Month: August 2013
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Future Directions staff take 19th day of strike action
Over 150 care-workers on strike at Future Directions in Rochdale marched through the town centre yesterday to mark their 19th day of strike action. Care-workers are suffering pay cuts of £500 per month, while their terms & conditions of employment are being ripped up. Over 100 tribunal cases have been submitted by their union, Unison.…
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Lobby the TUC Congress on Sunday September 8th
All out Together in November! Join us, One Housing Group strikers, the Blacklist Support Group speaker Dave Smith, Reps from the TUJCC and others on Sunday 8th Sep to Lobby the TUC conference in Bournemouth “Name the date for a 24 hour general strike! ‘All out together in November!’ There will be a NSSN rally at…
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NSSN e-bulletin 157 – One Housing workers to strike again…& join the NSSN lobby of the TUC!
NSSN e-bulletin 157 – One Housing workers to strike again…& join the NSSN lobby of the TUC on Sept 8! Unite LE1111 housing workers at One Housing Group will strike for five days starting the 5th of September. Following a four year Pay freeze, One Housing Group management have decided to slash front line worker’s…
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Hovis workers anger rises over Zero hours contracts
Hundreds of bakers at the Hovis bakery in Wigan are on strike for seven days against zero-hour contracts and casualisation. They are demanding the company negotiate seriously, instead of ignoring existing agreements and imposing huge attacks on pay and conditions. Members of the Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union walked out today at 6pm and…
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NSSN e-bulletin 156 – Mass action can defeat Hunt’s NHS cuts!
In Lewisham in south London, triumphant health campaigners’ posters announce: “We’ve won! Justice for Lewisham Hospital.” Local people are celebrating a famous victory. This January health secretary Hunt tried to downgrade Lewisham hospital’s accident and emergency departments and its high risk obstetric department. On 31 July a high court judge ruled that Hunt did not…
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Bulletin 155 – Stop ambulance cuts & Defend Union Rights!
NSSN e-bulletin 155 – “We will not be silenced!’ Stop ambulance cuts in Yorkshire and defend union rights! Request for support: “The campaign against cuts to patient safety via the use of unqualified staff and the de-recognition of Unite the Union at Yorkshire Ambulance Service continues. All Trades Councils have been written to requesting urgent action by…
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VIDEO: 7th Annual NSSN Conference
The National Shop Stewards Network’s 7th annual conference successfully brought together key activists, trade unionists and campaigners from struggles across the UK in a packed hall at the Camden Centre. Among the many topics for discussion and debate was the task of ending the ‘pause’ in struggle at the top of the trade movement and…
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‘Boris Bike’ workers on strike
RMT members working for Serco, who operate the London bicycle scheme today started a 48-hour strike. The action is against the imposition of a 2% pay increase, which is nearly 1% less than RPI inflation, meaning that it is in reality a pay cut when the salaries of Serco directors has increased by over 60%…
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Support Bridgewater Royal Mail Strikes
Circular sent by CWU branch chair Dave Chappel Bridgwater Royal Mail dispute: thank you from 110 strikers for your financial support and picket-line solidarity! Our next four days of strike action are this Saturday August 10th, Monday August 12th, Saturday August 17th, Monday August 19th: please continue your support! 110 members at Bridgwater Delivery Office…
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New blacklisting video from Reel News
Taken from the Reel News Website There has been huge strides for the campaign against the illegal blacklisting of trade unionists over the past 18 months; the sparks victory in the BESNA dispute, the Scottish affairs select committee report, the high court conspiracy trial coming up against Sir Robert McAlpine, numerous tribunals and actions in…
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EBulletin 154- Zero tolerance for zero-hour contracts!!
NSSN e-bulletin 154 – Zero tolerance for zero-hour contracts!! Zero-hour contracts have hit the headlines over the last week, with 24,000 (80%) of JD Wetherspoons staff and 20,000 (90%) of Sports Direct all on such contracts. Even Buckingham Palace and the Coalition Government use them! Zero-hour contracts offer no guarantee of hours or pay, and…
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Solidarity with striking Dublin Bus workers
Reprinted from the Irish Socialist Party website Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins and MEP Paul Murphy support the strike action being taken by SIPTU, NBRU and TSSA Dublin Bus workers. Respond to the imposition of cuts in pay premia and conditions by Dublin Bus management on the workers Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy said: “The…
