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NSSN 357: RMT strikes in 4 companies to keep the guard on the train

September 20, 2017 in Bulletins

NSSN 357: RMT strikes in 4 companies to keep the guard on the train The National Shop Stewards Network headlines this week’s bulletin by calling on all our supporters and affiliates to support the RMT co-ordinated strikes in four train companies on Tuesday October 3rd and Thursday October 5th: Southern Rail, Merseyrail, Arriva Rail North and for the first time on Greater Anglia. We also echo the RMT’s call for all the train companies to be brought back into public ownership. RMT members have been taking strike action against the introduction of Driver Only Operations on Southern Rail alone […]

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NSSN 356: Watch VIDEO of NSSN TUC Rally – march & strike together for a pay rise!

September 14, 2017 in Bulletins

NSSN 356: Watch VIDEO of NSSN TUC Rally – march & strike together for a pay rise! Last Sunday, up to 300 union activists, including TUC Congress delegates crammed into the National Shop Stewards Network Rally in Brighton, chaired by Janice Godrich PCS National President. They listened to Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and leaders of fighting unions as well as some of the main reps of the summer strike wave. So alongside Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey stood Unite strikers from the Birmingham Bins, BA Mixed Fleet and Barts NHS Trust disputes as well as the London Bus safety […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, austerity, BFAWU, Bins, Birmingham, blacklist, bob crow, bullying, cleaners, CWU, DOO, DWP, Fast Food Rights, fbu, general strike, GMB, housing, IWGB, John McDonnell MP, lobby, McDonald's, Miners, napo, NEU, NIPSA, no cuts, nssn, Pay, pcs, rmt, Royal Mail, SIPTU, Strike, TUC, Unite, UVW, Yorkshire
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NSSN 355: NSSN TUC Rally this Sunday – Fight together for a pay rise!

September 6, 2017 in Bulletins

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 increases. Cameron notoriously claimed that we were “all in it together” when he launched his austerity offensive in 2010 but his class of super-rich have got even richer under the Tories while nurses and other workers have to go to foodbanks. But the fightback is […]

Tags: Affiliate, Appeal, Argos, BFAWU, bob crow, Brighton, British Airways, cleaners, CWU, DOO, general strike, housing, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, John McDonnell MP, Len McCluskey, Mark Serwotka, McDonald's, McStrike, Miners, Mixed Fleet, nhs, no cuts, nssn, NUT, Pay, Pay Cap, pcs, pensions, rmt, Royal Mail, Strike, terms and conditions, TUC, TUC Congress, UCU, Unite, Unite the Union, Yorkshire
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NSSN 354: Support #Sept4 strike day! John McDonnell to speak at Sept10 NSSN TUC Rally!

August 30, 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: Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, 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 […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Argos, austerity, BFAWU, blacklist, Brighton, cleaners, CWU, DOO, Fast Food Rights, John McDonnell MP, Labour party, Len McCluskey, lobby, Mark Serwotka, McDonald's, McStrike, Miners, NUT, pcs, poa, rmt, Sean Hoyle, Steve Gillan, Strike, tesco, TUC, TUC Congress, tupe, Unite, Yorkshire
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353: Birmingham binworkers win–Support Sep4 #McStrike

August 23, 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 […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, austerity, Barts Strike, BFAWU, Binworkers, Birmingham, blacklist, bob crow, bullying, Cambridge, Chatsworth, cleaners, Crayford, CWU, doncaster, general strike, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell MP, lobby, Mansfield, McDonald's, McStrike, Miners, napo, nhs, Pay, Pay Cap, pcs, poa, rmt, Scotland, Strike, terms and conditions, TUC, TUC Congress, Unite, USDAW, Yorkshire
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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 […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, Argos, austerity, Barts Strike, BFAWU, blacklist, bob crow, Brighton, bullying, cleaners, CWU, DWP, Fast Food Rights, fbu, general strike, Glasgow, Glasgow Unison, GMB, housing, Janice Godrich, Janitors, John McDonnell MP, Justice4Jannies, Len McCluskey, lobby, Mark Serwotka, Mears, Miners, Mixed Fleet, nssn, Pay, pcs, poa, rmt, Ronnie Draper, Scotland, Sean Hoyle, Sheffield Eastern Avenue, Steve Gillan, terms and conditions, TUC, Unison, Unite, Whitely Bay, Yorkshire
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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: Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, 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 […]

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 […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Amazon, Appeal, austerity, BA, Barts NHS Trust, Barts Strike, Barts Trust, BFAWU, blacklist, bob crow, British Airways, bullying, cleaners, CSCS, CWU, DOO, Employment Tribunal Fees, ET, Fast Food Rights, fbu, general strike, GMB, housing, John McDonnell MP, lobby, Manchester, Mears, Merseyrail, Mixed Fleet, napo, NIPSA, no cuts, nssn, NUT, Pay, pcs, pensions, poa, rmt, Scotland, Sheffield Eastern Avenue, Strike, terms and conditions, TUC, tupe, UCU, Unison, Unite, Yorkshire
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