06 January The NSSN
will now be publishing it's weekly bulletin online. The bulletin can be a
useful tool for activists and supporters of the Network to keep in touch
with events across the country and internationally.
Stop the pension sell-out!
The next 7 days
are vital to stop a sell-out in the public sector pension struggle.
Unison and the GMB have signed the government's Heads of Agreement,
which will kick the dispute into the long grass and waste the incredible
head of steam created by the 2 million strong N30 strike. But if we can
build pressure on these unions and the TUC (see lobbies below) we can
stop this retreat.
As part of this
many union activists are coming to the conference organised by PCS Left
Unity this Saturday and which is open to ALL members of ALL unions in
the public and private sectors. If you're opposed to a sell-out, please
come along and try and bring your fellow union members and workmates. We
have to act now! The pressure can work - Unite's health national
industrial sector committee has now rejected the deal!
Bring your union & anti
cuts banners!!
PCS Left Unity National Committee
DEFEND PENSIONS - ESCALATE ACTION
NAME DAY FOR NATIONAL STRIKE
Organising Conference Saturday: Friends Meeting House,
Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ
(opp. Euston Station) 7th January 2012 11am – 4pm
Chair: Janice Godrich PCS President
Speakers: Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary
John McDonnell MP
Kevin Courtney DGS NUT (personal capacity)
Padraig Mulholland
vice-president NIPSA (personal capacity)
Roger Bannister UNISON NEC (personal capacity)
Mark Campbell UCU NEC (personal capacity)
Zita Holbourne BARAC
Kevin Donnelly Unite United Left
The PCS Left Unity National Committee invites all activists from all
unions to an organising conference on the 7th of January to debate how
we can build the campaign to defend our pensions and fight the cuts and
prevent any unacceptable “deal” that makes us work longer, pay more and
get less.
This will be an organising conference, not just a debating forum. It is
intended to arm activists with the issues so they can go back to their
workplaces and into their unions in order to build a campaign that will
secure justice on pensions.
To cover costs there will be a registration fee of £5 for waged
delegates.
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Diary
/ Updates
Public sector
pension dispute
Jan 10th -
pension lobby of Unison Health & Local Govt Service Group Executives
in Unison national office on Euston Rd, London, 12pm.
Jan 12th - pension lobby of TUC General Council, Congress House,
Gt Russell St,
London, 12pm
Construction
workers
Jan 11th
- Construction electricians protests confirmed so far (please send in
details for others to put up on NSSN website)
7am-11am Manchester town hall
6.45am -
Blackfriars train station, London
Jan
14th - National
Unite Rank & File Meeting - 'Defend JIB / stop Blue Book pay freeze' -
1pm-4pm, Carrs Lane Church Centre, Carrs Lane, Birmingham
B4 7SX
Workers at Stagecoach in South Yorkshire have now taken 7 days of
industrial action. The company are using scabs to keep services running
but they have now agreed to talks later this week.
Please send messages of support and ask your branches to donate to the
strike fund.
Messages of support should be sent to Barnsley Unite Branch Secretary
Tony Rushforth, a-rushforth@sky.com. Cheques should be made payable to
Barnsley Unite and sent to Tony at 45 Tune Street, Wombwell, Barnsley
S73 8PX
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NSSN Meetings in your area
North-West
National Shop Stewards Network meetings to discuss pensions
dispute/sell-out! -
Manchester/Greater Manchester: Thurs 12 Jan, 7pm, Subway butty shop
(meeting
room at back), 49 Peter Street, M2 3NG
Liverpool/Merseyside: Weds 11 Jan, 7.30pm, Casa main hall, 29 Hope St.,
Liverpool L1 9BQ
Preston/Lancashire: Weds 11 Jan, 7.30pm, Stanley Arms function room,
Lancaster
Road, Preston city centre
FAIR PENSIONS FOR ALL - STOP THE CUTS - NO PRIVATISATION
