Topic. The Future World of Work and the place of Trade Unions.
Speaker. A talk by Owen Reidy General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU).
Saturday morning 27th July 2024, 11:30 am at the Shandon Maldron Hotel, Cork.
Owen Reidy, the General Secretary of the ICTU has agreed to speak at the forthcoming Spirit of Mother Jones Summer School.
Owen is from Donegal and spent 18 years with SIPTU where he organised workers in the aviation, finance, contract cleaning and security services sections of industry.
He was involved in several industrial disputes including the Greyhound Lockout, the Luas dispute and disputes in CIE.
Prior to being appointed General Secretary of the ICTU in October 2022, he had responsibility for Northern Ireland as Assistant General Secretary since 2016.
According to James Nolan spokesperson for the Cork Mother Jones Committee
“We are so pleased that Owen Reidy, General Secretary of the ICTU has accepted our invitation to speak at the thirteenth Spirit of Mother Jones Festival. It is the first time the ICTU leader will address those attending the festival and it is a great honour for us to have the leader of the Irish Congress here in Shandon.
It just goes to show how important union woman Mother Jones, born in this very community has become to the Irish Trade Union movement”
Owen Reidy will speak on the topic “The Future World of Work and the place of Trade Unions” at the Summer School on Saturday morning 27th July at 11.30am. This will be of interest to all union members, union activists and workers generally. All are welcome.
Our union movement is extremely lucky to have as proven a union
organiser as Owen Reidy who is certainly committed to the work
and challenging agenda that presently the Irish Congress of Trade
Unions is attempting to address on behalf of union members, their
families and society generally that are North and South on our island.
On the 25th Year of The Jim Connell Festival @ Crossakiel Kells in
2023 Owen was a guest speaker and gave everyone present new
focus and hope in the work of bettering societal equality, workers
rights and a New United Ireland under the terms of the 1998 Belfast
Good Friday Agreement.
Wishes all parts of your festival schedule every success.
Christy McQuillan, a member of the Jim Connell Festival Committee.
Solidarity 🚩🇯🇴🇮🇪