Tag: RCN
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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 632: Support May Day weekend #Megastrike
The next week is always of supreme importance to the workers’ movement. On Friday 28th April, all those who have been killed, maimed or injured at work will be commemorated on International Workers Memorial Day (see TUC website for events). May 1st is May Day – the Workers’ Day, where the collective fight of workers…
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NSSN 631: Nurses reject pay offer – RCN calls strikes
(From RCN website) RCN members vote to reject NHS pay offer for nursing staff in England (14 Apr) – We’re seeking an urgent re-opening of pay talks with the UK government and planning a new 48-hour strike from 8pm on 30 April without derogations. The results of the RCN’s consultation on the revised NHS pay…
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NSSN 621: Support the biggest strike in NHS history
Last Wednesday February 1st was a massive step up in the strike wave, as 500,000 workers in 5 unions – NEU, PCS, UCU, ASLEF and RMT – walked out together. There were impressive rallies and demonstrations in many towns and cities in support of the action as well as to protest against the new planned…
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NSSN 619: 500,000 workers out on February 1st #StrikeTogether
The strike wave will take a major step up on Wednesday 1st February when 5 unions will take national strike action – NEU, PCS, UCU, ASLEF and RMT. Up to half a million workers will be out and will be joined by the growing number of localised disputes. It will be the single biggest…
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NSSN 617: Fight Together to defend the #RightToStrike
The Tories under Sunak have signalled their intention to bring in yet more anti-union legislation on the back of all those Conservative restrictions from Thatcher, Major, Cameron, May and Johnson that already make UK trade union laws the most undemocratic in Western Europe. Workers are being squeezed by the biggest cost of living crisis in…
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NSSN 615: 2022 ends with workers on picket lines
The NSSN sends season’s greetings to all our supporters. But this year, workers’ struggle continues over the festive period. Last week, the Nurses’ Strike erupted and continues this Tuesday, with over 100,000 RCN members taking action. On Wednesday, ambulance drivers in Unite, Unison and GMB will be on strike. Over the Christmas period, over 40,000…
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NSSN 612: Strike wave escalates with November 30th walkout
This Wednesday is yet another significant day of co-ordinated strike action. CWU members in Royal Mail will be taking further action, and for the 3rd time they will be out on the same day as UCU members in higher education. And for the first time, the NEU will be out in 77 Sixth Form Colleges.…
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NSSN 467: New year opens with workers’ victories
The NSSN is delighted to report that just two weeks into 2020, there have been significant victories in a number of disputes. We look forward to many more during the rest of the year. Please give support and solidarity to all the other workers and their unions taking action, the details of which you can…
