Tag: Freeports

  • 545: United action against the Tories on public sector pay

    545: United action against the Tories on public sector pay

    Public sector workers, headed by those in the NHS and education, are rightly furious after the Tories finally made their pay announcements. The 3% to be awarded to NHS staff, who have been on the front line risking their lives during Covid, is nowhere near what has been lost over the last decade. That’s why…

  • 544: NSSN meeting – Stop Freeports Race to the Bottom

    544: NSSN meeting – Stop Freeports Race to the Bottom

    NSSN 544: NSSN meeting – Stop the Freeports Race to the Bottom – 7.30pm Wednesday 21 July Facebook event The Tories have announced their plan for 8 new Freeports, allegedly to boost jobs. But correctly unions have flagged up the dangers of bosses using them to attack trade union agreements that protect workers’ pay, terms…

  • NSSN 543: Support the Bexley Bin Strike

    NSSN 543: Support the Bexley Bin Strike

    The NSSN headlines this week’s bulletin with the strike by refuse workers in Bexley Council. This is the third Unite dispute with outsourcing company Serco in the last few weeks, along with traffic wardens in Ealing as well as catering workers at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, who are closing in on successful resolution.…