Category: Appeals
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Protests in Turkey: Solidarity appeal from Day-Mer
The following is a statement from Day-Mer, a Turkish and Kurdish community organisation based in London. DAY-MER was set up on 11 November 1989 to work with and on behalf of Turkish and Kurdish people living and working in London to help them solve their problems and promote their cultural, economic, social and democratic rights; to…
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Wigan bakers begin second 7 day strike
Hundreds of bakers in Wigan, Lancashire, are mounting a second 7-day strike against casualisation and need your support with messages, donations, and on the forthcoming demonstration. Members of the Bfawu union have been fighting against Hovis management’s attempts to enforce huge pay cuts and make the workforce easy to sack. The first 7-day strike clearly…
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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…
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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…
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Support Bridgewater Royal Mail Strikes
Circular sent by CWU branch chair Dave Chappel Bridgwater Royal Mail dispute: thank you from 110 strikers for your financial support and picket-line solidarity! Our next four days of strike action are this Saturday August 10th, Monday August 12th, Saturday August 17th, Monday August 19th: please continue your support! 110 members at Bridgwater Delivery Office…
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URGENT APPEAL from BRIDGWATER CWU Delivery Dispute
Appeal from Bridgwater CWU – RE: Bridgwater Delivery Office Official Dispute – Financial Support Needed Dear Colleagues, 110 CWU Members out of 120 Postal Workers at Bridgwater Delivery office are currently under severe attack from Royal Mail. They have taken five days strike action so far, following a 79.3% “Yes” vote. The main issues are…
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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,…
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Bulletin 151 ‘Rings of Fire’
FBU protest goes on NOW – 94% of the public opposes fire cuts in London – and yet the majority of the cuts are to go ahead! These are being piled on to the rest of the Con-Dems’ attacks on the working class, every service which workers rely upon, is under attack or being privatised.…
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Turkey solidarity appeal from Day-Mer
Dear NSSN supporters, I am writing to ask for the support of NSSN, once again, for the people of Turkey against police and state attack on its people. Police attacks and state terror by the Turkish government on its own people is continuing. On Monday, 8th July 2013 members of the public wanted to enter…
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Bulletin 150 – New Labour attacks trade unions
NSSN e-bulletin 150 New Labour attacks trade unions The major union news of the week has been the battle between New Labour and Unite over the role unions play in the Labour party. NSSN supporters and our sponsoring unions have differing views over the Labour link; some are affiliated to Labour, others have no party…
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How we took on Salford Council
We are a group of Mental Health Service Users & carers in Salford, Greater Manchester. For almost 12 months we have been fighting against the removal of staff from our drop-in sessions, and against drop-in sessions being closed down or moved to totally unsuitable venues. Both the Labour-run council and the NHS Trust have been…
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No.149 – What next after the NSSN conference?
NSSN e-bulletin 149 – What next after the NSSN conference? At last September’s TUC conference, ‘Motion 5’ from the POA prison officers’ union was overwhelmingly passed. It called on the trade union movement to consider the “practicalities of a general strike” against the ConDems’ austerity offensive. The NSSN organised a lobby of the TUC conference,…
