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NSSN Bulletin No. 77

Pensions dispute

The silence from some of the trade union leaders over further action against the Government�s plan to make public sector workers work longer, pay more and get less has been deafening! Support for N30 was phenomenal, those participating in the magnificent marches and rallies all over the country were as one in looking to that day as just the beginning of the campaign � not the end!

April 1st is the Government�s implementation date, is coming closer. Yesterday we have seen a light at the end of the tunnel as the PCS and NUT National Executive Committees have agreed to launch a consultative survey to build for on-going pensions action. This will open on 24 February for national strike on Wednesday 28 March! They do not see this as winding down the campaign but giving it a new momentum where they will re-group �a coalition of the willing� to counter those right wing unions who have decided to withdraw from the battle. Pressure must be increased in the other unions so that our General Secretaries hear the message loud and clear � we need more action not less so let�s begin to build for 28 March!

With the FBU Executive Council recommendation that there is a rapid move to prepare a strike ballot over fire service pensions & Unite balloting NHS members on the offer, everything moves forward again.
http://www.fbu.org.uk/?p=5218
http://tinyurl.com/6utsxa5

As part of the campaign against pension cuts, Unions will be appealing against the High Court on Feb 20th over moving from RPI to CPI (word play for working longer and paying more!). This is affecting both public and private sector workers such as BA, RSA and the Pensions Trust. Unite is calling for a large protest in the morning.

Save the NHS!

Under the Health and Social Care Bill self-governing Foundation Trusts will be allowed to raise 49% of funds through non-NHS work so fee-paying private patients will get priority over NHS patients. There will be increased competition between hospitals for resources leading to more cuts and closures.
A leaked NHS report showed that private companies will direct the commissioning of patient services when 80% of the health budget is transferred to GP consortia!

Support the actions on Wednesday 7 March, but we would take this a step further & demand that the TUC call a massive Saturday demo as a part of a determined united campaign to save and rebuild our NHS, calling on trade unions to strike against this Bill. The alternative will be to see its implementation after Easter! Also sign �Drop the Health Bill� - e-petition.
epetitions.direct.gov.uk

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NSSN 6th Annual National Conference: Saturday 9th June, London
NEWS: BOB CROW, RMT leader to speak! http://tinyurl.com/7y2vsx7

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DISPUTES & UPDATES

Stagecoach South Yorkshire � Strike Day 11 � management getting desperate, is doing everything to try to break this strike. Since November, they have bussed in management and scabs. http://www.shopstewards.net/news.245.htm

Sparks and the law � As they are dragging it out in the local law court, wasting �1000�s rank and file members and UNITE will taking part in a national day of action next Wednesday 15th Feb. (And for all those who didn�t get to put on their glad rags the night before, the ECA Awards dinner is also on the 15th) http://jibelectrician.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/241483325933453/ Full details in �Diary�

RMT gets �500 Olympics payment for more workers & has secured a pay rise to
�8 for Eurostar cleaners. http://tinyurl.com/7kmlpdx 25,000 London bus workers who are members of Unite are also being balloted over the �500 Olympic award.

Oil tanker drivers, employed by haulage firm Wincanton on the ConocoPhillips contract to deliver fuel to Jet forecourts, began their second week of strike action http://www.shopstewards.net/news.244.htm

Unilever management are now in talks with conciliation service ACAS, the national officers of the joint trade unions - Unite, Usdaw and GMB - statement:
"We welcome the fact that Unilever has at last recognised its responsibility to talk to us about a possible resolution to the dispute. However, it is very early days and the dispute will continue until proposals have been put forward that are acceptable to our members."

