Category: Press Releases

  • PRESS RELEASE – Union members to lobby TUC to name the date for a general strike

    PRESS RELEASE – Union members to lobby TUC to name the date for a general strike

    A union rank and file organisation will be lobbying the TUC General Council on April 24th for the TUC to name the date for a 24 hour general strike against the ConDem austerity offensive. As the Financial Times reports today (‘Unions split over call for 24 hour general strike’ – April 3rd), the leaders of…

  • Solidarity with PCS striking on Budget day!

    Solidarity with PCS striking on Budget day!

    As the CONDEM government look to further shift wealth to the rich and leave more and more of us literally gasping for breath as we try to make ends meet, we are proud to express our support and solidarity with the PCS members who will be taking strike action tomorrow over pay, pensions and terms and conditions.…

  • TUC Name the day for a General strike – Lobby 24th April

    TUC Name the day for a General strike – Lobby 24th April

    NSSN to lobby TUC General Council on Wednesday April 24th – from 8.30am outside TUC Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) has called a lobby of the TUC General Council on April 24th. The NSSN has been campaigning for the maximum co-ordinated strike action to stop the cuts.…

  • Reply to ‘The British have no fight in them anymore’

    Reply to ‘The British have no fight in them anymore’

    Dear editor Nick Cohen (“The British have no fight in them any more” – 9/12/12) would have us believe that the resistance of working people is next to non-existent in the face of the  ConDem austerity offensive. Nick hasn’t been the first with this pessimistic view. In November 2010, on the eve of George Osborne’s…

  • Crossrail ‘blacklist​ing’ probe called fo​r by Unite – press r​elease​

    Crossrail ‘blacklist​ing’ probe called fo​r by Unite – press r​elease​

    We thought it was worth putting this out in full given the sacking of Frank Morris and others over H&S concerns which NSSN and others have supported. From UNITE: Crossrail ‘blacklisting’ probe called for by Unite   Claims that Crossrail contractors have met with an organisation dedicated to compiling blacklists of construction workers needs to be…

  • Stratford Academy: Teachers suspend further strike action

    Stratford Academy: Teachers suspend further strike action

    STRATFORD ACADEMY CONCERNED PARENTS PRESS RELEASE  TEACHERS SUSPEND FURTHER STRIKE ACTION   After nine days of strikes, teachers at Stratford Academy, Newham, have suspended further strike action. Following talks facilitated by ACAS, on Tuesday 27 November, the NUT and NASUWT teachers’ unions and Stratford Academy management agreed a joint press release: “Following constructive talks facilitated…

  • NSSN to lobby TUC General Council on December 11th

    NSSN to lobby TUC General Council on December 11th

    The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) is organising a lobby of the TUC General Council when it meets on December 11th. It will assemble from 9.30am at Congress House in Great Russell Street. NSSN national chair Rob Williams said, “Up to a thousand union activists came to our lobby of the TUC conference in Brighton…