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NSSN 760: FBU launches national ‘Cuts Kill’ campaign
Fire Brigades Union launches national ‘Cuts Kill’ campaign, demanding investment in fire and rescue services to keep the public safe On 24th February, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), alongside supportive politicians, launched ‘Cuts Kill’, a new national campaign calling for funding and investment in the fire and rescue service. Since 2010, more than 12,000 firefighter…
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NSSN 753: New Year Greetings – workers continue the fight!
The NSSN sends New Year greetings to all our supporters and affiliates, and solidarity to all workers and their unions in dispute and taking action. We have continued to build support for strikes, which are again clearly on the rise as workers fight back against the cost of living squeeze and Starmer’s austerity. Read about…
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NSSN 751: Solidarity with the BMA Resident Doctors strike!
The NSSN sends our full support to the BMA and their Resident Doctors members as they take more strike action for a fair pay award from 7am on 17 December until 7am 22 December. Instead of seeking to resolve the dispute, Labour Health Secretary Wes Streeting has criticised resident doctors. The whole union movement…
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NSSN 750: Support the striking Birmingham binworkers as agency workers join the picket lines
The NSSN salutes the heroic strike by the Birmingham binworkers, who have been taking indefinite action since March against the brutal fire & rehire by the Labour council, leading to the slashing of their wages by up to £8,000 a year. Outrageously, the council has used vicious strike-breaking measures, backed by Starmer’s government. However, in…
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NSSN 739: NSSN TUC Congress Rally says #NameTheDate for a national demo against Starmer’s austerity!
Over 100 trade unionists, including TUC Congress delegates, attended the NSSN Rally last Sunday 7th September to demand that Congress in Brighton voted for motions from the TUC Disabled Workers Conference and Trades Councils Conference that set out a strategy to take on Starmer’s austerity offensive, specifically: “for the TUC to organise a weekend demonstration…
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NSSN 735: Support the Solidarity Rally on the 1-year anniversary of the Sheffield Bin Strike
The Solidarity Rally is taking place on Tuesday 19th August to mark the year’s anniversary of the Unite Veolia dispute in Sheffield:– Donate to the strike fund – Unite NEYH, 60-83-01 20173962 Sign the Statement of Solidarity We stand in full solidarity with the striking workers at Veolia’s Lumley Street depot in Sheffield. This is…
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NSSN 717: Unions must demand Employment Rights Bill is strengthened
Unions are responding to the Labour Government’s Employment Rights Bill, as it reaches an important milestone in its parliamentary progress (TUC, Unite, GMB, Unison, NASUWT, Equity, Community). The Report Stage of the legislation takes place on 11-12 March, as it moves through the House of Lords. The NSSN welcomes the improvements to the rights of…
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NSSN 714: Fight the university and college funding cuts
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the fight by university and college unions alongside students against the cutting of funding that is putting jobs and courses at risk. We send solidarity to university and college staff and their unions and students, and any action that is taken to defend education, and we demand that…
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NSSN 645: Rail unions step up the fight
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with further national rail strikes in the Train Operating Companies and industrial action by the RMT and ASLEF, in a year-long dispute. We give our full support and solidarity to these unions and their members and all others taking action in the growing strike wave. The RMT are striking…
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NSSN 589: Support the RMT as railworkers show their power
The NSSN stands in solidarity with the RMT and the 50,000 of its members who have taken strike action today nationally and on London Underground, where they were joined by 1,000 Unite members. The national strike will continue this Thursday and Saturday. NSSN supporters have been visiting picket lines today to give our support, and…
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NSSN 581: RMT launch strike ballot over pay freeze & job losses
From RMT website (20 Apr): Over 40,000 railway workers on Network Rail and 15 train operating companies (TOCs) will be balloted for strike action in what RMT has called “potentially the biggest rail strike in modern history.” Network Rail intends to cut at least 2,500 safety critical maintenance jobs as part of a £2bn reduction…
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NSSN 565: Support the Christmas strikes
In our final weekly bulletin of 2021, we wish all our supporters and affiliates season’s greetings. The last year has seen waves of strikes as workers fight back against the offensive of the bosses and their Tory government. Over the last few months there has been a growing number of disputes over pay and many…
