Month: October 2014
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NSSN 216: FBU escalate pension strikes
Firefighters in the FBU union are due to strike for four days over pension cuts. The strike marks a big escalation in the dispute, as up until now the walkouts – since September 2013 – have lasted between two and 24 hours. This is from Salford FBU rep Paul Davies. “We’re very, very angry and…
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FBU strike solidarity & financial appeal
Stop the government attacks on firefighters FBU appeal for solidarity Dear sisters and brothers, Members of the Fire Brigades Union are requesting your solidarity as our pensions campaign takes a new turn. The FBU Executive Council has called a four-day strike in England starting on Friday 31 October at 18:00 and continuing until…
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NSSN 215: TUC Demo video/Support St Mungos strikers
See NSSN video taken on Saturday’s TUC ‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ demonstration’ St Mungo’s strike by Unite members Two hundred striking homelessness workers gathered outside St Mungo’s Broadway head office on the first day of a seven day strike. The strike follows imposed changes by a new management team at the charity. Spirits were…
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NSSN 214: Keep Striking Together for a Pay Rise!
Reject the local government pay proposal Name the date for the next joint pay strike This coming Saturday’s TUC demonstration is an important next step in the struggle to break the ConDems pay freeze. It comes at the end of a week when over half a million health workers and civil servants have been on…
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St. Mungo’s strike & Appeal
Unite members at the homelessness charity St Mungos Broadway will strike for an initial seven days from Friday 17th October. A new executive, installed following a recent merger, has imposed changes to staff terms with what they call “retrospective consultation”. They have announced their intention to stop negotiating with Unite on pay while the new…
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213: National Solidarity Day Oct 10 for Care UK striking workers
This Friday October 10, workers at Care UK in Doncaster will be taking their 81st day of strike action, reportedly a record in the care sector. The NSSN are supporting their call to make Friday a national day of solidarity. We call on all NSSN supporters, trade unionists and socialists to organise pickets and protests…
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NSSN 212: Reject local govt pay proposal – keep the strike on
It appears that the local government employers have made a set of new proposals in the pay dispute to the unions – Unison, Unite and the GMB. It should be noted that any improvement is a result of the threatened strike on 14th October which is part of a three-day rolling action that also covers…
