Tag: NIPSA

  • 349: Support strikes, stop union attacks, celebrate victories!

    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…

  • NSSN 296: Support BFAWU Pennine workers

    NSSN 296: Support BFAWU Pennine workers

    ‘Organise to take on the Tories! Link up the strikes!’ – This year’s annual NSSN conference – our 10th – will be on Saturday July 2nd in Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL – 11am-4.30pm details here   Facebook event Confirmed speakers: Steve Gillan POA General Secretary, Matt Wrack FBU General Secretary, Ronnie…

  • 234: ConDems raise minimum wage by 20p! Fight for £10Now April 15 global day of action!

    234: ConDems raise minimum wage by 20p! Fight for £10Now April 15 global day of action!

    NSSN 234: ConDems raise minimum wage by 20p! Fight for £10/hr on April 15 #globalfastfood rights day of action! On April 15th, the National Shop Stewards Network will be taking part in the global day of action for fast-food workers. We are proud to be part of the ‘Fast Food Rights/Hungry for Justice’ campaign of…

  • NSSN 233: Solidarity to Northern Ireland March 13 strike!

    NSSN 233: Solidarity to Northern Ireland March 13 strike!

    This Friday March 13th, tens of thousands of public sector workers will be taking joint strike action in Northern Ireland. NIPSA, Unite, Unison, GMB and teachers’ union INTO will also be on strike. With transport workers on buses and trains also involved, it will have the feel of a 24 hour general strike. The NSSN…

  • 228: National Gallery strike, stop privatisation & union victimisation!

    228: National Gallery strike, stop privatisation & union victimisation!

    From PCS website (3 Feb): Pickets braved the London snow on the first morning of our five-day strike over privatisation at the National Gallery. The well-supported action followed news yesterday that one of our senior reps there, and a member of our team in the talks at Acas, had been suspended by senior managers. In…

  • 227: Northern Ireland workers ballot for joint March 13th strike

    227: Northern Ireland workers ballot for joint March 13th strike

    From the website of the Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance trade union (NIPSA):- Dispute over Pay and/or Staffing Cuts – Industrial Action Ballot (23 January) You will be aware from previous circulars that the NIPSA Civil Service Group Executive Committee recommended that members employed in the NI Civil Service and related NDPBs, including Cross Border…

  • VIDEO: #J10 Public sector strike

    VIDEO: #J10 Public sector strike

    Public sector workers in nine different unions were out on strike in force on 10 July 2014 in a magnificent show of strength to demand an end to the pay freeze. Local government workers in Unison, Unite and GMB; civil servants in the PCS and Nipsa, teachers in the NUT, fire-fighters in the FBU, and…

  • NSSN leaflet for July 10th strikes

    NSSN leaflet for July 10th strikes

    NSSN leaflet for July 10th strikes

  • Video: All strike together & Memorium for Bob Crow

    Video: All strike together & Memorium for Bob Crow

    5 July 2014 saw a packed 8th annual National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) conference, held at Conway Hall in Red Lion Square, London. Opening the conference, this video reviewed the year, including a tribute to Bob Crow, who founded the NSSN eight years ago, and backed its initiatives, showing the wide range of militant struggles…