Over 600 trade union leaders from 50 European countries will gather in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for UNI Europa’s 6th Conference from 25-27 March 2025 to shape a shared strategy for the European trade union movement in the service sector. The conference, hosted at the International Convention Centre, will be the biggest European union event in […]
On 10 October, the UK parliament introduced the bill in the wake of growing recognition that a strong union workplace presence is good for workers and for the economy and that collective bargaining benefits productivity, industrial change, equality and employment. The bill was advanced to the committee stage at a second reading in the House of Commons […]
On 1 October 2024, 1,000 essential workers – cleaners, security guards and food service employees – from nine countries across Europe will rally in Brussels to change EU public procurement rules that have fueled “a race to the bottom” for working conditions. Workers complain of low wages, dangerous workloads and a lack of recognition for […]
In spite of pouring rain, thousands of workers and trade unionists came out on the streets of Belfast for the annual May Day March, one of the biggest in recent years. In 2024, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) had themed the March around the celebration of essential workers and a demand to end […]
Around this year’s International Workers’ Day, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) holds Ireland’s first-ever Trade Union Week. The week from 29 April to 6 May will be “the largest mobilisation of trade union members in decades” with coordinated events taking place in workplaces and local communities across the island of Ireland. A UNI […]
