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TUC passes general strike motion
Following what was described by one observer as the best debate she had ever witnessed at a TUC congress, union delegates voted overwhelmingly for ‘motion 5’, moved by the POA union (prison officers) in favour of a general strike against the government’s austerity. Although the wording of the motion qualified the general strike call, arguing…
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Leading trade unionists arrested on picket line
Defend trade union rights Steve Hedley, the newly elected assistant general secretary of the RMT was arrested on a picket line at Kings Cross station. He was later released without charge but this is clearly an attack on the democratic right to strike. Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union employed by contractors ISS…
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Lobby of TUC – Report
**Breaking news** The PCS motion for more co-ordinated action has been passed TODAY! The debate on the POA motion on a general strike is tomorrow. Even before the actual NSSN lobby of the TUC for a general strike took place on Sunday 9 September, NSSN supporters had been busy discussing, debating and mobilising workers and…
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Lobby the TUC – Strike against austerity!
* BREAKING NEWS: 9.9.2012 3.25pm At the NSSN rally before we continued to do our final lobby of the TUC, it was announced, to cheers, that UNISON would be supporting the motion at TUC for a general strike. This was in addition to the GMB & NAPO. More reports and details of what we are planning next…
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Rank & File activist Re-instated!
From the Scottish Rank & File: Balfour Beatty have backed down in the face of a Rank and File backlash and have re-instated Stewart Hume as of Monday 10 September. Stewart is to start work at Chivas in Dumbarton, initially for a four week period, but work is continuing to ensure that it is permanent.…
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NUT vote YES YES for action !
By Martin Powell-Davis NUT & NSSN Steering group. The NUT National Executive meeting this afternoon welcomed the overwhelming results of our national ballots to seek to persuade the Secretary of State for Education to protect teachers’ pay and working conditions:The results for the votes covering teachers in England were: In favour of discontinuous strike action…
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NSSN Bulletin 107
From Sunday the TUC holds its 2012 congress. So divided is the Con-Dem coalition that at times it seems a strong gust of wind could blow them over as they argue over a third runway at Heathrow or House of Lords reform. Yet this is the government that has implemented billions of pounds worth of cuts, sacked…
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Remploy Glasgow – 1st day of 4 day strike!
The first of a four day strike at Remploy Springburn in Glasgow was absolutley solid. Only one staff member crossed the picket line, a HR manager who sneaked in early. Pickets did shifts all day with no less than thirty workers manning the gates. The mood was determined but angry, especially when pickets read in…
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NSSN Bulletin 106
106 — For decent, affordable, accessible sport, housing, jobs & welfare! This week the attention turns from the Olympics to the Paralympics. Traditionally a much smaller event but this year is set to benefit from the coverage of the Olympics. We will all enjoy the games and what can be done, but for disabled people…
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Why I am lobbying the TUC for a strike against austerity!
With over 350,000 public sector workers already sacked and over one million young people on the dole, it’s terrifying to think that the vast majority of the cuts are still to come – unless we fight them! These cuts aren’t necessary. £120 billion of tax goes unpaid every year largely by big business and the…
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Solidarity needed in fight to save jobs (Taiwan)
Three hundred textile workers in the Hualon Corporation’s factory in Miaoli County, Taiwan declared indefinite strike more than a month ago on 6 June. Since then they have occupied the factory for one month to stop the machines from being moved out. They are fighting for money owed on their wages and pensions going back…
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Why I’m lobbying the TUC for a 24-hour general strike (C&A)
When my father used to tell me of the privations he endured in the 1930s depression including walking from Brighton to Aldershot in a fruitless search for work it just sounded like scary stories from history, but I can see things going back that far and further if this government isn’t challenged. It’s clear from…