Following today's (9 February) announcement from Bombardier that its Derby plant is secure for the next three years, Unite has called on the government to learn lessons from its mistakes and ensure there is not a repeat of the Thameslink fiasco. UNITE: "The Department for Transport must now construct the bidding process for new train contracts so that UK based manufacturers can compete on a level playing field.�

Private companies to profit from public debt - collecting the money owed to government will mean more private companies profiting from public debt, PCS warns. Take it this is not big corporate tax dodgers eh?
http://tinyurl.com/86zjn7r

RMT & Railways: A NEW REPORT commissioned by rail union RMT reveals that two decades of private profiteering, alongside years of underinvestment in infra-structure while fares have gone through the roof, and UK�s railways at the bottom of the league compared to other parts of Europe.
http://tinyurl.com/7ctrdum

Bromley Council has announced that they intend moving away from the National Agreement for Local Authority workers.

Bin Collectors across Stoke-on-Trent are planning to vote on strike action to defend their pay. The council wants to tear up their contracts and force workers to 'drop pay bands' which means they will lose up �90 a week!

Birmingham 40 years ago - 30,000 engineers walked out in solidarity with striking miners over pay cuts. Bill Mullins, NSSN officer, then rep, was part of this action report will be added to our website.
http://www.saltleygate.co.uk/



VICTIMISATION

Len Hockey - Good News! Health bosses back off from attack on Unison rep joint Unison branch secretary at Whipps Cross hospital in London, received a letter from his employer Initial stating that there is no case to answer. As soon as the threat to Len was raised, with a unanimous show of hands an emergency meeting of Unison members agreed to prepare for strike action and to demand the London region of Unison do everything in their power to defend Len. Emails of protest flooded in to the employer from all over the country, and to Unison to demand they defend Len.

Overwhelming votes for action on Heathrow Express over sacking of driver and victimisation of RMT activist. Nearly 80% have voted to strike in a ballot of drivers over the sacking of driver member Zahid Majid and over 80% for strike action in a ballot of all Heathrow Express staff over the continued victimisation of RMT rep Liaqat Ali.
http://www.rmt.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=155156

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INTERNATIONAL

GREECE
Greek workers have just begun another 48-hour general strike after 24 hours earlier this week. http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/5571

IRELAND
Sat Feb 11
March with the Vita Cortex Workers 2:00pm until 4:00pm https://www.facebook.com/events/160905400689547/
Campaign against household charges is growing http://nohouseholdtax.org/

BRAZIL
Police took strike action over pay last week & then occupied a key government building. Over 300 have been surrounded by the army in a stand off.


DIARY

See http://tinyurl.com/79wpk2d for other dates & details And please send us dates of budget meeting protests that are currently happening.

Sat 11th Feb
Scottish Rank & File meeting Glasgow @ STUC Woodlands Rd 10am -1pm

Mon 13 February

NSSN Staffordshire "Solidarity with workers in struggle!" 7.30 pm With workers from Unilever, Remploy, PCS & NUT � Sacred Hearts Social Centre corner of Downey St & Regent Rd, Hanley ST1 3BY.

Tue 14 February
London Keep Our NHS Public meeting, Camden Town Hall, WC1 7:00pm Save the DVLA Protest Trafalgar Street Office Brighton 12:30pm

Wed 15th Feb
Sparks National Day of Action
6am - Connoco Phillips in Immingham, Sellafield, Ratcliffe, Grangemouth 5.30pm - protest @ employers' awards - Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London

Southampton Unite & Unison lobby of the Council 1.00 - 2.00 p.m

Thurs 16 Feb
No Cuts! Barking against the Cuts Broadway Theatre 7:30pm

SAT 18th Feb
Health and Safety at Work with London Hazards Centre 13:00 - 17:00 Contact:
[email protected] or a text: 07412 396713. (Spanish with English translation)

Mon 20th Feb
Unisons will be appealing against the High Court ruling over pensions moving from RPI to CPI. 8.30am � 10am Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, WC1

Tue 22 February
Kirklees Save Our Services are organising a lobby of Kirklees Council 4pm

Sat 25 Feb
Protest against Tory Local Government Conference, Leeds

Wed 7 March
Save our NHS National rally and lobby of Parliament. London http://tinyurl.com/7l6rqrq

Wed 28th March
Proposed STRIKE day of action over pension cuts � NUT & PCS

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