Category: News
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Tube strike day 1: Reports from the picket lines
Central London The strike began at Euston station with a pre-strike rally and speeches to the press. RMT London transport secretary and NSSN steering committee member John Reid chaired a line-up of trade union movement speakers: Steve Hedley, RMT assistant general secretary; John Leach, RMT regional organiser; Chris Baugh, PCS assistant general secretary; Hugo Pierre,…
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VIDEO: NSSN supporters report from Tube picket line
Thousands of workers on London Underground began the first full day of strike action this morning at 5:30AM. NSSN supporters were active in the strike itself and bringing support and solidarity to the picket lines across the city. The following two videos are from NSSN supporters, one of whom was on strike, from the Acton…
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Royal Opera House cleaners beat low pay
From the IWGB Victory over poverty pay
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PETITION: Acquit the workers of Las Heras Oil Refinery
Reposted from the Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth Internationl website We, the undersigned, condemn the sentences handed out to nine workers of the Las Heras oil refinery in Santa Cruz province, Argentina by the Caleta Olivia Criminal Court on December 13. Four of them, one of whom was a minor at the time, have been sentenced…
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NSSN launched in the south of England.
Trade unionists and anti cuts campaigners from all over the South of England gathered in Bracknell on Saturday 18th January to launch the NSSN in the region. Delegates from Southampton, Portsmouth, Reading, Aylesbury, Windsor, Bracknell and elsewhere in the South gathered in an enthusiastic first conference. Trade unions members attending included members from Unite, Unison,…
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29 day Future Directions strike ends
The long-running dispute by care-workers at Future Directions in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has ended in a settlement which their union Unison sees as a victory. Future Directions (FD) is a private company wholly owned by Lancashire-based Calderstones NHS trust. When FD was awarded the contract by Rochdale council to provide care for seriously disabled adults…
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NSSN 176 – Local government cuts: Protest AND then strike
Since May 2010 407,000 jobs have been lost in local government and some of the biggest cuts are yet to bite. In adjoining counties in the east midlands, 2 county councils, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire – both Labour controlled, are planning cuts of £157m and £154 respectively over the next 3 years. These are examples not…
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London Underground: £9.8 BILLION cuts on the way
From Reel News YouTube channel The closure of all ticket offices is just the start. By 2021, LUL bosses want a fully automated underground system including driverless trains, no-one on the stations to help passengers or to deal with emergencies, and a stripped down flexible workforce on zero hours contracts with no holiday or sick…
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Ronnie Draper to speak at NSSN Conference
We are holding our 8th annual conference on Saturday July 5th in Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. Ronnie Draper, General Secretary of the Bakers union will be among the speakers. It is open to everyone in the union and anti-cuts movement who want to fight back against the employers’ offensive. Think…
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VIDEO: 3 Cosas Strike: Victory!
Reposted from Reel News YouTube Channel A major step forward for outsourced workers at the University of London: immediately after their two day strike in November 2013, Balfour Beatty announced major concessions on sick pay and holidays. However the campaign continues; there’s no movement on pensions, the sick pay and holidays are still not up…
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NAPO affiliates to the NSSN
NSSN Chair sent a letter of thanks to NAPO General Secretary Ian Lawrence for his union becoming the eighth national union to affiliate to the NSSN. Hi Ian I’m delighted to be able to acknowledge the affiliation of NAPO to the National Shop Stewards Network. We look forward to building our relationship with your union.…
