Month: March 2015
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Interview with sacked Crossrail worker
Crossrail electrician and Unite the Union member Dan Collins was laid off by contractor Skanska after he raised a safety concern. “I started work on Monday 9 February. They told me it was a three-year contract. A foreman showed me around – there was an abundance of work to do. He asked me if I…
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NSSN 235: Reinstate sacked Crossrail workers & defend anti-blacklist campaigner
Blacklist Support Group secretary Dave Smith was arrested on the peaceful protest of 40 construction workers and their supporters outside the Construction News Awards in the Hilton Hotel in Park Lane last Wednesday evening. The protestors, who had a token stopping of the traffic, were highlighting the disgraceful sacking of workers on the Crossrail project…
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VIDEO Anti-Blacklisting campaigner arrested on Crossrail protest
Blacklist Support Group secretary Dave Smith was arrested on the peaceful protest of 40 construction workers and their supporters outside the Construction News Awards in the Hilton Hotel in Park Lane on last night. The protestors, who had a token stopping of the traffic, were highlighting the disgraceful sacking of workers on the Crossrail project…
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234: ConDems raise minimum wage by 20p! Fight for £10Now April 15 global day of action!
NSSN 234: ConDems raise minimum wage by 20p! Fight for £10/hr on April 15 #globalfastfood rights day of action! On April 15th, the National Shop Stewards Network will be taking part in the global day of action for fast-food workers. We are proud to be part of the ‘Fast Food Rights/Hungry for Justice’ campaign of…
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Brazilian water worker sacked: urgent solidarity needed
The NSSN has just received this request for urgent solidarity: BRAZIL – Urgent solidarity protests needed. Faced with lack of water for people, Sabesp cuts costs, sacks more than 500 workers and victimises trade union activists. NO TO REDUNDANCIES AND VICTIMISATION AT SABESP! For the immediate re-employment of Marzeni Pereira and…
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Affiliate to Tamil Solidarity
Unique among Tamil campaigns and organisations, Tamil Solidarity puts the working class and its organisations at the centre of the struggle for Tamil rights. We stand for the right of the Tamil-speaking people in Sri Lanka to self-determination, alongside the struggle for the rights of workers and the oppressed throughout the island, regardless of their…
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NSSN 233: Solidarity to Northern Ireland March 13 strike!
This Friday March 13th, tens of thousands of public sector workers will be taking joint strike action in Northern Ireland. NIPSA, Unite, Unison, GMB and teachers’ union INTO will also be on strike. With transport workers on buses and trains also involved, it will have the feel of a 24 hour general strike. The NSSN…
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232:IWD’15 Fighting FOR equality AGAINST austerity & exploitation
The crisis of capitalism is causing untold misery for working people everywhere … but women take the brunt. Whether they’re the first to lose the jobs in Europe as governments and councils attack the service sector, or the increased oppression faced – sometimes to horrific levels – in parts of Asia and the Middle East,…
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Stop the Crossrail sackings!
For the third Monday in succession, construction workers and their supporters held a protest outside a Crossrail site to demand that a worker sacked for raising safety issues be reinstated. Two weeks ago, protesters blocked the road outside the Bond Street site in London after an electrician was sacked after he had asked for a proper…
