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BFAWU statement on McDonalds pay rise victory

January 4, 2018 in News

The NSSN sends solidarity and congratulations to one of our affiliated unions the Bakers’, Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) and their members in McDonalds, who have won a famous victory. We supported their historic strike in Crayford and Cambridge on September 4th, the first in the company in the UK and the NSSN has been a longstanding part of the Fast Food Rights/Hungry for Justice campaign that was launched by the Bakers’ union. We believe that the action and the unionisation of often young workers into the union has been central to the award of the pay rise. (See […]

Tags: BFAWU, Fast Food Rghts, Hungry For Justice, McDonald's, McStrike, nssn
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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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NSSN cancels conference to support July 1st demo

June 15, 2017 in News

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. Of course, a prominent issue would be how we organise a mass movement to take on a weak and discredited Tory Government. The NSSN is not affiliated to any political party but we unapologetically campaigned for Jeremy Corbyn’s pro-worker manifesto in the General Election and […]

Tags: BFAWU, Conference, CWU, fbu, General Election, napo, nssn, NSSN Conference, NUJ, NUM, pcs, Peoples Assembly, poa, Queens Speech, rmt, Tories Out, Unite the Union
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Save BIS Sheffield – support April 9 March for Jobs

March 22, 2016 in News

Save BIS Sheffield – support April 9 Sheffield March for Jobs (from PCS website) 22 March 2016 Thousands of people are expected to join a PCS march through Sheffield on 9 April to protest against the loss of hundreds of jobs in the city. At the end of January the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS)announced plans to close its Sheffield site by January 2018, losing 250 jobs. Taken together with other closures including, HM Revenue and Customs Sheffield site, the overall loss of jobs to the city is 500. Sheffield has already been hit by job cuts in […]

Tags: BIS, Cuts, Mark Serwotka, pcs, Sheffield
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Yorkshire NSSN: union reps & members share experiences

March 8, 2016 in News

The fourth annual conference of the Yorkshire Shop Stewards Network was held in Leeds on Saturday 5th March, attended by representatives from ten different trade unions from across the region. Opening the “Stop the Union Busters” morning session, Andy Budds (RMT transport union executive member) said it was no accident that it had been the Tory transport minister who first announced the (anti) Trade Union Bill because the government wants to break the RMT. Recalling that his union’s former general secretary, the late Bob Crow, had been accused of being a ‘dinosaur’, Andy asked “who’s the real dinosaurs?” when the […]

Tags: BFAWU, Ian Hodson, Junior doctors, nssn, Yorkshire
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North West Water pensions strike

February 19, 2016 in News

GMB members gathered to picket and protest outside the of United Utilities’ Warrington HQ at Lingley Mere, Great Sankey, in a protest over pensions. The pickets were being watched by a handful of company ‘marshals’ from just inside the perimeter. GMB steward, Steve explained that the company have served notice that they wish to close the ‘defined benefit’ pension scheme, and replace it with an inferior ‘defined contribution’ system. “The difference is that under defined benefits you know what you’re going to get, and the company plug any gaps, but under defined contribution you know what you pay but not […]

Tags: GMB, pensions, United Utilities
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EDF Energy – strike action wins!

February 18, 2016 in News

Unite members at EDF Energy working in metering services in London, South West, South East and Eastern regions have won major concessions in a long running dispute over pay and conditions. The priority item for staff covered by long standing agreements was the issue of increased evening and weekend working. The employers have now agreed that this will apply to volunteers only and those not covered by the agreements. In addition, the employer has dropped proposals to fit tracker devices in vehicles and the introduction of random drug and alcohol testing. This shift by the employers followed five days of […]

Tags: EDF Energy, Unite
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Public meeting: Stop the closure of Port Talbot steelworks

January 20, 2016 in News, Press Releases

The NSSN will hold a public solidarity meeting for steel works in Port Talbot threatened with job losses and closures.: The meeting will begin at 7.30pm Wednesday February 10 in lounge of Grand Hotel Port Talbot (opposite train station) Confirmed speakers include Rob Williams NSSN national chair & ex-Swansea Visteon (Ford) union convenor. Nationalise to #SaveOurSteel

Tags: #SaveOurSteel, Communty, Nationalise, Port Talbot, Save Our Steel, Tata Steel, Unite, Wales
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Unite & NSSN drop ‪#‎SportsDirectShame banner at St James’

January 13, 2016 in News

In September of 2015 organisers of Unite the Union’s Unite Community project and officers of the National Shop Stewards Network began to interact, with an aim toward building a common purpose for advancing the causes of the wider labour movement. What the two groups had in common beyond working-class aims was a common enemy in the multi-billionaire scourge of Sports Direct UK’s owner, Newcastle United Football Club megalomaniac Mike Ashley. Together the Unite the Union and NSSN’s north east section mounted campaigns against Sports Direct in this socialist heartland. Receptions were sometimes mixed, complicated by the number of people […]

Tags: #‎SportsDirectShame, Man Utd, Newcastle United, North East, nssn, Sports Direct, Unite
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Fast Food Rights National Organising Day: 16 Sept

August 13, 2015 in News

We’re Hungry for Justice: Fast Food Rights National Organising Day: 16 SEP Posted on 13/08/2015 From Fast Food Rights / Hungry for Justice websiteThe NSSN is part of the Fast Food Rights / Hungry for Justice campaign alongside the BFAWU bakers’ union, John McDonnell MP, Unite the Resistance, Disabled People Against Cuts and Youth Fight for Jobs See Facebook event page here and for background info on the global fast food rights movement, see #FastFoodGlobal On 16 September the Bakers union are holding a National Organising Day hosted by the Trade Union Congress. The organising day is a space for fast food workers, […]

Tags: 15Now, BFAWU, Fast Food Rights, Hungry For Justice, John McDonnell MP, Kshama Sawant, Organising, youth fight for jobs, £10 minimum wage, £10Now
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