Tag: Birmingham
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NSSN 728: Support the summer strikes!
As we enter the summer months, strikes are hotting up as workers face down increasing cuts and bosses’ attacks, including the longstanding bin disputes by Unite members in Birmingham and Sheffield, facing brutal strike-breaking measures. In the case of Birmingham, shamefully by a Labour council. Across the public sector, unions are consulting on pay offers…
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NSSN 726: Birmingham Bin Strike Mega Picket closes depot
The NSSN supported last Friday’s Mega Picket at Lifford Lane Bin Depot, called by Strike Map in solidarity with the indefinite Unite Birmingham bin strike. There was a tremendous turnout, bringing together striking binworkers supported by trade unionists both locally and from across the country. Very quickly, the Labour council closed the depot as hundreds…
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NSSN 725: Mega Picket to support Unite Birmingham Bin Strike & UCU Funding demo
This week’s NSSN bulletin headlines with two events this week that the NSSN is supporting. On Friday, Strike Map has called a Mega Picket to support the longstanding Unite strike by the Birmingham binworkers against the brutal attack on the pay and terms & conditions by the Labour council. On Saturday, education union UCU has…
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NSSN 724: Support workers’ action on May Day
The NSSN sends solidarity greetings as unions and their members celebrate Workers Day this Thursday May 1st and over the coming weekend. There will be May Day demonstrations, meetings and events taking place. Some of them can be found on social media via #MayDay #MayDay2025 #MayDay25. Also, there are many strikes happening, which we advertise…
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NSSN 723: Come to NSSN Birmingham People’s Budget Meeting this Saturday, support the bin strike & #IWMD2025
Support the striking Birmingham bin workers! How Can Council Cuts Be Ended? Conference – hosted by NSSN – to debate a needs budget for Birmingham 12pm, Saturday 26th April – Comfort Inn, Station Street, Birmingham B5 4DY Speakers include: Steeven Bissett striking Unite binworkers, Onay Kasab Unite Lead Officer, Dave Nellist former socialist MP, Rob Williams…
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NSSN 722: Support the striking Birmingham bin workers!
The NSSN sends our full support and solidarity to the Birmingham bin workers and their union Unite. They have taken heroic action against the vicious attack by the Labour council on their terms and conditions. The proposed de-grading would result in workers facing pay cuts of up to £8,000 – at a time of brutal…
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NSSN 720: Stand with the striking Birmingham bin workers
As this NSSN bulletin is being posted, bin workers in Birmingham and their union Unite are under attack from their employer. Disgracefully, the Labour council is giving notice to use strike-breaking measures against workers who are fighting massive pay cuts. All this is on the watch of Starmer’s Labour government. Workers expect better after facing…
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553: GKN workers all out strike to save Birmingham plant
The NSSN sends our solidarity to the workers at the GKN Drivelines factory in Erdington Birmingham, who start all out indefinite strike action next Monday to save the plant. Send messages of support and donations to the strike hardship fund to the Unite convenor Frank Duffy [email protected]. The NSSN argues that in order to save…
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437: Breakthrough for Birmingham Homecare workers – save Honda
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with what appears to be a major success for the Birmingham Home care workers in Unison. We hope that this can be confirmed and consolidated. We also report on the catastrophic news that senior Honda management have announced that they intend going ahead with the closure. We have been…
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NSSN 429: PCS launches national pay strike ballot
We headline this week’s bulletin with PCS’s national industrial action ballot on pay, which opened yesterday. PCS is one of our longstanding affiliated unions and we give them and their members our full support and solidarity. The NSSN vice-chair Katrine Williams is a member of the PCS NEC:- “To challenge the Government’s pay restraint it…
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428: NSSN Birmingham Rally to build solidarity for strikes
Tonight March 12th, the NSSN is hosting a public solidarity meeting with striking Birmingham Unite binworkers and Mandy Buckley Unison Convenor for homecare workers as well as PCS Universal Credit strikers from Wolverhampton and Walsall at 6.30pm in the Birmingham Midland Institute – 9 Margaret St B3 3BS. Speakers include striking workers from all…
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NSSN 424: Birmingham binworkers get ready to strike again
The NSSN sends solidarity to the binworkers who were on strike in 2017 and are being forced to take action again. From the Unite website:- Birmingham bins dispute escalates as council ignores deadline for peace deal (4 Feb) Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has announced that over 300 refuse workers employed by Birmingham…
