Tag: CWU

  • 497: PCS consultative ballot of jobcentre and UC workers

    497: PCS consultative ballot of jobcentre and UC workers

    We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin on PCS’s consultative industrial action ballot that will begin on August 17th. We send our full support to PCS and its members and reps in DWP. We also send our solidarity to PCS members on Merseyside, outsourced cleaners working for ISS in HMRC who are on a month-long strike…

  • NSSN 496: Join the NHS Pay protests on Saturday August 8th

    NSSN 496: Join the NHS Pay protests on Saturday August 8th

    NHS workers are on the march for a 15% pay rise that starts to close the income gap caused by a decade of pay freezes. Please join the protests that are taking place, with many on Saturday August 8th. Details of some of these can be found here in the Nurses and Midwives say NO!…

  • 495: Victory at Sheffield Papa John’s & job cuts fight at GE & Tate

    495: Victory at Sheffield Papa John’s & job cuts fight at GE & Tate

    NSSN 495: Victory at Sheffield Papa John’s as workers fight redundancies at GE & Tate Modern We headline this week’s bulletin with news of a great victory for workers at pizzeria Papa John’s in Sheffield after protests organised by Sheffield Needs A Pay Rise and BFAWU Bakers’ Union. We also highlight the fight by Unite…

  • 494:  NSSN South West meeting – 11am Saturday July 25th

    494: NSSN South West meeting – 11am Saturday July 25th

    National Shop Stewards’ Network South West regional meeting – 11am Saturday July 25th Facebook event The National Shop Steward’s Network is an organisation bringing together rank and file trade unionists to help build our movement. We are having a regional meeting in the South West which will include discussion of the struggles for workers’ health…

  • NSSN 492:  Support Tower Hamlets Unison strike

    NSSN 492: Support Tower Hamlets Unison strike

      The NSSN sends our solidarity to Unison members who are striking against attacks on their terms and conditions. Hundreds of union reps and members at our annual conference on Zoom last Saturday supported this call. It is an outrage that a Labour council is using the worst methods of private sector bosses to impose…

  • NSSN 491:  Organise for the fight of our lives – NSSN Conference

    NSSN 491: Organise for the fight of our lives – NSSN Conference

    The NSSN Conference as always, is a vital forum for trade unionists to come together to discuss our experiences during these crisis-ridden times and forge a strategy that protects our safety in the workplace and defends our jobs and income. It’s never been more important for trade union members and reps to come together to…

  • NSSN 490:  Zoom in to NSSN Conference on Saturday July 4th

    NSSN 490: Zoom in to NSSN Conference on Saturday July 4th

      This year’s NSSN conference is a virtual event on the Zoom platform because of restrictions due to COVID-19 The agenda will be in next week’s NSSN bulletin but it will begin with a main session at 11am, followed by a number of workshops The link to join the Zoom meeting is – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85386731306?pwd=azRmZXExTGJJZXpMMXV3NDUvUFhwdz09 Facebook…

  • 488:  Postponed NSSN-Tamil Solidarity Zoom meeting this Saturday

    488: Postponed NSSN-Tamil Solidarity Zoom meeting this Saturday

    Tamil Solidarity and the National Shop Stewards Network have reluctantly decided to postpone our public Zoom meeting, which was due to take place this coming Saturday June 13th. We have come to this decision because a number of further Black Lives Matter anti-racism demonstrations have been called on Saturday against the killing of George Floyd…

  • 487:  Come to virtual NSSN Conference Saturday July 4th

    487: Come to virtual NSSN Conference Saturday July 4th

      2020 NSSN Conference: via Zoom 11am-2pm on Saturday July 4th It’s never been more important for trade union members and reps to come together to discuss the strategy we need to fight for a future that secures our safety, jobs, income and pensions. The economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is showing…

  • 485:  Support teachers & schools staff fighting Tory June 1 re-opening

    485: Support teachers & schools staff fighting Tory June 1 re-opening

      The NSSN sends our support and solidarity to education workers, their unions and an increasing number of parents as they look to resist the Tory government’s plans to move to a much wider opening of schools in England on June 1st.  We believe that this reckless plan is clearly connected to Boris Johnson’s intention…

  • 484:  NSSN public meeting – Workers’ Safety before Profit

    484: NSSN public meeting – Workers’ Safety before Profit

      Workers are confused and angry after Boris Johnson’s announcement the Tories want to ease the COVID-19 lockdown while deaths are rising, test targets are missed and imported PPE fails to meet NHS safety standards. In fact, if many workers and their union branches hadn’t made their intention clear not to accept a wholesale ‘return…

  • NSSN 483:  CWU force Royal Mail bosses back

    NSSN 483: CWU force Royal Mail bosses back

      The NSSN sends solidarity to the CWU and its members in Royal Mail. Just after our weekly bulletin went out last Tuesday, postal service management notified workers that the Saturday letter delivery would be temporarily stopped. The CWU immediately warned members that this move, coming with no consultation with the union, could become permanent…