Tag: anti-union laws
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NSSN 649: Tories threaten BMA with new anti-union law – fight together!
Tory Health Secretary Steve Barclay has threatened the BMA with their new anti-union law, the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 as the union’s consultants and junior doctors members stepped up their strike action. The NSSN stands in solidarity with the BMA and the consultants and junior doctors. As with other NHS workers and those…
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NSSN 648: TUC votes for fighting strategy against Tory anti-union law
This week’s TUC Congress in Liverpool passed a composite motion that set out a fighting strategy to take on the latest Tory anti-union law, the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (MSL). Workers will now want this strategy implemented, including the organising of a national demonstration and the convening of a Special TUC Congress ‘to…
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NSSN 646: Unions call for action against new Tory anti-union law at TUC – come to NSSN Lobby
At the TUC Congress in Liverpool, that starts on Sunday September 10th, one of the major debates will be on the Tories’ new anti-union legislation. The Minimum Service Level Act (MSL) was passed into law before the Parliamentary summer recess. This means that striking unions can face massive fines and their members can be under…
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NSSN 643: Tory Minimum Service Level anti-union attack is law – strike together to defeat it!
The Tories have sneaked their new attack on the right to strike, the Minimum Service Level Act (MSL) into law before the Parliamentary summer recess. This means that striking unions can face massive fines and their members can be under threat of dismissal at any time. The NSSN agrees with fighting unions that are calling…
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NSSN 641: FBU calls for “mass opposition” to latest Tory anti-union legislation
The NSSN welcomes the FBU’s call for the need to “build mass opposition” to the Tory’s new anti-union attack and we totally agree that unions need to “act together” against this offensive. The NSSN is again holding a lobby and rally before the start of TUC Congress on Sunday September 10th in Liverpool from 1pm,…
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NSSN 638: Come to NSSN Conference to fight for the #RightToStrike
This year’s NSSN Conference is two weeks today! It will hear about the many strikes taking place across all sectors as workers fight back against the cost of living squeeze. Read about those disputes in this weekly bulletin. But instead of negotiating with unions, Sunak’s Tory Government are bringing in yet more restrictive and undemocratic…
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NSSN 636: Demonstrate against the Tory anti-union attack
NSSN 636: Demonstrate against the Tory anti-union attack Join the TUC protest this Monday at 6pm in Parliament Square, called to coincide with the final Commons parliamentary debate. It must be a massive show of strength. But the TUC and the unions must go much further, with plans for a national Saturday demonstration to build…
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NSSN 635: Stop union-busting & blacklisting – defend the #RightToStrike
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with five separate campaigns against union-busting and blacklisting. Please support them. But they are also a reminder about the Tories’ attack on union rights. Their ‘Minimum Service Levels’ bill could be just days away from becoming law, on the back of decades of anti-union legislation, going back to Thatcher.…
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NSSN 634: Come to 2023 NSSN Conference Saturday 24th June
2023 NSSN Conference – Saturday 24th June in Conway Hall, London 11am-4.30pm –Attendance fee £6. You can register on the day at conference or email us in advance via [email protected] Confirmed speakers so far: NIPSA General Secretary Carmel Gates, BFAWU General Secretary Sarah Woolley, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan, NAPO National Official Annoesjka Valent, GMB…
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NSSN 633: Railworkers strike again – fight new Tory anti-union laws!
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the strikes called by the RMT and ASLEF rail unions on the Train Operating Companies (TOCs). The RMT will be striking on 13th May and ASLEF will be out on May 12th and 31st and June 3rd. Transport workers are one of the many groups of workers targeted…
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NSSN 621: Support the biggest strike in NHS history
Last Wednesday February 1st was a massive step up in the strike wave, as 500,000 workers in 5 unions – NEU, PCS, UCU, ASLEF and RMT – walked out together. There were impressive rallies and demonstrations in many towns and cities in support of the action as well as to protest against the new planned…
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NSSN 619: 500,000 workers out on February 1st #StrikeTogether
The strike wave will take a major step up on Wednesday 1st February when 5 unions will take national strike action – NEU, PCS, UCU, ASLEF and RMT. Up to half a million workers will be out and will be joined by the growing number of localised disputes. It will be the single biggest…
