Tag: TUC
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NSSN 694: NSSN TUC Rally says: make the rich pay NOT workers!
Up to 120 union reps and activists attended the NSSN TUC Congress rally and lobby last Sunday in Brighton. While celebrating the smashing of the Tories in July, the overwhelming message to the new Labour government ahead of their first budget next month, was make the rich pay NOT workers. We gave a platform to…
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NSSN 693: Come to NSSN TUC Congress Rally & Lobby this Sunday in Brighton
Tories Gone! – Fight for Workers Policies – come to the NSSN Rally & Lobby of TUC Congress – Old Ship Hotel Brighton, 1pm Sunday 8th September Speakers confirmed so far: Steve Gillan POA General Secretary, Sarah Woolley BFAWU General Secretary, Ian Lawrence NAPO General Secretary, Daniel Kebede NEU General Secretary, Mick Whelan ASLEF General…
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NSSN 692: Make the rich pay not workers
The NSSN has responded to yesterday’s speech by Labour Prime Minster Sir Keir Starmer, which warned of a “painful” Budget on 30th October. While it is right to point to 14 years of Tory rule, unions must demand that the response must be not to make workers pay the price. Those Tory governments, including when…
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NSSN 691: Keep the pressure on to scrap the Tory anti-union laws
Tories Gone! – Fight for Workers Policies – come to the NSSN Rally & Lobby of TUC Congress – Old Ship Hotel Brighton, 1pm Sunday 8th September Speakers confirmed so far: Steve Gillan POA General Secretary, Sarah Woolley BFAWU General Secretary, Ian Lawrence NAPO General Secretary, Marion Lloyd PCS NEC (personal capacity), Suzanne Muna SHAC…
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NSSN 690: MSL to go – demand the repeal of all the Tory anti-union laws!
The NSSN welcomes reports that the new Labour government has confirmed its manifesto commitment to repeal the latest Tory anti-union law, the Minimum Service Levels Act (MSL), which would have forced unions to instruct a certain number of members to work during strike action. This is a welcome step and has been achieved by the…
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NSSN 686: Tories Gone! – Fight for Workers Policies
The NSSN celebrates the massive defeat of the Tories in the General Election. Workers have thrown the Conservatives out of office after 14 years of their brutal assault on our living standards and union rights. Now workers will want the incoming Labour Government to implement policies in our interests. Last month’s NSSN Conference endorsed the…
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NSSN 665: After TUC Demo & ASLEF forcing LNER U-Turn, Zoom into NSSN Meeting tonight on how to defeat Tory MSL
NSSN Online Public Meeting against the new Tory anti-union Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (MSL) – 6.30pm Tuesday 30th January Zoom Meeting details:- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85010588852 Meeting ID: 850 1058 8852 About 5,000 trade unionists marched in Cheltenham last Saturday in opposition to the new Tory anti-union Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (MSL), and to…
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NSSN 664: March together this Saturday for the #RightToStrike – ASLEF victory shows Tories can be defeated!
TUC demonstration against Tory Minimum Service Levels anti-union legislation – Saturday 27 January in Cheltenham assembles at 12noon at Montpellier Gardens for a march through the town centre to Pittville Park A5 leaflet A3 poster NSSN Online Public Meeting against the new Tory anti-union Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (MSL) – 6.30pm Tuesday 30th…
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NSSN 663: Support 18th January Northern Ireland Public Sector General Strike
The NSSN sends our full support and solidarity to the unions and their members on strike this Thursday 18th January NIPSA General Secretary Carmel Gates: “It is within the gift of the Secretary of State to pass the money to the Department of Finance immediately and we are calling on him to do that without…
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NSSN 662: RMT London Underground pay win
The NSSN sends our congratulations and solidarity to the RMT and its members on London Underground who have won a significant step forward on their pay claim. From national RMT website: Tube strike averted after progress made in dispute (7 Jan) – RMT have suspended their planned tube strike this week following talks with TfL.…
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NSSN 659: TUC Special Congress launches campaign of defiance against Tory attack on our #RightToStrike
The NSSN welcomes the decision of the TUC Special Congress last Saturday to agree a strategy to oppose the new Tory anti-union legislation, the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (MSL). This is a blatant attack on workers’ right to strike by instructing unions to police their own strikes, even organising their own strike-breaking! The…
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NSSN 658: Lobby Special TUC Congress for fighting strategy against Tory attack on the right to strike
The NSSN welcomes the Special TUC Congress this coming Saturday 9th December, called in response to the new Tory anti-union legislation – Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023. Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union general secretary and TUC President, said: “The Act is a blatant attempt to ban strikes and prevent workers defending their jobs, wages…
