Month: August 2026
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NSSN 780: Tell Burnham: deliver Labour’s election promise to scrap the 50% strike ballot threshold!
The Labour Government has brought in new legislation to permit from today (25 August) electronic and workplace balloting for trade union statutory ballots. While this is welcome, there is no mention of the promise given by Starmer’s Labour in their 2024 general election to repeal David Cameron’s Tory Trade Union Act 2016 which enshrined the…
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NSSN 779: Lobby TUC Congress for the strategy to take on the Cost of Living Crisis!
Burnham takes over at No.10 – Sign up to the NSSN Action Programme to defend workers from cost of living crisis With TUC Congress in Brighton less than a month away, trade union activists will be starting to pour over the congress motions that will be part of the discussion about the industrial and political…
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NSSN 778: Support the summer strikes as action hots up!
It’s not only the weather that is hotting up. There is a definite increase in disputes as workers fight to keep the cost of living squeeze at bay. Also, Unite bus workers in North London are actually striking over poor working conditions in the hot weather. The NSSN will continue to build support for all…
