Dublin where Congress general secretary, David Begg, told a massive...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
Labour historian, Francie Devine, will deliver a lecture on the history of the dock workers and their trade unions in the Sean O’Casey Community Centre, St Mary’s Road, East Wall, on Saturday, 23rd February, at...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
A major conference in Dublin on Saturday, 9th March, will examine how Ireland’s media treats social justice issues and will ask how social justice can be brought to the forefront of the conversation by broadcast, print, community and...
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has welcomed the Government’s renewed focus on job creation in the Action Plan for Jobs, but insisted that ‘significant and real progress’ would not be made until the collapse in domestic demand is addressed....
by | May 16, 2024 | Archives, NewsArchive, NewsArchive2013
Growth must become the first objective of policy across the European Union and confidence in ‘Social Europe’ must be rebuilt, Congress General Secretary David Begg has told an audience of senior EU diplomats. Speaking at a gathering of EU ambassadors...
