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NSSN 425: Victories show action works!

February 18, 2019 in Bulletins

This week, we headline our bulletin with news of recent successes after long running disputes – by women workers in Glasgow fighting for equal pay and the RMT fighting Driver Only Operation on Northern Rail. We send our solidarity and hope that both will be finally settled acceptably to both sets of workers and their unions Unison & GMB ‘We won’ – Glasgow women celebrate equal pay (7 Feb) – City Chambers rally greets council’s ratification of £548m deal to compensate for years of unequal pay. “We won!” was the cry as underpaid women workers held a celebratory rally […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, BFAWU, blacklist, cleaners, CWU, Equal pay, Fast Food Rights, fbu, general strike, housing, Miners, napo, nhs, no cuts, Northern Rail, nssn, NUT, rmt, Scotland, terms and conditions, Yorkshire
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NSSN 409: RMT steps up action on the trains and tube

October 16, 2018 in Bulletins

This week we headline with escalating action by RMT members in disputes against Driver Only Operation on Northern Rail and South Western Railway as well as on the Piccadilly Line on London Underground. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the RMT, who initiated the NSSN in 2006 under the then General Secretary the late great Bob Crow. Piccadilly Line tube drivers to strike again in long-running dispute over breakdown in industrial relations (15 Oct) – TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that driver members on the Piccadilly Line will strike again next month in a long-running dispute over the […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, BFAWU, bob crow, cleaners, DOO, Fast Food Rights, fbu, Guards, housing, John McDonnell MP, Miners, NEU, no cuts, Northern Rail, nssn, Pay, pcs, Piccadilly Line, rmt, Scotland, South Western Railway, Strike, terms and conditions, Yorkshire
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363: Support Transport Strikes, Picturehouse workers & Mixed Fleet

November 1, 2017 in Bulletins

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 again reject this offer and open the way to joint action with the RMT, who have now called strikes against DOO in five train operators. Busworkers in the North West have started series of 24 hour strikes and the planned action at Arriva North West […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, Arriva Trains North, austerity, BECTU, BFAWU, bob crow, British Airways, cinemas, cleaners, CWU, Derek Robinson, DOO, Fujitsu, Greater Anglia, Health Campaigns Together, Iarnród Eritrean, Ireland, Irish Rail, Island Line, John McDonnell MP, Merseyrail, Miners, Mixed Fleet, napo, NEU, nhs, Northern Rail, nssn, NUT, pcs, pensions, Picturehouse, rmt, Royal Mail, South Western Railways, Southern Rail, terms and conditions, tupe, Unite, Yorkshire
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362: PCS strikes against DWP closures & RMT DOO strikes

October 26, 2017 in Bulletins

In this week’s bulletin, we headline with the continued action by PCS members against office closures in the Department for Work and Pensions. Also, for the 3rd time, Southern Rail management have put a divisive offer to train drivers in the dispute against Driver Only Operation (DOO). We call on ASLEF members to again reject this offer and open the way to joint action with the RMT, who have now called strikes against DOO in five train operators. PCS Now PCS members at Plymouth Old Tree Court benefit centre have voted to strike on 6 November in protest at the plans […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Arriva Trains North, aslef, austerity, Birmingham, blacklist, bob crow, bullying, cleaners, CWU, DOO, DWP, fbu, general strike, housing, Irish Rail, jobcentre, John McDonnell MP, lobby, Merseyrail, Miners, napo, nhs, no cuts, Northern Rail, nssn, NSSN Solidarity Forum, NUT, Pay, pcs, pensions, Plymouth, poa, Postal, rmt, Royal Mail, Scotland, Sheffield, Sheffield Eastern Avenue, South Western Railways and Island Line, Southern Rail, Strike, terms and conditions, TUC, tupe, UCU, Unite, Yorkshire
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NSSN 339: Support Jeremy Corbyn’s “Workers’ Charter”

May 3, 2017 in Bulletins

Workers will welcome Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell’s 20-point “workers’ charter” to fix the “rigged economy” in work. If it is enthusiastically campaigned for by taking it into workplaces, alongside policies such as re-nationalisation of the railways and Royal Mail, it could really inspire workers to vote to put Jeremy into government and ditch the Tories. Restoring, defending and strengthening trade union rights as the most effective way to fight for more secure employment and better wages is a major theme of the programme. The commitment to repeal the Trade Union Act would be a major step forward although it […]

Tags: 24 General strike, Affiliate, Appeal, Arriva Traincare, austerity, BFAWU, blacklist, BMW, bob crow, bullying, cleaners, CWU, DOO, EIS, Fast Food Rights, fbu, General Election, general strike, GMB, housing, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, labour, lobby, London Bridge Three, NASUWT, Northern Rail, nssn, pcs, pensions, poa, rmt, Royal Mail, Scotland, terms and conditions, Trade Union Act, TUC, Workers' Charter, zero hour contracts
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