Month: March 2014
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Solidarity Appeal – Justice for Berkin Elvan
The AKP government in Turkey has continued its violence against trade unions political parties and social groups. This was graphically demonstrated in the attacks against mourners at the funeral of Berkin Elvan. Solidarity with the People of Turkey (SPOT), an organisation supported by the NSSN has issued an appeal for solidarity with those facing state […]
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POA General Secretary: Join POA march against austerity
The POA will be holding a march and rally on the 19th March 2014 to coincide with budget day in order to demonstrate at the budget cuts, pay freeze, pension age, assaults on POA members and privatisation. In recent years, budget cuts have seen the Prison Service impose an almost total recruitment freeze alongside pay […]
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Whipps Cross staff send message of condolence to RMT
Bob Crow was treated at Whipps Cross Hospital where staff made valiant but unsuccessful efforts to keep him alive. The following message of condolence to Bob’s family and the RMT is on behalf of Unison members at the hospital and was sent to RMT head quarters yesterday. Members of Unison at Whipps Cross Hospital would […]
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NSSN pays tribute to Bob Crow
The National Shop Stewards Network is shocked at the tragic news that Bob Crow, the RMT general secretary has passed away. Our first thoughts are with Bob’s family at this sad time. We also offer our full support and solidarity to the RMT. We want to pay tribute to a militant trade union leader who […]
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Unprecedented response to legal aid cuts
Over two thousand legal professionals rallied at Parliament this morning as part of strike action against cuts to legal aid. Barristers, solicitors, paralegals and other professionals crammed into Old Palace Yard to hear speaker after speaker condemn the governments attack on access to legal aid. The loudest cheers were reserved for the speeches of Janis […]
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“Historic” strike by Doncaster Care UK workers
“Historic is an over-used word” said Jim Bell, Unison full-time officer, “but it really is historic that Doncaster Care UK workers are striking 30 years on from the beginning of the miners’ strike. Then and now, we face the same type of employers, like the miners we have drawn a line in the sand in […]
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NSSN 182 – International Women’s Day 2014
The struggle against austerity “As we come marching, marching in the beauty of the day, A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray, Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses, For the people hear us singing: “Bread and roses! Bread and roses!” As we come marching, marching, we […]
