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NSSN 405: POA members take action over prison safety

September 19, 2018 in Bulletins

The National Shop Stewards Network sends solidarity to the POA union whose members took part in protests outside prisons last Friday over the massive safety concerns that the union has for their members and other staff and inmates as a result of Tory cuts. The POA have disgracefully had their democratic right to take industrial action taken from them. The NSSN is proud that they have been a longstanding affiliate of ours and we call on the whole trade union movement to stand with them. The action has forced the Government to enter talks with the union. POA General […]

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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 […]

Tags: ballot, CWU, forum, pensions, rmt, safety, solid, solidarity, south west, Strike, strike ballot, threshold
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Unofficial walkout at Runcorn beats management

February 18, 2014 in News, Strikes

Report filed from a Runcorn TPS worker There was an unofficial walkout by construction workers at Runcorn thermal power station on Thursday in another dispute over safety issues on the site. During the storms on Wednesday a section of cladding from a flue stack blew off on the neighbouring Inios Chlor plant and the site was evacuated. On return to work on Thursday some workers refused to go onto the site due to concerns over site safety despite assurances from the Keppel Segers (K.S.), the company in overall charge on the site, that the site was safe for work. A […]

Tags: Construction, Construction industry, GMB, health & safety, Health and Safety, safety, Strike, Unite, unofficial action, Wildcat strike
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