Tag: Midlands NSSN

  • 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…

  • NSSN 542: Strike victories show fighting unions vital

    NSSN 542: Strike victories show fighting unions vital

    The NSSN sends our solidarity and congratulations to members of Unite and NEU after their members won important victories after both sets of workers took week-long strike action. This shows again that organised fighting unions are the most important protection workers can have to defend their livelihoods and keep themselves and their families safe. This…

  • NSSN 473: Support the strike wave!

    NSSN 473: Support the strike wave!

      In the last fortnight, the NSSN has held two impressive rallies in Coventry and London to ‘Fight the new Tory anti-union laws! Support the strikes’. In both meetings, we have given a platform to workers and union reps currently taking action. It is clear from the number who have spoken that there is a…

  • 358: Tory Party demo, Black History Month & NSSN Solidarity Forum

    358: Tory Party demo, Black History Month & NSSN Solidarity Forum

      In this week’s NSSN bulletin, we headline some major events for your diary. On Sunday, thousands of trade unionists and anti-cuts activists will be heading to Manchester for the People’s Assembly demonstration outside the Tory Party Conference. We also have an article about Black History Month starting on October 1st in its 30th year,…

  • “Capitalism is killing our people”

    “Capitalism is killing our people”

    A report of the 2012 Midlands NSSN Conference by Dave Gorton (UNITE) Craig Johnston from the RMT got the Midlands NSSN Conference off to a resounding start with the cry “never mind where the money’s coming from; where’s the money gone?” Transport workers were not going to take the blame for the capitalist crisis they…