Tag: rmt
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NSSN 645: Rail unions step up the fight
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with further national rail strikes in the Train Operating Companies and industrial action by the RMT and ASLEF, in a year-long dispute. We give our full support and solidarity to these unions and their members and all others taking action in the growing strike wave. The RMT are striking…
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NSSN 644: Support the summer strikes
The strike wave continues into the summer as workers fight back against the cost of living squeeze. As always, this NSSN bulletin contains the details of this growing action, building solidarity for string workers and their unions. However, the response of the Tories is yet more anti-union legislation. The Minimum Service Level Act (MSL) was…
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NSSN 643: Tory Minimum Service Level anti-union attack is law – strike together to defeat it!
The Tories have sneaked their new attack on the right to strike, the Minimum Service Level Act (MSL) into law before the Parliamentary summer recess. This means that striking unions can face massive fines and their members can be under threat of dismissal at any time. The NSSN agrees with fighting unions that are calling…
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NSSN 642: Sharon Graham Unite, Sarah Woolley BFAWU & Steve Gillan POA to speak at NSSN TUC Rally
The NSSN is delighted to announce the first confirmed speakers at the rally that we have again called at TUC Congress in Liverpool on Sunday September 10th – Union General Secretaries Sharon Graham Unite, Sarah Woolley BFAWU & Steve Gillan POA. We’ll announce others when they are confirmed. We will also give a platform to…
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NSSN 641: FBU calls for “mass opposition” to latest Tory anti-union legislation
The NSSN welcomes the FBU’s call for the need to “build mass opposition” to the Tory’s new anti-union attack and we totally agree that unions need to “act together” against this offensive. The NSSN is again holding a lobby and rally before the start of TUC Congress on Sunday September 10th in Liverpool from 1pm,…
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NSSN 640: NSSN Conference launches fight against Tory anti-union attack
“This is class law, this is class war!” NSSN Chair Rob Williams opened up the 16th annual NSSN Conference by bringing home the imminent threat of further Tory anti-union legislation. With Sunak’s Minimum Service Levels Bill nearing Royal Assent into law, we could be weeks away from unions facing fines of up to £1million or…
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NSSN 639: Come to NSSN Conference this Saturday
This year’s NSSN Conference comes at a crucial time for the trade union movement. The new Tory anti-union ‘Minimum Service Level’ Bill could be law within weeks – raising the potential fining of unions and sacking of workers. We have a model motion on this new Tory attack, to aid the discussion at conference (see…
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NSSN 638: Come to NSSN Conference to fight for the #RightToStrike
This year’s NSSN Conference is two weeks today! It will hear about the many strikes taking place across all sectors as workers fight back against the cost of living squeeze. Read about those disputes in this weekly bulletin. But instead of negotiating with unions, Sunak’s Tory Government are bringing in yet more restrictive and undemocratic…
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NSSN 637: Support the strikes as wave of action grows into summer
The strike wave shows no sign of relenting as workers are forced to fight for pay rises that protect them from rising prices. This week alone, Unite launches a month-long strike at St Mungos and all out action at Survitec in Dunmurry in Northern Ireland, while their members in the NHS in London and Yorkshire…
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NSSN 636: Demonstrate against the Tory anti-union attack
NSSN 636: Demonstrate against the Tory anti-union attack Join the TUC protest this Monday at 6pm in Parliament Square, called to coincide with the final Commons parliamentary debate. It must be a massive show of strength. But the TUC and the unions must go much further, with plans for a national Saturday demonstration to build…
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NSSN 635: Stop union-busting & blacklisting – defend the #RightToStrike
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with five separate campaigns against union-busting and blacklisting. Please support them. But they are also a reminder about the Tories’ attack on union rights. Their ‘Minimum Service Levels’ bill could be just days away from becoming law, on the back of decades of anti-union legislation, going back to Thatcher.…
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NSSN 634: Come to 2023 NSSN Conference Saturday 24th June
2023 NSSN Conference – Saturday 24th June in Conway Hall, London 11am-4.30pm –Attendance fee £6. You can register on the day at conference or email us in advance via [email protected] Confirmed speakers so far: NIPSA General Secretary Carmel Gates, BFAWU General Secretary Sarah Woolley, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan, NAPO National Official Annoesjka Valent, GMB…
