Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu)

Labour legislation and collective bargaining: ‘For smaller, less well-resourced employers, it can all be very difficult to manage’

A report suggested the various measures would add about 19 per cent to costs in the hospitality sector by 2026 and about 15 per cent in retail

Government and business should embrace EU’s pro-worker agenda, conference told

Failure to improve lives of workers fuelling far right, German MEP says

Study to assess abolishing sub-minimum wage rules for teenage workers

Low Pay Commission says below-minimum wage rates for some workers should be removed

Government’s business support package dismissed as election ploy by Ictu

Simon Harris’ new enterprise support package will leave the lowest-paid, sick, migrant, and retired workers ‘paying the price’

Quiet quitting: Why should an employee doing the job they are paid to do and then going home be a problem?

Many workers suggest employers should not expect them to go ‘above and beyond’ as a matter of routine

EU employment rights directive will be part of Irish law by November deadline, Taoiseach tells unions

Unions plan May Day recruitment events against backdrop of Ictu awareness campaign highlighting benefits of being in a trade union

Delay in changing sick pay law cannot be justified, union says

Call for State supports to businesses to be targeted as many seem unable to ‘wean themselves off’ wide range of help

Employers’ group urges national minimum wage to be frozen for at least two years

Isme says 12.4 per cent increase this year was significantly ahead of inflation

Unions hit out at employers’ criticism of new State measures to benefit workers

Ictu says employers in Ireland pay about half as much as peers in Europe in terms of taxes on labour

Unions call for prompt payment of public sector pay increases after deal is ratified

Ballots at State’s biggest unions record margins of more than 90 per cent in favour

Public pay increases: When will they happen and how much will workers get?

Pay deal agreed between the Government and unions last month has been formally ratified by the union side

State’s ‘experience economy’ accounts for 9% of total employment, says Ibec

Employers’ lobby group calls on Government to develop ‘overall strategy’ for €4bn sector

Two of the country’s biggest public service unions back new pay deal agreed with Government

Members of Fórsa and primary teachers’ union INTO decisively vote to accept proposed new €3.6 billion agreement which would run to 2026

Business wants more supports to ease hit of Government-backed pay hikes

New report shows small restaurants and retailers face 19% increase in costs by 2026

Unions believe they are having moment in North but say funding is key to stable future

Ictu to launch document in which it argues for a greater role in government-backed bodies in Northern Ireland

Teacher unions ASTI and TUI to survey members over potential merger

Presidents of both organisations describe opportunity of amalgamation as ‘seismic moment’ in education

Public sector pay deal helps workers without stoking inflation, Donohoe says

Minister for Public Expenditure announces Government approval for new pay deal which will see 385,000 civil and public sector workers pay rises of 10.25 per cent over 2½ years

Ictu urges private sector unions to seek pay rises of up to 6%

Unions argue private sector workers have ground to recover after decline in real wages over past two years

Challenges facing small businesses not being recognised, argues Isme

Minimum wage, restoration of the 13.5 per cent hospitality sector VAT rate and other cost increases need to be taken into account, group says

‘To blame the lowest paid for challenges in our economy is cheap’

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Ibec denies ‘massive contradiction’ in position on minimum wage-setting

Employers’ group questioned on call for pause to future minimum wage increases at Oireachtas committee

Ibec and Ictu set to clash at Oireachtas committee meeting

Employers’ group and unions at loggerheads over minimum wage and other issues

Almost 2,500 bus and train drivers planning further strike action in Northern Ireland

Latest walkout comes after mass strike by 170,000 public sector workers last week

Ibec call to pause labour policy measures ‘shameful’, unions say

Siptu described move by employers group as a ‘craven attempt’ to row back on better conditions for workers

Ibec wants ‘pause’ on national minimum wage rises, Clare healthcare firm gets US approval, and office politics

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Ibec calls for ‘pause’ on minimum wage increases and other labour measures that it says risk employment

Employers' group says Government’s approach to labour market policies ‘haphazard’ and ‘scattergun’

‘We don’t want to be here, we want to be doing our jobs’: Striking workers take to icy streets in North

Some 170,000 public sector workers in the North are staging 24-hour strike in dispute over pay increases

Northern Ireland comes to ‘unprecedented’ standstill as public sector workers strike

Industrial action by nurses, teachers, bus and train drivers shuts schools and suspends public transport

Northern Ireland strike: Six striking workers explain why they are on the picket lines

Striking unions call on the Northern Secretary to release part of a package dependent on a restored Assembly and Executive, and settle the pay dispute

‘Real pity’ unions rejected public sector pay offer of 8.5% rise over two years, Donohoe says

Forsa union chief Kevin Callinan says opening offer from Government side was ‘extremely disappointing’

Pay talks: Where do the two sides stand and what will the Government offer?

Agreement on several issues is generally regarded as being within striking distance but ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’

Progress made in public pay talks with both sides believed to be nearing deal

Both sides met at Workplace Relations Commission on Tuesday after talks broke off at Christmas amid mutual blame

Pay talks ‘crucial’ to avoid strike ballots, says union chief

Unions have said that if there is no agreement, they will meet next Thursday to begin the process of balloting on industrial action over pay

Public sector pay talks delays caused by introduction of unexpected items by unions, says Donohoe

Unions say they will move to industrial action if there is no deal by January 11th and deny raising unexpected items in talks

Stepped-up public sector pay talks ‘could see deal in coming days’, say unions

Pay remains key issue to be addressed, but union leaders want mechanisms to consider issues such as staff numbers and housing

Public sector pay talks ‘undeniably slow’, union leader says with deadline approaching

‘Considerable work’ still to be done on deal that had negotiators had hoped could be drawn up before Christmas

Union hopes to continue public sector pay talks at WRC this week

Talks are intended to produce a successor to current national public sector pay agreement

Public pay talks: Increases in line with inflation remain key priority for unions

It is unacceptable that living standards for workers fell when Government revenue was ‘buoyant’, union representative says

Government versus unions: How to craft the next public sector pay deal

Have trade unions missed out on a generous deal by not seeking talks when inflation was higher, or is the Government more vulnerable to pre-election demands?

Q&A: Public sector talks are about to get underway, what are all sides looking for?

The future pay of the State’s public sector health professionals, teachers, gardaí, army, local authority workers and civil servants among others will all be up for discussion over the coming weeks

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