Tag: Ireland

  • NSSN 446: Support NIPSA civil servants’ July 26 pay strike

    NSSN 446: Support NIPSA civil servants’ July 26 pay strike

    This week, the NSSN headline our bulletin with the impending civil service strike by the biggest union in Northern Ireland NIPSA (Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance). You can follow news about the action on the union’s website This statement is from Carmel Gates –  NIPSA Deputy General Secretary:- “Up to 20,000 civil servants across Northern Ireland…

  • NSSN 423: Support the Ireland Nurses and Midwives strike!

    NSSN 423: Support the Ireland Nurses and Midwives strike!

      Nearly 40,000 health workers in Ireland are due to start strike action tomorrow against wage restraint. The National Shop Stewards Network gives our full support and solidarity to Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) and its members. “Ireland’s nurses and midwives will go on strike for 24 hours on January 30th, it was announced.…

  • 422: Glasgow women workers step closer to equal pay victory!

    Last October, thousands of Glasgow council workers sent on a 48-hour strike to demand equal pay. We are delighted to report that a potentially decisive step has been reached in talks with the employer:- GLASGOW EQUAL PAY UPDATE from Unison Glasgow City Branch:- Earlier this week the claimants’ campaign gave Glasgow City Council a revised…

  • NSSN 421: Support the striking Durham bus drivers!

    NSSN 421: Support the striking Durham bus drivers!

    From Unite website:- Unite in talks on Durham bus pay dispute, as new strike dates announced (11 Jan) – Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, is to hold talks with Arriva Durham County Ltd on Thursday (17 January) in a bid to resolve the long-running pay dispute. But at the same time, the union announced…

  • 363: Support Transport Strikes, Picturehouse workers & Mixed Fleet

    363: Support Transport Strikes, Picturehouse workers & Mixed Fleet

    This week’s bulletin headlines with some key disputes on the trains and buses in the UK and Ireland. Next week, RMT members will be on strike in five rail companies against Driver Only Operation (DOO). For the 3rd time, Southern Rail management have put a divisive offer to train drivers. We call on ASLEF members to…

  • NSSN 329: Rail unions unity needed to stop DOO at Southern Rail

    NSSN 329: Rail unions unity needed to stop DOO at Southern Rail

      The NSSN salutes members of ASLEF who voted to reject Southern Rail’s offer to end their dispute. We call on the union to join with the RMT, who disgracefully were excluded from talks brokered by the TUC, to plan co-ordinated action to stop management’s Driver Only Operation (DOO) plans. The starting point for this…

  • NSSN 328: Support BA Mixed Fleet strike!

    NSSN 328: Support BA Mixed Fleet strike!

      Low-paid British Airways cabin crew in Unite the Union are due to strike this week from Friday to Monday for another 4 days on top of the 11 days of action they have already taken this year. But instead of negotiating, BA have been trying to intimidate workers on £12,000 a year through removing…

  • NSSN 313: Support NUJ Newsquest South London strike & Unite Crossrail campaign

    NSSN 313: Support NUJ Newsquest South London strike & Unite Crossrail campaign

    Support NUJ Newsquest South London strike NUJ members working for Newsquest in South London are out on strike again this week after voting to extend their strike by another 5 days. It is over a newsroom restructure that will result in 12 reporters covering news, sport and leisure across 11 newspapers and eight websites under a…