Tag: Amazon
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NSSN 687: Amazon workers & GMB defiant in fight for union recognition
The NSSN stands in solidarity with the GMB and its members at Amazon, after coming an incredible 28 votes short in the ballot of 2,600 workers at the company’s Coventry site for union recognition. We have no doubt that this is a false victory for Amazon. The determined strike action that workers have taken in…
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NSSN 676: Fight for workers’ safety on #IWMD2024 & Coventry Amazon union recognition vote
The NSSN sends solidarity greetings ahead of International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) on 28th April, as workers and their unions mark the struggle for safe workplaces and remember all those who have been injured or killed at work. To help find IWMD events in your area go to the TUC website and follow these hashtags…
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NSSN 672: Amazon workers escalate strikes
Date for your diaries!! 2024 NSSN Conference – Saturday 22nd June, 11am-4.30pm, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL Facebook event The NSSN stands in solidarity with the GMB union and their members at Amazon who are escalating their action from today. GMB: Amazon workers announce new strike dates (12 Mar) –…
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NSSN 656: Support the GMB Coventry Amazon Black Friday strike
The NSSN sends our support and solidarity to Amazon workers taking further strike action this coming Friday. The workers at the Coventry warehouse in the GMB union have been an inspiration to the whole trade union movement, and a beacon to all those in this sector who are not yet organised in a union. Get…
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NSSN 629: Amazon workers step up the fight on pay
From the GMB website: Amazon strikes escalate with six more dates at Coventry and ballots at five new sites (31 Mar) – GMB strikes at Amazon are set to escalate as members in Coventry announced six further days of walk outs as the union today [31 March] begins ballots at five new sites. More than…
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NSSN 598: Support the CWU strikes
The NSSN headlines this week’s bulletin with the series of strikes called by the CWU in Royal Mail, BT and the Post office. We send our full support and solidarity to the union and its members. We support the call of the CWU for Royal Mail and BT to be re-nationalised. Follow the latest news…
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NSSN 596: Support the Amazon sit-in strikes!
NSSN sends our solidarity to workers at Amazon sites across the country who have been taking action over the last few days against the insulting pay offer. Our supporters have taken our support to Amazon warehouses. This is yet another stage of the growing strike wave, bringing into the struggle new layers of workers. It…
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349: Support strikes, stop union attacks, celebrate victories!
NSSN 349: Support the strikes, stop the union attacks, celebrate the victories! This week’s NSSN bulletin opens with some long-running disputes by Unite, PCS and RMT members. We also include another attack on the POA and a fight in Northern Ireland against an attack on NIPSA, including two of its prominent members. We appeal for…
