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NSSN 432: Victory for Unison Strikers at Liverpool Women’s Hospital as OCS Agree to Pay NHS Rates

April 9, 2019 in Bulletins

From North West Unison website: The staff will no longer be paid just the legal minimum wage but receive the NHS rate for the job. UNISON members who work as domestics, catering staff, porters and security staff at Liverpool Women’s Hospital have won their campaign to secure NHS rates of pay. The staff will no longer be paid just the legal minimum wage but receive the NHS rate for the job. This is worth more than £1 an hour, and over £2,000 a year for full-time staff. Staff will also as part of a 3 year deal get the same […]

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NSSN 431: Honda workers march – “This is the fight of our lives!”

April 2, 2019 in Bulletins

The streets of Swindon were filled last Saturday with Honda workers, their families and supporters from the trade union movement. Thousands marched against the planned closure of the car plant in 2021. 3,500 Honda workers’ jobs are on the line and up to 10,000 more affected in related industries. Amongst the speakers at the rally were Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and plant convenor Paddy Brennan. Speaking alongside his shop stewards, Paddy said, “This is the fight of our lives.” The NSSN will support any action taken by the workers to defend their jobs. We call for the plant to […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, cleaners, general strike, honda, John McDonnell MP, Miners, NEU, nhs, nssn, NUT, poa, rmt, Scotland, swindon, terms and conditions, tupe, Unite
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430: Join demo to stop the Swindon Honda closure!

March 26, 2019 in Bulletins

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 will be devastating for the community. We give our full support to the union and its members. The NSSN has built up a longstanding relationship with the Honda shop stewards. Plant convenor Paddy Brennan successfully won his reinstatement after being suspended in 2011. Paddy calls […]

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NSSN 429: PCS launches national pay strike ballot

March 19, 2019 in Bulletins

We headline this week’s bulletin with PCS’s national industrial action ballot on pay, which opened yesterday. PCS is one of our longstanding affiliated unions and we give them and their members our full support and solidarity. The NSSN vice-chair Katrine Williams is a member of the PCS NEC:- “To challenge the Government’s pay restraint it is vital that we break through the 50% threshold in our current PCS ballot of 125,000 mainly Government Department members. So that we can demand the full funding for a 10% pay rise that is needed to increase pay to decent levels in the civil […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Bins, Binworkers, Birmingham, cleaners, housing, lobby, Miners, nhs, no cuts, nssn, Pay, pcs, pensions, poa, rmt, TUC, tupe, Unison, Unite
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NSSN 426: Support the Swindon Honda workers – stop the closure

February 26, 2019 in Bulletins

The NSSN sends our full solidarity and support to the Honda workers in Swindon after the company announced plans to close the plant in 2021. In addition to the 3,500 workers directly employed at the plant, over 12,000 jobs in component and related industries are on the line. We hope that the union and the workers’ campaign forces Honda to reverse their decision. But as when the Port Talbot steelworks were threatened three years ago, the NSSN believes that if necessary, such vital industrial plans should be taken into public ownership to ensure jobs and communities are protected. The NSSN […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, austerity, blacklist, cleaners, CWU, general strike, honda, napo, NEU, no cuts, NUT, Pay, pcs, pensions, poa, rmt, Scotland, tesco, Unite, Yorkshire
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NSSN 424: Birmingham binworkers get ready to strike again

February 5, 2019 in Bulletins

The NSSN sends solidarity to the binworkers who were on strike in 2017 and are being forced to take action again. From the Unite website:- Birmingham bins dispute escalates as council ignores deadline for peace deal (4 Feb) Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has announced that over 300 refuse workers employed by Birmingham council will begin two days of strike action a week, starting Tuesday 19 February, in an escalation of the ongoing industrial dispute. The two days a week of strike action, will be in addition to the overtime ban and the work to rule which the […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Appeal, BFAWU, Binworkers, Birmingham, blacklist, bob crow, cleaners, CWU, Fast Food Rights, Homecare, housing, INMO, mandate, Miners, Pay, pcs, poa, rmt, Scotland, Strike, terms and conditions, TUC, tupe, UCU, Unison, Unite
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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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