Tag: USDAW

  • NSSN 575: Stop union victimisation – support Coventry bin strike

    NSSN 575: Stop union victimisation – support Coventry bin strike

    We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the Unite strike by binworkers in Coventry. The Labour council has disgracefully targeted Pete Randle, one of the senior shop stewards. We call on all our supporters to support Pete and his striking members Unite solidarity rally – 11am Saturday 26th March at Broadgate Square, Coventry City Centre…

  • NSSN 562: Support the RMT Night Tube strike

    NSSN 562: Support the RMT Night Tube strike

    We headline this week’s bulletin with the strike called by the RMT on London Underground from this Friday 26th November. Please support the action To make donations to the hardship fund – account details: account name – Terence O’Neill; sort code: 60-83-71 account number: 89481380 or send cheques to RMT, Unity House, 39 Chalton St,…

  • NSSN 539: Sparks defeat de-skilling!! #No2ESO

    NSSN 539: Sparks defeat de-skilling!! #No2ESO

    Come to NSSN Conference 2021 – 11am Sunday 20 June Come to this year’s annual conference of the National Shop Stewards Network, which this year will be online on Zoom. Take part in the discussion with other trade union reps, activists and members. This will include how we keep our workplaces safe and how we…

  • 499: Come to Online NSSN TUC Rally 1pm Sunday Sept 13

    499: Come to Online NSSN TUC Rally 1pm Sunday Sept 13

    NSSN TUC Rally – 1pm Sunday September 13th Facebook event The National Shop Stewards Network is holding its annual rally at the time of the TUC Congress, which because of the COVID-19 pandemic has been truncated. This year’s NSSN event will be virtual but it has never been more important given the threat to workers’…

  • NSSN 456: Support the postal workers after massive strike vote!

    NSSN 456: Support the postal workers after massive strike vote!

    The NSSN sends our full support and solidarity to the CWU after the national strike ballot resulted in a resounding 97% YES vote for action in Royal Mail on a 76% turnout. They showed that the undemocratic voting thresholds in the Tory anti-union laws can be smashed, given a fighting and campaigning lead. We call…

  • 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 445: NSSN Conference shows the mood for struggle

    NSSN 445: NSSN Conference shows the mood for struggle

    Hundreds of union reps and members attended the 2019 National Shop Stewards Network last Saturday in London to discuss defending jobs, fighting for a pay rise and stopping the cuts. Throughout the day, in the main sessions and workshops, the increasing number of strikes and disputes were reported, in many cases by strikers themselves. Many…

  • 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 390: Support the USDAW Dagenham Tesco strike

    NSSN 390: Support the USDAW Dagenham Tesco strike

    You can receive this bulletin via email or you can choose to unsubscribe and stop receiving them. Like everyone else, the NSSN has to adhere to new data protection regulations. Therefore you must click here to subscribe/unsubscribe   NSSN 390: Support the USDAW Dagenham Tesco strike Workers at Tesco Dagenham distribution site are striking over…

  • NSSN 384: Support the indefinite Bromley library strike

    NSSN 384: Support the indefinite Bromley library strike

      Staff at all 14 of Bromley’s libraries in Unite started an indefinite strike on Wednesday 28 March over a ‘paltry and insulting’ pay offer. The strike by the 36 workers comes after the breakdown of pay talks between Unite and Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL), which runs the library service on behalf of Bromley council.…

  • 353: Birmingham binworkers win–Support Sep4 #McStrike

    353: Birmingham binworkers win–Support Sep4 #McStrike

    NSSN TUC Congress Rally in Brighton: ‘Fight together to scrap the 1% pay cap and get the Tories out!’ – 1pm Sunday September 10th in the Arundel Suite in the Holiday Inn, 137 King’s Rd BN1 2JF. Confirmed speakers: Len McCluskey Unite General Secretary, Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary, Steve Gillan POA General Secretary, Ronnie…

  • 321: NSSN proud to give full support to Xmas strikes

    321: NSSN proud to give full support to Xmas strikes

    In preparation for the strikes this week, the NSSN has been attacked by the media from the BBC to the Sunday Times and Daily Mail. We stand accused of calling for co-ordinated strike action and for the Tory government to be brought down. We have nothing to apologise for. The NSSN has a proud record…