Tag: Southampton

  • 435: Southampton teachers & support staff defeat school cuts

    435: Southampton teachers & support staff defeat school cuts

    Teachers and support staff at Valentine Primary School, members of the National Education Union (NEU), are celebrating an important victory following strike action. Union members reached an agreement with Southampton’s Labour-run city council for a two-year freeze on cuts. This report is from local NSSN supporters who have been prominent in giving solidarity to striking…

  • 303: Fawley workers defeat ‘race to the bottom’ exploitation

    303: Fawley workers defeat ‘race to the bottom’ exploitation

    Striking Unite members working for contractors NICO at the massive Fawley refinery in Hampshire have won an important victory for trade unionists against the bosses’ race to the bottom. This strike was against contractors exploiting migrant workers from Bulgaria and Italy and paying £48 for a 10 hour shift instead of the £125 union agreed…

  • NSSN 299: This Saturday July 2! NSSN Conference 2016 – get ALL the Tories OUT!

    NSSN 299: This Saturday July 2! NSSN Conference 2016 – get ALL the Tories OUT!

    NSSN 299: This Saturday July 2! NSSN Conference 2016 – get ALL the Tories OUT! The 10th annual NSSN Conference takes place this Saturday July 2nd in Conway Hall in London in the aftermath of the EU Referendum that has precipitated a political crisis for the Tories. Cameron, the architect of the biggest austerity offensive…

  • NSSN 238: Join the 15 April global fast food worker protest

    NSSN 238: Join the 15 April global fast food worker protest

    Statement from BFAWU bakers’ union:- On 15 April 2015, thousands of fast food workers will lead a mass movement of around 60,000 low waged workers striking across the United States to raise the issue of poor wages and the lack of trade union rights within their industry. At the same time, fast food workers and…

  • NSSN 212: Reject local govt pay proposal – keep the strike on

    NSSN 212: Reject local govt pay proposal – keep the strike on

    It appears that the local government employers have made a set of new proposals in the pay dispute to the unions – Unison, Unite and the GMB. It should be noted that any improvement is a result of the threatened strike on 14th October which is part of a three-day rolling action that also covers…

  • NSSN 165 Support the Grangemouth workers!

    NSSN 165 Support the Grangemouth workers!

    NSSN 165 Support the Grangemouth workers! The National Shop Stewards Network gives full support to the workers at the refinery against the scandalous scare tactics of Ineos. Our supporters attended the rally at the plant on Sunday read report from NSSN website Events are moving quickly with this morning, Ineos announcing the closure of the petrochemical works on…

  • Bulletin 160: Unofficial Action of Unison Glasgow Housing wins!

    Bulletin 160: Unofficial Action of Unison Glasgow Housing wins!

    BREAKING NEWS – Glasgow city council homeless work team walked out in unofficial action to support a suspended member over and over caseloads. “Members walked out on Friday  and more stayed off work yesterday.’ Following a meeting with all Unison members on unofficial strike action this morning it was unanimously agreed to return to work at 1.30pm today.…

  • Get Planning for November – NSSN Lobby of the TUC

    Get Planning for November – NSSN Lobby of the TUC

    When we arrived in Bournemouth, I really felt like just getting my shoes off and feeling the sand between my toes and listen to the waves rush towards me.. But me and 8 other members, mostly reps, of our Unite LE1111 branch chose to join the NSSN rally & lobby the TUC for co-ordinated action.(Have…

  • NSSN e-bulletin 158 – Stop cuts – Demand united action – Lobby the TUC for a 24-hour general strike (Sunday 8th September)

    NSSN e-bulletin 158 – Stop cuts – Demand united action – Lobby the TUC for a 24-hour general strike (Sunday 8th September)

    it would be nuts not to begin without congratulating Frank Morris, sacked electrician and all those involved in supporting the campaign for his re-instatement.  The NSSN has been a longstanding practical supporter with Frank Morris and against blacklisting! (More later in the bulletin and BSG report is already on the website). We have handed over…

  • NSSN e-bulletin 157 – One Housing workers to strike again…& join the NSSN lobby of the TUC!

    NSSN e-bulletin 157 – One Housing workers to strike again…& join the NSSN lobby of the TUC!

    NSSN e-bulletin 157 – One Housing workers to strike again…& join the NSSN lobby of the TUC on Sept 8! Unite LE1111 housing workers at One Housing Group will strike for five days starting the 5th of September. Following a four year Pay freeze, One Housing Group management have decided to slash front line worker’s…

  • NSSN e-bulletin 156 – Mass action can defeat Hunt’s NHS cuts!

    NSSN e-bulletin 156 – Mass action can defeat Hunt’s NHS cuts!

    In Lewisham in south London, triumphant health campaigners’ posters announce: “We’ve won! Justice for Lewisham Hospital.” Local people are celebrating a famous victory. This January health secretary Hunt tried to downgrade Lewisham hospital’s accident and emergency departments and its high risk obstetric department. On 31 July a high court judge ruled that Hunt did not…

  • NSSN EBULLETIN 152 We’d like to celebrate the birth of.. ;)

    NSSN EBULLETIN 152 We’d like to celebrate the birth of.. 😉

    NSSN EBULLETIN 152 We’d like to celebrate the birth of.. 😉 some more industrial action.. Following a spring of industrial action PCS will be spending the summer months consulting all of its branches on how to take its national campaign forward. In an escalation of the PCS national campaign in support of pay, pensions, jobs,…