Category: International
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No. 132 It’s time for a united union fight for decent pay!
NSSN ebulletin 132 International Women’s Day 2013: Women to the fore against austerity – “it’s high time for a united union fight for decent pay” Women internationally have fought to defend jobs and services and this has never been so important as we approach international women’s day this year. All the gains that we…
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Stop Evictions (Spain)
STOP EVICTIONS CAMPAIGN GROWS IN SPAIN Thousands took to the streets of Zaragoza and other major cities across Spain at the weekend to protest against the ever-increasing numbers of evictions. Since the economic crisis began in 2008 many workers have lost their jobs and as unemployment benefits start to run out many people are unable…
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Bulletin 129 – “Sorry to break your heart, but we’re not signing!”
(Finally the website and email is back up & running. HUGE thanks to Pete M and others who helped sort this out. We have a bit of a back log of emails ect so bear with us or drop us a call for anything urgent, thanks) Unions are now producing their responses to the TUC’s…
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NSSN weekly bulletin 125
NSSN BULLETIN NO. 124 Hardly have we set foot into the New Year than a barrage of attacks have rained down on workers. It’s as if bosses have acted quickly to get bad news done and dusted before workers have recovered from the festive season. Nearly 9,000 jobs have just gone in HMV, Jessops and…
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NSSN Bulletin 124 – TUC Consultation on General Strike Motion
URGENT!! – TUC Consultation on General Strike Motion The NSSN is alerting all our members, supporters and affiliates. We lobbied the TUC General Council on December 11th to call on it to set the date for the maximum co-ordinated strike action against the government’s austerity offensive – up to and including a 24 hour general…
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N14 workers in Europe take action against austerity – TUC name the day for a general strike in Britain!
N14 workers in Europe take action against austerity – TUC name the day for a general strike in Britain! Many thanks for this report from Alex Gordon President of the RMT:On 14 November workers are taking coordinated, general strike action in Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy for the first time as part of a European…
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Belgium March over closure of Fords
On Sunday 11 November, more than 15,000 people attended a demonstration organised by the Belgian trade unions for jobs and against the closure of the Ford car factory in Genk. The plant closure would mean the slashing of 4,000 jobs (without even counting the subcontractors). The announcement of the closure comes as November was a…
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Argentine ship seized in Ghana by US Vulture Fund
A dramatic stand-off is taking place between a US vulture fund and the independent nation of Argentina over its 11-year old defaulted bonds – in the port of Tema in Ghana. The month long seizure of the ARA Libertad, an Argentine naval vessel, has no end in sight as Argentina refuses to pay a $20M…
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TCL Miners protest over Pensions in Namibia
On Wednesday (7 Nov), Former workers for TCL in Namibia started their demonstrations outside the court in the capital Windhoek demanding the restoration of their missing pension funds. Click for march pictures Initial reports indicate continued obstruction by the authorities. The workers have followed all correct procedures, but the police are trying to prevent them…
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Appeal from South African mine workers
Rustenburg, October 12, 2012: FROM: Rustenburg Joint Strike Coordinating Committee TO: Shop stewards, trade unionists, fellow workers, comrades RE: Appeal for support for striking South African mine workers Dear comrades, We write to appeal to you to support our strike for a decent living wage. The strike that started at Lonmin’s platinum mines in Marikana,…
