• Royal Opera House cleaners beat low pay

    Royal Opera House cleaners beat low pay

    From the IWGB Victory over poverty pay

  • NSSN affiliation letter

    NSSN affiliation letter

    As part of our drive to get greater support from trade unions NSSN supporters can now download affiliation and donation letters to send to their branches. Affiliation letter: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5hyorof8xhdh1if/Affiliation%20Letter%202014.docx Affiliation and donations: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3k7fmzy8t7spndz/NSSN%20Affiliation%20%26%20Donations.docx

  • PETITION: Acquit the workers of Las Heras Oil Refinery

    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…

  • Unite Yorkshire Ambulance workers fight derecognition

    On Saturday 1st February, Unite members in the Yorkshire Ambulance Service took part in a further 24 hour strike as part of their long-running dispute. Unite members outside the Wakefield depot remained determined in their fight to force the trust to re-recognise the union and stop the savage cuts which are currently taking place. Meanwhile,…

  • NSSN 177: A week to go for start of RMT & TSSA strike action!

    NSSN 177: A week to go for start of RMT & TSSA strike action!

    TSSA votes for Strike Action! (Jan 27) – The TSSA rail union has voted to strike in the dispute over the Mayor’s plans to close all 260 Tube ticket offices and axe nearly 1,000 jobs. Its members voted by a majority of 58.8% to join two 48-hours stoppages with the RMT next week between February…

  • NSSN launched in the south of England.

    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,…

  • 29 day Future Directions strike ends

    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…

  • NSSN 176 – Local government cuts: Protest AND then strike

    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…

  • London Underground: £9.8 BILLION cuts on the way

    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…

  • Ronnie Draper to speak at NSSN Conference

    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…

  • VIDEO: 3 Cosas Strike: Victory!

    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…

  • NSSN 175 – Support the London Tubeworkers!

    NSSN 175 – Support the London Tubeworkers!

    From RMT London Calling read full bulletin here Despite the concerted efforts of TfL bosses to persuade members to vote against strike action our members voted overwhelmingly to take action to defend our jobs and services. 77% voted in favour of strike action. That’s 31% of those balloted, a greater percentage of the electorate than…