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NSSN 702: Support striking PCS outsourced workers & reinstate sacked reps
The NSSN headlines this week’s bulletin with the ongoing disputes by outsourced members of the PCS union in government departments. We support their pay claims and agree with the demand that these workers are brought in-house. We also stand in solidarity with sacked PCS reps at HMRC Benton Park View, and support the campaign for…
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NSSN 701: We need a Workers’ Budget – make the rich pay!
The first Budget of the new Labour Government is this Wednesday 30th October. In the run-up to the Budget, Starmer and Reeves have been warning about spending limits. But the NSSN believes that after 14 years of Tory austerity and cost of living squeeze, working-class people need a programme that transforms their lives. And after…
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NSSN 700: March against the far-right this Saturday
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the counter-protest to the far-right Tommy Robinson, called by Stand Up to Racism and supported by the TUC and unions, this coming Saturday 26th October in central London – assemble 11.30am Piccadilly (Regent Street/St James’s). There is a trade union bloc which will form up at the corner…
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NSSN 699: Unions must keep the pressure on for a real Workers’ New Deal
The NSSN headlines this week’s bulletin on the Labour Government’s unveiling of its Employment Rights Bill. We welcome any improvements in workers rights in this bill, which is due to come into effect in 2026. We also welcome the commitment to repeal the most recent Tory anti-union legislation, namely the Minimum Service Levels Act and…
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NSSN 698: Support the Unite Oscar Mayer strike in Wrexham against fire & rehire
The NSSN headlines this week’s bulletin in solidarity with Unite members on strike at Oscar Mayer in Wrexham against fire and rehire. NSSN supporters met up with some of the workers at yesterday’s big protest against the cut to winter fuel allowances outside Parliament. We send them and their union our support and solidarity. We…
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NSSN 697: Join the protests against fuel payment cut
This week, we headline our bulletin with protests against the new Labour Government’s cut to the winter fuel payment, which will affect millions of pensioners, at a time of fuel price hikes. We support the call for nationalisation of the energy and utility companies. Please support the protests, many of which have been called by…
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NSSN 696: RCN nursing staff reject pay offer
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the vote by members of the Royal College of Nurses in England top reject the Government’s pay offer. We send them and their union our support and solidarity. RCN: NHS pay consultation in England – members vote reject (23 Sept) Two-thirds of members who voted said the 5.5%…
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NSSN 695: Stop the jobs slaughter!
NSSN sends solidarity to workers as a number of industrial companies announce mass redundancies and closures or there is concerning speculation about them. Just in the last few weeks, workers who work at or depend for their livelihoods on Tata Steel, British Steel, Grangemouth and Harland & Wolff have all faced the most serious news…
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NSSN 694: NSSN TUC Rally says: make the rich pay NOT workers!
Up to 120 union reps and activists attended the NSSN TUC Congress rally and lobby last Sunday in Brighton. While celebrating the smashing of the Tories in July, the overwhelming message to the new Labour government ahead of their first budget next month, was make the rich pay NOT workers. We gave a platform to…
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NSSN 693: Come to NSSN TUC Congress Rally & Lobby this Sunday in Brighton
Tories Gone! – Fight for Workers Policies – come to the NSSN Rally & Lobby of TUC Congress – Old Ship Hotel Brighton, 1pm Sunday 8th September Speakers confirmed so far: Steve Gillan POA General Secretary, Sarah Woolley BFAWU General Secretary, Ian Lawrence NAPO General Secretary, Daniel Kebede NEU General Secretary, Mick Whelan ASLEF General…
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NSSN 692: Make the rich pay not workers
The NSSN has responded to yesterday’s speech by Labour Prime Minster Sir Keir Starmer, which warned of a “painful” Budget on 30th October. While it is right to point to 14 years of Tory rule, unions must demand that the response must be not to make workers pay the price. Those Tory governments, including when…
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NSSN 691: Keep the pressure on to scrap the Tory anti-union laws
Tories Gone! – Fight for Workers Policies – come to the NSSN Rally & Lobby of TUC Congress – Old Ship Hotel Brighton, 1pm Sunday 8th September Speakers confirmed so far: Steve Gillan POA General Secretary, Sarah Woolley BFAWU General Secretary, Ian Lawrence NAPO General Secretary, Marion Lloyd PCS NEC (personal capacity), Suzanne Muna SHAC…
