Tag: Essex

  • NSSN 531: Support Thurrock council strike!

    NSSN 531: Support Thurrock council strike!

    We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the 3-week strike called by Unite members in Thurrock in Essex. The Tory Council are attacking the pay and terms & conditions of workers in refuse, street cleaning and highway maintenance. The NSSN sends solidarity to the Thurrock strikers. Unite: Strike dates set as Thurrock council heroes resist…

  • Support locked-out Essex firefighters & hardship fund

    Support locked-out Essex firefighters & hardship fund

    Essex Firefighters took strike action from 9am on Wednesday 14 Jan. The three days of planned partial actions have been escalated as the employers effectively chose to temporarily lock firefighters out rather than accept three days of more limited strikes.   The current dispute is over changes to conditions for control room staff – with…

  • NSSN 225: London Bus Strike / Defend Union Rights

    NSSN 225: London Bus Strike / Defend Union Rights

    January 13th London bus strike in video and pictures Bus workers in Unite in London are taking historic strike action today (January 13th) – for one rate for the job across all 18 companies. Strikers know this might have to be just the start and are ready for a big fight, but what a start!…