Tag: CWU
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Ginger Jentzen from Seattle $15WON to speak at NSSN 2014!
NSSN 196: Seattle $15WON campaigner speaks at NSSN Conference! The NSSN is delighted to announce that a Ginger Jentzen from the victorious $15Now campaign that has lifted the minimum wage to $15 per hour in Seattle will address the NSSN annual conference on July 5th. Undoubtedly, the election last year of Kshama Sawant of Socialist…
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Mark Harding victory & indefinite UCU Lambeth strike
This week we take the unusual step of headlining with two disputes. We salute the indefinite strike by workers at Lambeth College and hope that the tremendous victory of Mark Harding and his union the RMT will be an inspiration to them, the Unite One Housing convenor Bryan Kennedy as his members take strike action…
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NSSN 190 – Celebrate May Day: support RMT & FBU strikes!
The officers and steering committee of the National Shop Stewards Network sends May Day greetings to all workers internationally. The origin of May Day is bound up with the struggle for shorter hours and greater leisure time for workers – this remains a major demand of workers’ organisations worldwide. On May 1, 1886, more than…
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NSSN 187: Sparks Strike Back: The fight for PAYE begins!
Unrest Wednesday is in Full Swing – 37 Agency Electricians walked off a job at AWE Aldermaston today (April 2) over the new self-employed legislation. It is a Shepherds Engineering Services job. They are demanding to be taken on the cards direct by Shepherds. Shepherds have agreed to a meeting to discuss the possibility. A…
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NSSN 186 – Probation workers action can defeat privatisation
By Chas Berry, Kent Branch NAPO Chair (personal capacity) As probation workers in NAPO prepare for a second national strike against privatisation from 31st March to 1st April, pressure is piling up on Secretary of State Chris Grayling from across the justice sector. On 1st April, lawyers in the Justice Alliance will take protest action…
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NSSN 182 – International Women’s Day 2014
The struggle against austerity “As we come marching, marching in the beauty of the day, A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray, Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses, For the people hear us singing: “Bread and roses! Bread and roses!” As we come marching, marching, we…
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NSSN 181 – Glasgow care workers escalate action
The Glasgow care workers strike action is growing stronger and more solid. After taking two 48-hour strikes in January the around 400 Unison members involved have now just completed a 72-hour strike over the Valentine’s weekend. If Social Work bosses and the Labour administration thought the resolve of the workers could be broken, they couldn’t…
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NSSN 180 – Tube unions 1 Johnson 0
A SOLID STRIKE by RMT AND TSSA has gained us a political and industrial victory over Boris Johnson. A partial retreat by our bosses from an intransigent position of refusing to withdraw their proposed cuts of a 1,000 jobs and closing virtually all ticket offices has been achieved. Action is suspended for eight weeks while…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
