Month: December 2017

  • NSSN 370: Seasons Greetings – keep fighting back in 2018!!

    NSSN 370: Seasons Greetings – keep fighting back in 2018!!

    The National Shop Stewards Network sends our greetings and thanks to all our supporters and affiliates in our last weekly bulletin of the year. 2017 was a year of struggle. We’ve seen waves of strike action, too numerous to mention them all. As you will read in this bulletin, this wave continues into the holiday…

  • NSSN 369: Fight together for a FULL pay rise!

    NSSN 369: Fight together for a FULL pay rise!

    Last Tuesday, council workers and school support staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received a 2-year pay offer from the local government employers with the main headline of a 2% rise for each year. The local government unions will now consider this offer, which falls far short of their 5% pay claim. As Unite…

  • 368: Leicester NHS campaigners save children’s heart unit!

    368: Leicester NHS campaigners save children’s heart unit!

      The NSSN welcomes the victory of the Leicester Glenfield campaign, in which our supporters have played a key role:- ‘One of the main campaign organisers Steve Score said, “Celebrations were taking place in Leicester city centre on the 30th November following an outstanding victory for the campaign to save congenital heart surgery at Glenfield Hospital.…