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361: Support the CWU & come to NSSN Solidarity Forum

October 18, 2017 in Bulletins

In last week’s NSSN bulletin, we headlined the strike that was due to take place from tomorrow by CWU members in Royal Mail. Disgracefully, a High Court judge has granted an injunction to management, forcing the union to postpone the strike for seven weeks to take part in external moderation. This is despite the CWU smashing the undemocratic voting thresholds in the new Tory Trade Union Act – the first national test of this anti-union law. This ruling has exposed the true meaning of the Tory’s intentions – to attempt to block the right of workers to take industrial […]

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NSSN 359 Postal workers’ Yes vote, rail, and tube action, NSSN solidarity forum

October 3, 2017 in Bulletins

The full version of this week’s NSSN e-bulletin no.359 can be viewed here -this week’s highlights include news, protests, solidarity campaigns against victimisation, strikes and industrial action ballots involving BFAWU, Unite, RMT, ASLEF, PCS, Unison, GMB, CWU, NUJ, BECTU, FBU, BALPA, NEU, NIPSA, UVW and IWGB as well as international reports plus much more CWU – Record ‘yes’ vote and threshold-smashing turnout With a resounding 89% yes vote on a 74% turnout, postal workers have sent a message to Royal Mail that they are no longer prepared to take attacks on pensions, pay, working hours and job security. As […]