National Shop Stewards Network

NSSN 421: Support the striking Durham bus drivers!

January 15, 2019 in Bulletins

From Unite website:- Unite in talks on Durham bus pay dispute, as new strike dates announced (11 Jan) – Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, is to hold talks with Arriva Durham County Ltd on Thursday (17 January) in a bid to resolve the long-running pay dispute. But at the same time, the union announced a further ten days of strike action by its 650 bus drivers from 00:01 on 27 January until 23:59 on 5 February. The bus drivers, based at Darlington, Durham, Redcar, Stockton and Whitby, are currently on strike for a week in the pay dispute. The […]

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NSSN 420: March this Saturday for a General Election to get the Tories out!

January 9, 2019 in Bulletins

The NSSN is supporting this Saturday’s ‘Britain is Broken – General Election Now’. It is vital that the trade union movement mobilises to force out the Tories and fight for a government led by Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell on the pro-worker anti-austerity Labour manifesto from the 2017 General Election. This is the best way to unite workers and not allow them to be divided. Saturday 12th January – Britain is Broken – General Election Now! Demonstration in London hosted by The People’s Assembly against Austerity. Assemble 12pm BBC Portland Place near Oxford tube station Facebook event […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, blacklist, bullying, Fast Food Rights, fbu, general strike, INMO, napo, Peoples Assembly, terms and conditions, Tories Out, tupe, Unite
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NSSN 419: Happy New Year – get the Tories out in 2019!

January 3, 2019 in Bulletins

The NSSN sends solidarity greetings to our supporters and affiliates as we enter 2019. Let’s make this the year that we get rid of this Tory Government. Saturday 12th January – Britain is Broken – General Election Now! Demonstration in London hosted by The People’s Assembly against Austerity Facebook event NSSN news Get your trade union branch or trades council to affiliate to the NSSN – it only costs £50. Already affiliated? Please think about renewing it. Also, many of our supporters pay a few pounds a month. You can set up a similar standing order to ‘National Shop […]

Tags: 2019, 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, austerity, blacklist, bullying, CWU, EIS, housing, lobby, mandate, Miners, napo, NASUWT, New Year, nhs, no cuts, nssn, Pay, pcs, pensions, Peoples Assembly, poa, rmt, terms and conditions, Tories, Turkey, Unite, Yorkshire
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NSSN 418: Seasons greetings – support the Xmas strikes!

December 18, 2018 in Bulletins

The National Shop Stewards Network sends season’s greetings to our supporters and affiliates. Every week we publicise disputes and build support and solidarity for them. This year, there are a number of strikes and actions taking place in the run-up to and during the holidays. Please read through our bulletin to find out more about them and if they are in your area, try and get along to give your support. See you in 2019, when hopefully we can finally get rid of the Tories! Saturday 12th January – Britain is Broken – General Election Now! Demonstration in London hosted […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Appeal, austerity, bullying, fbu, housing, John McDonnell MP, lobby, Miners, napo, nhs, no cuts, nssn, pensions, poa, terms and conditions, tesco, TUC, tupe, Unison, Unite, Yorkshire
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NSSN 417: BECTU reps to be reinstated at the Ritzy

December 11, 2018 in Bulletins

This week, we send our solidarity and congratulations to BECTU and their members involved in the long-running campaign at Picturehouse – in particular the two victimised reps at the Brixton Ritzy cinema, who have won their reinstatement From the BECTU website: BECTU members to be reinstated to the Ritzy in January (5 Dec) Two BECTU reps unfairly sacked by Picturehouse-owned Ritzy must be returned to their former positions at the Brixton cinema, an employment tribunal hearing has ruled. A judge ruled that all the individuals involved were capable of working in a professional and mature manner after hearing evidence from the […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, BECTU, blacklist, Brixton, CWU, general strike, housing, nssn, pcs, pensions, Picturehouse, poa, Ritzy, Scotland, Stansted, terms and conditions, Unite, Yorkshire
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NSSN 416: Striking Grimethorpe dinner ladies save their jobs

December 4, 2018 in Bulletins

We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin by sending congratulations to school meals supervisors in Yorkshire From Unison website: Members return to work as redundancy plans dropped after 36 days of strike action. Dinner ladies at Ladywood school in Grimethorpe return to work today, having seen off a bid to make them all redundant. The school meals supervisors in the historic mining village just outside Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had taken 36 days of strike, beginning in September. UNISON reached an agreement with the school management to address the deficit in the school’s budget without any redundancies, due to expected natural staff […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, ASCL, austerity, Barnsley, bob crow, cleaners, CWU, Fast Food Rights, general strike, Grimethorpe, housing, lobby, Miners, NAHT, NEU, nhs, nssn, NUT, Pay, poa, rmt, TUC, Unison, Unite, Yorkshire
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415: Cammell Laird workers start 10 weeks of industrial action

November 27, 2018 in Bulletins

We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin by sending solidarity to workers in Unite and the GMB unions fighting job cuts at Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside. From the Unite website: Cammell Laird workers in 10 weeks of industrial action over ‘callous’ job cuts (22 Nov) Workers at Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird shipyard will begin a 10 week programme of industrial action tomorrow (Friday 23 November) in defence of their jobs, amid plans to slash the workforce by 40 per cent. Around 250 members of Britain and Ireland’s largest trade union, Unite, will start their action with an overtime ban from 16:00 […]

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414: Tory crisis – TUC & unions mobilise to force general election!

November 20, 2018 in Bulletins

From Linda Taaffe NSSN national secretary:- Emergency General Council of the TUC urgently needed This austerity big business government is hanging by a thread. The Tories are tearing themselves apart. They don’t know which way to turn. Theresa May is weak. Her only strength is the fact that there is no realistic alternative Tory leader. The ruling class have never been in such an exposed position in our lifetime! After 10 years since the 2007-8 financial crisis workers have suffered endless austerity and there is no end in sight. Even the UN rapporteur has made scathing comments about the levels […]

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413: Teaching unions start indicative ballot on pay & funding

November 13, 2018 in Bulletins

This week, we headline with the consultative ballot by teaching unions. This is from the NEU:- Hands up because enough is enough! Recently, we set the Government six tests for school funding before the Chancellor’s autumn Budget. This was the Government’s opportunity to change course and properly fund the schools our children deserve. Instead, the Government has failed children once again. Our schools are at a breaking point and asking them to use their funds to meet a proportion of the latest teacher’s pay award is the final straw. A one-off payment for ‘little extras’ will do nothing to address […]

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412: Support Hants Prysmian Cables & Systems strike

November 6, 2018 in Bulletins

The second 48 hour strike at Prysmian Cables & Systems in Eastleigh, Hampshire will go ahead tomorrow and Thursday, November 7-8 over a derisory pay offer below inflation. These are on top of the five days of strike action already taken since 26 September This is a report from last week’s first two day stoppage by Declan Clune, Secretary of Southampton & South West Hampshire Trades Union Council and a NSSN supporter:- It was a ‘spooky’ affair outside Prysmian Cables this very cold morning with workers joining the picket line dressed appropriately for Halloween. One worker said jokingly, “We’re trying […]

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