Category: Press Releases

  • Public meeting: Stop the closure of Port Talbot steelworks

    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

  • Car of Barnet Unison activist vandalised in anti-union attack

    Car of Barnet Unison activist vandalised in anti-union attack

    We publish below a statement from Barnet Unison regarding the attack on John Burgess’s car. A hateful message was also attached. The NSSN gave its full support to the Barnet strike at our recent conference. A collection was taken at the conference with the money being split between Barnet Unison and a number of other ongoing…

  • Defend our unions in Coventry City Council

    Defend our unions in Coventry City Council

    Coventry City Council UNITE UNISON NUT NASUWT ATL Defend Our Unions   Our right to Trade Union support is being threatened! Proposals have been submitted on behalf of Labour controlled Coventry City Council that would significantly cut the amount of time that local union officers have to act on their members’ behalf, with many unions…

  • IWGB Rally – ‘Justice for Christmas’

    IWGB Rally – ‘Justice for Christmas’

    IWGB House of Commons Rally NSSN Chair Rob Williams will also be speaking at the rally.

  • Carmarthenshire Unison to fight job cuts

    Carmarthenshire Unison to fight job cuts

    Our branch committee has consistently warned our members that the cuts made by the Con-Dems and implemented by Labour Led Carmarthenshire County Council were the thin end of the wedge. The scale of the cuts (£30m over the next three years) recently announced by the council will have come as no shock to our members…

  • Visteon Pensioners protest at four UK locations

    Visteon Pensioners protest at four UK locations

    “Ex Ford employees are fighting for their pensions promised by Ford – we say to them stand by and meet the promises made and we can stand down, listen to your ex-employees and the public” Why we are demonstrating? Ford Motor Company created a new company in 2000 – Visteon UK, and transferred employees and…

  • Future Directions lobby 25th September

    FUTURE DIRECTIONS LOBBY OF CALDERSTONES NHS TRUST WEDNESDAY, 25TH SEPTEMBER 2013 : 1:30 P.M.   A lobby of the Trust Board is to be held from 1:30pm on Wednesday, 25th September 2013 at Calderstones HQ. This is an important lobby as the strikers begin a further 10 days of strike action and it is essential…

  • Protests in Turkey: Solidarity appeal from Day-Mer

    The following is a statement from Day-Mer, a Turkish and Kurdish community organisation based in London. DAY-MER  was set up on 11 November 1989 to work with and on behalf of Turkish and Kurdish people living and working in London to help them solve their problems and promote their cultural, economic, social and democratic rights; to…

  • Unions slam WBC senior managers pay increases as “immoral”

    Unions slam WBC senior managers pay increases as “immoral”

    UNISON, GMB & Unite have challenged proposals that will be considered by Full Council on the 9th September 2013 to implement a Senior Management restructure with the proposals including a new Pay & Grading structure for senior managers. The proposals include local pay increase’s up to an amount of £10,275 per year which equate to…

  • Ronnie Draper & Ian Lawrence now speaking at NSSN lobby of TUC

    Ronnie Draper & Ian Lawrence now speaking at NSSN lobby of TUC

    The NSSN are delighted to announce further speakers at the lobby of the TUC Congress on 8th September. Ronnie Draper is the General Secretary of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU). The BFAWU is one of the seven unions that officially support the NSSN. Ian Lawrence is the recently elected General Secretary of…

  • NSSN Bulletin 147: A Tale of Two Disputes

    NSSN Bulletin 147: A Tale of Two Disputes

      Strike action is taking place in a number of different area’s this week but it’s worthwhile reporting on two different disputes. The first is the dispute involving the Cityclean GMB members employed by Brighton and Hove City Council who have been ‘offered’ pay cuts. At a meeting of Brighton’s Policy and Resources Committee on…

  • Union members to lobby TUC to name the date for a general strike

    Union members to lobby TUC to name the date for a general strike

    A union rank and file organisation will be lobbying the TUC General Council on April 24th for the TUC to name the date for a 24 hour general strike against the ConDem austerity offensive. As the Financial Times reports today (‘Unions split over call for 24 hour general strike’ – April 3rd), the leaders of…