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NSSN Bulletin 105
Trade unionists in Britain have been stunned by the scenes of slaughter on our TV sets from the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa. For many veterans of the anti-Apartheid movement it was all too reminiscent of the massacres in Sharpeville and Soweto. But this horror turned very quickly to anger when the reports came…
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NSSN Bulletin 104
I passed the newsagents this morning and saw the Daily Mirror headline – “Britain’s 20 most wanted tax dodgers”. I thought what’s this? Is the government of the rich going to finally expose their fat cat friends? But I didn’t recognise anyone on the front page. True to form, while we don’t condone tax dodging…
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Action For Rail Conference Manchester
About 60 union reps, mainly from the rail unions, but also from the NHS, civil service and local government, came to the Manchester ‘Action For Rail’ conference to organise resistance to the McNulty report into the future of the railways. They were joined by trades council activist and public transport campaigners. We heard from Martin…
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40 years since Pentonville
PENTONVILLE 5 AND THE DOCK STRIKE OF 1972 – (Two personal views of how the dockers defeated the Tories) WHAT WE CAN LEARN TODAY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THAT MOMENTOUS STRUGGLE 40 YEARS AGO (Laurence Humphries) 40 Years ago in the summer of 1972 new technology had revolutionised dock handling and ‘containerisation’ was in place.…
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Solidarity with the striking Turkish textile workers
5,000 textile workers in Gaziantep, Turkey are taking industrial action for an indefinite period for increased pay and for a better working environment. It has been over a week since the struggle of thousands of textile workers at Gaziantep Baspinar Industrial District started for reasonable pay and work conditions. The workers at ?ireci Tekstil, Zafer…
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Support the Remploy fight
Article, interviews and reports For months the Con-Dem government have stated their intention to close 36 out of 54 Remploy factories across the UK. Remploy workers had already voted overwhelmingly to take strike action on 19 and 26 July to save these plants and the related jobs. Now this has added urgency because on 10…
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Second strike day at Remploy factories
Leeds The second day of strike action at the Leeds Remploy factory saw large numbers of pickets once again. A delegation from the PCS DWP group executive came down early on to support the strike as did members of other local trade unions. The pickets’ anger showed with chants of ‘Maria Miller Factory Killer’ directed…
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NSSN Bulletin 103
It’s official. Making young people work for nothing is NOT slavery! Last week, a high court judge dismissed the case of a post-graduate, who had contested being forced to sweep floors and stack shelves 5 hours a day 5 days a week in Poundland without pay in order not to lose her Job Seekers Allowance…
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Jobcentre call centres strike against draconian conditions
obcentre staff who deal with calls from people entitled to benefits are striking today over oppressive working conditions and unrealistic targets. More than 6,000 PCS members in 32 call centres in England, Scotland and Wales are reigniting industrial action first taken last year against draconian conditions that prevent them from providing the kind of service…
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NSSN Bulletin 102
As Olympics fever grips some of the nation, many trying to put out of their minds what will happen after the £9 billion jamboree. Remember, just 15% of the total cuts programme has been implemented, the economy is stuck in a recession and the eurozone crisis is still rumbling, so there is sadly, plenty more…
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NSSN Bulletin 101
Watching the odd swish car and coach race down the 30 miles of super fast lanes that have been assigned for the Olympics, shows what can be done, if a city and its representatives decide to plan to change things. It just depends on who that the plan is for, and again its for the…
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NSSN Bulletin 100
20 July 2012 Yes, we’ve made it to 100! Just a few weeks after the 6th annual NSSN conference – the 100th ebulletin. The NSSN is now a fixture in the union movement – building the rank & file since 2006, when we were initiated by the RMT. Big thanks to our supporting national unions RMT,…
