Financial Services Union Triennial Conference, Europa Hotel

Financial Services Union Triennial Conference, Europa Hotel, Belfast 17^th/18^th May

Opening remarks from John O’Connell, General Secretary of the FSU and poll results are embargoed until 12.01am on Friday

The Financial Services Union Triennial Conference will take place over the next two days in the Europa Hotel, Belfast.

Some of the main items under discussion are collective bargaining, the emergence of AI in the financial services sector, branch closures and pay and conditions for staff.

The FSU will launch details of research it has commissioned with TASC into the emergence of AI in the Financial Servies Sector and will vote on 26 motions covering issues from  the four-day week to surveillance in the workplace.

John O’ Connell, General Secretary of the FSU will speak to conference on Friday. You can find his opening  remarks here: https://www.fsunion.org/assets/files/pdf/fsu_conference_general_secretary_speech.pdf

Over the weekend the FSU will release results of polling by Ireland Thinks on people’s attitudes to retaining local bank branches, regulation of AI, and trade union organising, in Northern Ireland.

You can find the polling results here: https://www.fsunion.org/assets/files/pdf/ireland_thinks_widescreen_results.pdf

The key note speaker for the weekend is Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez who is the Special Representative for International Labor Affairs in the Biden administration who will speak to collective bargaining and the purpose and important role of trade unions.

The conference will be live streamed on the FSU website – you can access the link here

Insert link: https://www.fsunion.org/

Note to Editor – John O’Connell, General Secretary of the Financial Services Union is available for interview

For more information, please contact Brian McDowell at brian.mcdowell@fsunion.org or call mobile: 00353879161225

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Conference motions: https://www.fsunion.org/assets/files/pdf/fsu_motions_to_conference_2024.pdf

Conference agenda: https://www.fsunion.org/assets/files/pdf/fsu_conference_final_agenda.pdf

Link to live stream: https://www.fsunion.org/