National Shop Stewards Network

NSSN 352: Glasgow Unison wins #Justice4Jannies

August 15, 2017 in Bulletins

NSSN TUC Congress Rally in Brighton: ‘Fight together to scrap the 1% pay cap and get the Tories out!’ – 1pm Sunday September 10th in the Arundel Suite in the Holiday Inn, 137 King’s Rd BN1 2JF. Confirmed speakers: Len McCluskey Unite General Secretary, Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary, Steve Gillan POA General Secretary, Ronnie Draper BFAWU General Secretary, Sean Hoyle RMT President, Amy Murphy USDAW Southern Division NEC member and Len Hockey Secretary Unite Barts NHS Trust branch – currently on strike. Chaired by Janice Godrich PCS National President – all welcome! We will also be giving a platform […]

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NSSN 351: Support McDonalds’ workers as they ballot for strikes

August 9, 2017 in Bulletins

NSSN TUC Congress Rally in Brighton: ‘Fight together to scrap the 1% pay cap and get the Tories out!’ – 1pm Sunday September 10th in the Arundel Suite in the Holiday Inn, 137 King’s Rd BN1 2JF. Confirmed speakers: Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary, Steve Gillan POA General Secretary, Ronnie Draper BFAWU General Secretary, Sean Hoyle RMT President, Amy Murphy USDAW Southern Division NEC member and Len Hockey Secretary Unite Barts NHS Trust branch – currently on strike. Chaired by Janice Godrich PCS National President – all welcome! We will also be giving a platform to speakers from other […]

Tags: Affiliate, Appeal, austerity, BA, Bank of England, Barts NHS Trust, BFAWU, Bins, Birmingham, blacklist, Brighton, Cambridge, Chatsworth, cleaners, Crayford, CWU, doncaster, DOO, DWP, Fast Food Rights, general strike, housing, Hungry For Justice, John McDonnell MP, lobby, Mansfield, McDonald's, Miners, Mixed Fleet, napo, nhs, no cuts, nssn, NUT, pcs, poa, rmt, Sellafield, Strike, TUC, TUC Congress, tupe, Unite, Whitely Bay, Yorkshire
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NSSN 350: Support Birmingham Bin Workers!

July 31, 2017 in Bulletins

The NSSN is supporting the struggle of refuse collectors in Birmingham. This is by one of our local supporters:- Since June 30th, refuse collectors employed by Birmingham City Council and members of Unite the Union have been taking industrial action against the employer’s proposals. They will see a reduction in their staffing numbers by 113 posts (20%), changes in working practices and extending the working week. The Labour controlled council has argued that the plans will achieve a necessary ‘modernisation’ of the service but Unite members argue that this will further reduce the numbers on each wagon resulting in too […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, austerity, Barts NHS Trust, Barts Strike, Bin strike, Birmingham, blacklist, bob crow, bullying, cleaners, CWU, Fast Food Rights, fbu, John McDonnell MP, lobby, Mears, Miners, Mixed Fleet, napo, nhs, no cuts, nssn, NUT, Pay, pcs, pensions, poa, Refuse, rmt, Scotland, Strike, terms and conditions, TUC, tupe, UCU, Unison, Unite, Unite the Union
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NSSN TUC Congress Rally Brighton Sept 10: ‘Scrap Tory pay cap!’

July 28, 2017 in News

NSSN TUC Congress Rally in Brighton: ‘Fight together to scrap the Tory pay cap!’ – 1pm Sunday September 10th in the Arundel Suite in the Holiday Inn, 137 King’s Rd BN1 2JF. Confirmed speakers: Len McCluskey Unite General Secretary, Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary, Steve Gillan POA General Secretary, Ronnie Draper BFAWU General Secretary, Sean Hoyle RMT President, Amy Murphy USDAW Southern Division NEC member and Len Hockey Secretary Unite Barts NHS Trust branch – currently on strike. Chaired by Janice Godrich PCS National President – all welcome! We will also be giving a platform to speakers from other current disputes to build […]

Tags: BFAWU, nssn, Pay Cap, pcs, poa, rmt, TUC, Unison, Unite
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349: Support strikes, stop union attacks, celebrate victories!

