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  • NSSN 718: Unions must fight Starmer’s cuts!

    NSSN 718: Unions must fight Starmer’s cuts!

    This week’s NSSN bulletin comes out as Starmer’s Labour government announces brutal welfare cuts. This is on the back of reports of 10,000 job cuts directly related to the scrapping of NHS England and potentially many more in the NHS and civil service. At the same time, local councils continue to make huge cuts, NHS…

  • NSSN 716: #IWD2025 Greetings, NEU indicative ballot on pay & RMT LU pensions victory

    NSSN 716: #IWD2025 Greetings, NEU indicative ballot on pay & RMT LU pensions victory

    We send International Women’s Day (IWD) greetings to all our supporters and affiliates. There will be events on IWD this Saturday 8th March and throughout the month of March. We also send comradely greetings to delegates at TUC Women’s Conference, which meets this week. We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the indicative ballot that…

  • NSSN 715: 2025 NSSN Conference 5th July – Make the rich pay not workers!

    NSSN 715: 2025 NSSN Conference 5th July – Make the rich pay not workers!

    Advanced notice!! NSSN Annual Conference 2025 11am-4.30pm Saturday 5th July in Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL This year’s NSSN Conference will be on the theme ‘Make the rich pay not workers!’ This is when the Starmer New Labour government is looking to slash budgets at the same time as councils make…

  • NSSN 714: Fight the university and college funding cuts

    NSSN 714: Fight the university and college funding cuts

    We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the fight by university and college unions alongside students against the cutting of funding that is putting jobs and courses at risk. We send solidarity to university and college staff and their unions and students, and any action that is taken to defend education, and we demand that…

  • NSSN 713: Union power shown on the picket line during #HeartUnions week

    NSSN 713: Union power shown on the picket line during #HeartUnions week

    This year’s TUC HeartUnions week takes place as an increasing number of workers take action – showing the vital importance of being organised in a trade union. Read about the disputes in this weekly NSSN bulletin, which builds support and solidarity for unions and their members in dispute – fighting on pay, terms & conditions…

  • NSSN 712: Support the February strikes!

    NSSN 712: Support the February strikes!

    Workers continue to take to the picket lines for the pay rises they need, and increasingly against the cuts, as well as attempts of union-busting by employers. The NSSN sends solidarity to all action from workers and their unions, and you can read about them in our weekly bulletin. Please continue to support the strikes!…

  • NSSN 711: NEU calls more national Sixth Form Strikes

    NSSN 711: NEU calls more national Sixth Form Strikes

    The NSSN sends solidarity to the NEU and their members in 32 Sixth Form Colleges who start a further 3 days of strike action this Wednesday 29th January. They will also take action on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th of February. In addition, the NASUWT is balloting its members Sixth Form Colleges for industrial action.…

  • NSSN 710: Support the winter strikes

    NSSN 710: Support the winter strikes

    Workers’ action is continuing into January. These include the following – NEU have names further national strike dates in Sixth Form Colleges and has a number of local disputes, PCS members are striking against the victimisation of HMRC reps in Benton Park View and has called more strikes in its long-running dispute of outsourced workers.…

  • NSSN 709: NEU announce indicative ballot on pay

    NSSN 709: NEU announce indicative ballot on pay

    NEU announce indicative ballot on pay (from NEU website – 9 Jan) – At a special meeting of the national executive of the National Education Union, held this week, the union has agreed to proceed with a preliminary online ballot of teacher members in England. This is to gauge the strength of feeling about the…

  • NSSN 708: Support the New Year strikes!

    NSSN 708: Support the New Year strikes!

    The NSSN sends New Year greetings to all our supporters and affiliates. 2025 is starting as 2024 ended, with workers on the picket line. The NSSN will continue to report on workers’ disputes and strikes in our weekly bulletin and build support and solidarity for them. Please sign and share the following petitions:- NSSN news  …

  • NSSN 707: Workers end tumultuous year by continuing to take action

    NSSN 707: Workers end tumultuous year by continuing to take action

    This is the last weekly NSSN bulletin of 2024. It has been an intense year. The hated Tories were smashed in the general election – thrown out of office by workers after 14 years of austerity, cost of living squeeze and more anti-union legislation. But the first 5 months of the new Labour government has…

  • NSSN 706: Support the December Strikes!

    NSSN 706: Support the December Strikes!

    As we near the end of the year, we continue to send solidarity to workers and their unions taking action to defend their pay, jobs and terms & conditions. We will keep building support in our weekly NSSN bulletin, where you can find information about current disputes. Solidarity! Please sign and share the following petitions:-…