Category: News
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NSSN 170 – Fight attacks on Jobs & Pay on the Tube!
This week, we re-produce a statement from RMT General Secretary Bob Crow after the announcement of massive job cuts on London Underground (LUL) and the further threat to the living standards of tube workers. The NSSN appeals to all trade unions to give full support to the unions and their members on LUL Hear Bob…
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Day of action on blacklisting hits City of London
A 7AM start in the freezing cold and driving rain did nothing to dampen the turn out ‘The Cheesegrater’ building site. The protest at the Laing O’Rourke run site was the beginning of Thursday’s TUC National Day of Action on blacklisting in London. Laing – O’Rourke was the natural choice to begin protests given this…
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Come to upcoming regional NSSN conferences
November 23 Yorkshire NSSN conference – 10am-4pm, Cosmopolitan Hotel, 2 Lower Briggate, Leeds LS1 4AE November 30 Midlands NSSN conference – 12pm-4pm, Unite offices in Broad Street, Birmingham Flyer can be downloaded http://shopstewards.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Midlands-Conference-2013-Flyer-A5.pdf January 18 2014 Southern NSSN conference (hosted by UNITE Bracknell) ‘Building the Fightback against Austerity’ – 2pm to 5pm, Priestwood Community Centre,…
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The case for joint coordinated industrial action
In light of recent setbacks for the working class, does the trade union movement need to reconsider how it uses industrial action? John McInally, PCS union national vice-president explains (in a personal capacity) why PCS believes joint coordinated industrial action is still the way forward. Since the 1970s the capitalist class has conducted a relentless…
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Victory For Independent Living Rights In English Appeal Court
Statement by Anne Pridmore, Gabriel Pepper and Stuart Bracking As three of the Independent Living Fund users who have challenged the legality of the government’s decision to close the Fund, we welcome the Appeal Court’s unanimous ruling that this decision should be quashed. Given the Government has decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court,…
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NSSN166 – Support UCU, Unison & Unite members strikers
31 October will be a day of coordinated strike action by UCU, Unison and Unite members working in Universities. This is the first UK-wide joint action between these Higher Education unions, demonstrating the anger that their members feel about the employers’ insulting 1% pay increase. Even pro-capitalist commentator Will Hutton, writing in the Observer notes…
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NSSN 165 Support the Grangemouth workers!
NSSN 165 Support the Grangemouth workers! The National Shop Stewards Network gives full support to the workers at the refinery against the scandalous scare tactics of Ineos. Our supporters attended the rally at the plant on Sunday read report from NSSN website Events are moving quickly with this morning, Ineos announcing the closure of the petrochemical works on…
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Workers rally to fight Ineos blackmail
The anger and determination of the workers at Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemical plant was evident today (October 20th) at the well-attended rally organised by Unite. Hundreds of union members took part, underlining the determination of workers not to accept the bullying tactics of Ineos and its billionaire owner Jim Ratcliffe. It wasn’t just Ineos workers…
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Two videos from teachers’ demo in London
October 17th saw a lively and energetic march in London by teachers from the NUT and NASUWT. The march was part of the rolling regional strike action in London, South East, South West and the North. Here are two videos from that demonstration. The first is from the Socialist Party’s You Tube channel. The second…
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Visteon workers continue pensions battle
Press release from Visteon Pensions Action Group Last Saturday October 12th Ford/Visteon pensioners protested at their loss of pension which had been guaranteed and promised by Ford Motor Company when 3300 of its employees were transferred from Ford to Visteon, a new company described as an ‘Enterprise of Ford’. Due to mismanagement and covert dealings…
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164 – “We’re ALL under attack – so let’s strike together in November”
NSSN E-Bulletin 164 “We’re ALL under attack – so let’s strike together in November” Last Saturday October 12th, I attended a Steering Committee meeting of the NSSN*, the National Shop Stewards Network, at the RMT’s National HQ. The Steering Committee brings together representatives from trade unions right across the public and private sector to discuss…
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Carmarthenshire Unison to fight job cuts
Our branch committee has consistently warned our members that the cuts made by the Con-Dems and implemented by Labour Led Carmarthenshire County Council were the thin end of the wedge. The scale of the cuts (£30m over the next three years) recently announced by the council will have come as no shock to our members…
