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NSSN 757: MegaPicket shuts Birmingham Bin Depots plus NEU Victory at ATLP
This week’s NSSN bulletin leads with two vital disputes in the West Midlands. The MegaPicket in support of the Birmingham Binworkers and the magnificent victory by the NEU at the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP). There has been mutual support between the two groups of workers. Unite binworkers convenor Matt Reid spoke at the recent…
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NSSN 756: Support the striking Birmingham binworkers – Join MegaPicket 3-D this Friday
Start: Friday, January 30, 2026•06:00 AM Location: 5 • picket sites, Birmingham and Coventry – RSVP to join the MegaPicket Hosted by StrikeMap: [email protected] The NSSN salutes the heroic strike by the Birmingham binworkers, who have been on strike for over a year and on indefinite action since last March against the brutal fire &…
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NSSN 755: Unions must demand Starmer scraps 50% strike ballot threshold now!
Starmer’s Labour government’s Employment Rights Act received royal assent on 18 December. The NSSN welcomes any improvements in the rights of workers and trade unions. But in the Government’s press briefings, there is nothing about the undemocratic 50% threshold in industrial action ballots, brought in by Cameron in 2016. This raises yet further unacceptable delays,…
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NSSN 754: Support the UCU & NEU strikes!
The NSSN sends solidarity to the UCU and its members in Further Education as 25 colleges take strike action this week, Wednesday to Friday 14-15 January, over pay and working conditions. We also send solidarity to NEU members starting strike action this week across 24 schools, part of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, over compulsory…
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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 752: Workers end 2025 on the picket line – support the winter strikes!
The NSSN sends season’s 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 749: After Starmer & Reeves’s Budget, TUC must call demo!
After weeks of speculation, Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves has presented her Budget. While workers desperately need policies that reverse the attack on living standards of the last 15 years or so, instead the Budget effectively means ‘same again’. The NSSN has been campaigning for a Budget that makes the rich pay not workers and working-class…
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NSSN 748: Support rising number of strikes and protest against Starmer & Reeves’s austerity Budget
It’s clear that the number of strikes is again on the rise. Workers are being forced into action as the cost of living squeeze continues to bite. There is a whole rash of localised action, while national disputes such as the BMA Resident Doctors are taking place, alongside national ballots in further and higher education.…
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NSSN 747: Support the BMA Resident Doctors strike
The NSSN sends solidarity to the BMA and their Resident Doctors members who will be going on strike from 7am this Friday 14th November to 6.59am on Wednesday 19th November. Details of picket lines can be found via Strike Map BMA: Resident doctors set strike date (23 Oct) – Full walk out planned for 14…
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NSSN 746: Join Unite Community national day of action against cuts and sanctions on Budget Day
Join the Unite Community national day of action against cuts and sanctions on Budget Day Wednesday 26 November 2025 read more Westminster protest – from noon College Green, Westminster, London on Wednesday 26 November Unite Community is calling a national day of action to protest against the ongoing cuts and sanctions to people’s benefits. It’s…
