Tag: Unite the Union

  • 511: #RightToPicket protected – support Optare workers

    511: #RightToPicket protected – support Optare workers

      The NSSN sends our solidarity to Unite and its members on strike at Optare in Yorkshire after the union won a legal challenge to the use of COVID rules by police to disperse legal picket lines. This demonstrates the vital importance of the labour and trade union movement retaining its ability to organise during…

  • 430: Join demo to stop the Swindon Honda closure!

    430: Join demo to stop the Swindon Honda closure!

    The NSSN will be joining thousands in Swindon this Saturday March 30th on the demonstration called by Unite the union against the closure of the Swindon Honda plant. The plan is for this to happen in 2021, with 3,500 Honda workers’ jobs on the line and up to 10,000 more affected in related industries. This…

  • 428: NSSN Birmingham Rally to build solidarity for strikes

    428: NSSN Birmingham Rally to build solidarity for strikes

      Tonight March 12th, the NSSN is hosting a public solidarity meeting with striking Birmingham Unite binworkers and Mandy Buckley Unison Convenor for homecare workers as well as PCS Universal Credit strikers from Wolverhampton and Walsall at 6.30pm in the Birmingham Midland Institute – 9 Margaret St B3 3BS. Speakers include striking workers from all…

  • NSSN 401: Sunderland strike at Liebherr cranes for better pay

    NSSN 401: Sunderland strike at Liebherr cranes for better pay

      “We’ll be out as long as it takes”, was the strident attitude of Liebherr strikers. The Unite the Union and GMB members on the picket line told NSSN North East supporters that they are striking for a decent pay increase. Liebbherr’s offer of 3% was rejected by a decisive 94%. Liebherr is a global…

  • 365: Support Mears workers – 49 more strike days!

    365: Support Mears workers – 49 more strike days!

      Unite Shocking levels of mental illness and stress revealed problems among Manchester housing workers, as Mears strike action resumes (from Unite website 13 Nov) – A confidential survey of workers employed by Mears in Manchester and joint venture company Manchester Working (operated by Mears) has revealed very high levels of mental health problems and stress…

  • NSSN 355: NSSN TUC Rally this Sunday

    NSSN 355: NSSN TUC Rally this Sunday

    NSSN 355: NSSN TUC Rally this Sunday – Fight together for a pay rise! Workers will be looking to the TUC Congress starting this Sunday in Brighton for a lead in taking on the brutal Tory attack on living standards. Real incomes are at 2007 levels and falling every month as price rises outstrip wage…

  • NSSN 350: Support Birmingham Bin Workers!

    NSSN 350: Support Birmingham Bin Workers!

    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…

  • Support Unite Barts NHS strike demo & donate to strike fund

    Support Unite Barts NHS strike demo & donate to strike fund

        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…

  • NSSN cancels conference to support July 1st demo

    NSSN cancels conference to support July 1st demo

    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.…

  • NSSN 337: Support the fight for pensions at BMW, AWE, Fujitsu & Royal Mail!

    NSSN 337: Support the fight for pensions at BMW, AWE, Fujitsu & Royal Mail!

    This week sees another dispute flaring into action over employers closing final salary/defined benefits pension schemes as BMW car workers start five weeks of strike action at Oxford, Swindon, Hams Hall near Birmingham and Goodwood. Workers at the Atomic Weapons Establishment will have taken 16 days of strikes after voting by 80% in a re-ballot…

  • NSSN 336: London NHS workers walk off the job to win!

    NSSN 336: London NHS workers walk off the job to win!

      Too many in the union movement are pointing to the new Tory Trade Union Act with its undemocratic industrial action ballot thresholds to argue that action is now virtually impossible. But it’s clear from the events of last week at the Royal London Hospital, that workers are ready to defend their rights. That was…

  • NSSN 328: Support BA Mixed Fleet strike!

    NSSN 328: Support BA Mixed Fleet strike!

      Low-paid British Airways cabin crew in Unite the Union are due to strike this week from Friday to Monday for another 4 days on top of the 11 days of action they have already taken this year. But instead of negotiating, BA have been trying to intimidate workers on £12,000 a year through removing…