July 26, 2017 in Bulletins

NSSN 349: Support the strikes, stop the union attacks, celebrate the victories! This week’s NSSN bulletin opens with some long-running disputes by Unite, PCS and RMT members. We also include another attack on the POA and a fight in Northern Ireland against an attack on NIPSA, including two of its prominent members. We appeal for solidarity for all these struggles. But to show that it’s possible to win significant victories, we include the successful legal action by PCS against the Government imposition of new inferior redundancy terms in the civil service and Unison’s defeat of their employment tribunal fees. Low […]

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Support Unite Barts NHS strike demo & donate to strike fund

July 14, 2017 in Appeals

Tomorrow Saturday July 15th, hundreds of striking low-paid health workers in the East London Barts NHS Trust will be marching. Speakers include John McDonnell MP Labour Shadow Chancellor. The workers started with two days of action last week and are now in the middle of a 7-day strike. If there is no resolution by July 25th, they will begin a two week strike that day. Please come and join the solidarity demonstration to support the cleaners, porters and security guards who work for Serco, who are using agency firms to try to break the strike. The whole labour and trade […]

Tags: Barts NHS Trust, John McDonnell MP, Strike, Unite, Unite the Union
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NSSN 348: Support PCS fight against DWP office closures

July 12, 2017 in Bulletins

The government is abandoning unemployed, sick and disabled people, and putting hundreds of jobs at risk, by confirming today the closure of almost one in 10 jobcentres. The news comes as we announce our members in Eastern Avenue jobcentre in Sheffield, one of the threatened sites, will strike again from 17 to 21 July following a week-long walkout in June. The Department for Work and Pensions has announced just six of the original 78 jobcentres earmarked for closure will remain open, and only 11 of the 80 planned to co-locate with local authorities have been given a reprieve – and […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, Arriva Trains North, Barts NHS Trust, BFAWU, bob crow, bullying, cleaners, condems, DOO, DWP, Fast Food Rights, fbu, Fracking, GMB, Job Centres, John McDonnell MP, Manchester, Mears, Merseyrail, Miners, napo, nhs, no cuts, NUT, pcs, rmt, Sheffield, Sheffield Eastern Avenue, Southern Rail, Strike, TUC, tupe, Unite, Yorkshire
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347: Support the strikes at Barts NHS Trust, Mixed Fleet and Mears

July 4, 2017 in Bulletins

As unions start to discuss what action can be taken against this weak and divided Tory Government, three important disputes either start this week or move up a gear. Today, the day before the NHS turns 69, workers at Barts Trust in London employed by Serco started action with huge picket lines and a buoyant protest. Manchester maintenance workers have escalated their dispute to all out action. And Mixed Fleet cabin crew in British Airways have resumed their action after management refused to lift sanctions on striking workers. The NSSN supports all these disputes and have been on the […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Appeal, austerity, BA, Barts NHS Trust, BFAWU, blacklist, British Airways, bullying, cleaners, CWU, DOO, general strike, GMB, housing, Jobstown, John McDonnell MP, Kirklees, Manchester, Mears, Miners, Mixed Fleet, napo, no cuts, nssn, Strike, Yorkshire
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346: March together Saturday: fight together to get Tories out!

June 27, 2017 in Bulletins

The General Election result has shocked the Tories and the media but it has confirmed that we’ve had enough of brutal cuts. Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto gave workers the opportunity to express their anger. On the massive March 26th 2011 TUC demonstration, up to 750,000 trade unionists and anti-cuts campaigners marched against Cameron’s austerity plans. The NSSN produced a flyer that day that warned “This is the fight of our lives…literally.” The tragedy of Grenfell has laid bare the effects of cut-backs, privatisation and de-regulation that the Tories call ‘red-tape’ but actually protect lives. The likes of Boris Johnson praise emergency […]

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NSSN cancels conference to support July 1st demo

June 15, 2017 in News

As our supporters and affiliates will know, this year’s conference of the National Shop Stewards Network (our 11th) is due to take place in London on Saturday July 1st. Hundreds of trade union and anti-cuts campaigners will be preparing to take part in discussions and debates about the crucial struggles and disputes facing working people. Of course, a prominent issue would be how we organise a mass movement to take on a weak and discredited Tory Government. The NSSN is not affiliated to any political party but we unapologetically campaigned for Jeremy Corbyn’s pro-worker manifesto in the General Election and […]

Tags: BFAWU, Conference, CWU, fbu, General Election, napo, nssn, NSSN Conference, NUJ, NUM, pcs, Peoples Assembly, poa, Queens Speech, rmt, Tories Out, Unite the Union
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