Tag: TAs

  • NSSN 320: Southern Rail & Derby TAs strikes and #Sheff4Ten demo

    NSSN 320: Southern Rail & Derby TAs strikes and #Sheff4Ten demo

    Southern Rail strikes Today, members of train drivers’ union ASLEF have started strike action on Southern Rail. This comes after weeks of action by RMT members. ASLEF successfully defeated management’s attempts to yet again undemocratically scupper their strike through court action. The NSSN sends solidarity and support to both unions and we call on our…

  • NSSN 319: Support Glasgow Unison ICT workers – stop privatisation!

    NSSN 319: Support Glasgow Unison ICT workers – stop privatisation!

    Glasgow City Council’s ruling Labour Group is proposing that the council’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) provision is privatised to a Canadian based global corporation. Members of Glasgow Unions in ICT have been taking strike action to stop this. Please support the workers and pass this model motion in any trade union meetings that take…

  • NSSN 318: Crossrail walkout – the Sparks are back!

    NSSN 318: Crossrail walkout – the Sparks are back!

    Watch video interview on Facebook   and Twitter Hundreds of electricians walked off construction sites on the massive Crossrail job in London last Friday demanding that management adhere to the Joint Industry Board (JIB) agreement on the payment of a 2nd tier productivity bonus . They protested outside Crossrail’s head office, in the belly of the…

  • NSSN 315: Durham teaching assistants strike back!

    NSSN 315: Durham teaching assistants strike back!

    Teaching assistants in Durham in Unison and ATL have started their first 48-hour strike today to prevent pay cuts of up to 23%. TAs in Derby have recently been taking strike action against similar cuts to pay. This is an excerpt from the blog Lions of Durham – “This is not action we are taking…