Tag: Fast Food Rights
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NSSN 263: National Gallery victory, Kill The Bill action Oct 13
NSSN 263: PCS National Gallery victory, Tory Party demo & TUCG #KillTheBill protest Oct 13 The NSSN salutes the workers at the National Gallery and their union PCS as they return to work after over 100 days of strike action. The agreement includes the reinstatement of PCS rep Candy Udwin. This is a fantastic victory…
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NSSN 262: #KillTheBill Demo outside Tory Party conference
Text from NSSN leaflet that will be given out on Sunday’s TUC demonstration in Manchester:- As new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said, the Tories have declared war on trade unions and their members. After being the 200-1 outsider, surely no-one now believes the odds are too great to take on Cameron and co? Their…
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NSSN 260: Watch the video of NSSN #KillTheBill TUC lobby
Watch video of NSSN TUC rally & lobby HERE Hundreds of union activists crowded into the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) #KillTheBill rally before the start of TUC Congress in Brighton. Buoyed by the victory of anti-austerity candidate Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader the previous day, they heard speakers from the all layers of the…
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NSSN 259: Come to the NSSN Kill The Bill lobby
Next Monday September 14th, just as hundreds of delegates meet in Brighton at this year’s TUC Congress, the Tories will be trying to sneak their anti-union Trade Union Bill through another Parliamentary stage. This vicious legislation that builds on Thatcher’s laws, is designed to shackle the unions just as Osborne unleashes billions more in Tory…
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NSSN 258: Reinstate sacked Royal Mail rep John Vasey now!
John Vasey, a CWU postal rep in Wakefield, West Yorkshire has been sacked on what his work colleagues recognise as stitched up charges. John was suspended by Royal Mail during the general election on allegations connected with the non-delivery of election material. Since John’s suspension, the Wakefield office has been run by an increasingly threatening…
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NSSN 257: London Tubeworkers force bosses to move!
Tube unions have suspended the latest two planned 24-hour strikes this week in their dispute over night-time running. They and their members will decide if any new offer from London Underground/TfL is sufficient to settle but it’s clear that the action that has already twice brought London to a halt has forced management to move.…
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256: Support Amgueddfa Cymru/National Museum Wales strikes
Weekend strikes lead to closures for Amgueddfa Cymru/National Museum Wales (17 August) from PCS website Big Pit, the National Coal Museum, has been hit by closures in the dispute over weekend working payments. The action on 15 and 16 August followed walkouts at the other National Museums sites on Friday (12 August). The National Wool…
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Fast Food Rights National Organising Day: 16 Sept
We’re Hungry for Justice: Fast Food Rights National Organising Day: 16 SEP Posted on 13/08/2015 From Fast Food Rights / Hungry for Justice websiteThe NSSN is part of the Fast Food Rights / Hungry for Justice campaign alongside the BFAWU bakers’ union, John McDonnell MP, Unite the Resistance, Disabled People Against Cuts and Youth Fight for Jobs See…
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Work in Fast Food? Join the BFAWU – £10Now!
Dear Comrades Fast food Workers in the united states are registering victory after victory. The fight for $15 and a union is winning increases in minimum wage in cities across the states. Some of the most oppressed working class people in America are driving the political agenda of the Presidential election and forcing the…
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NSSN 238: Join the 15 April global fast food worker protest
Statement from BFAWU bakers’ union:- On 15 April 2015, thousands of fast food workers will lead a mass movement of around 60,000 low waged workers striking across the United States to raise the issue of poor wages and the lack of trade union rights within their industry. At the same time, fast food workers and…
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230:Victory! Protest wins reinstatement of Crossrail worker
Construction workers were celebrating this morning (Monday February 16) after a worker on the huge London Crossrail project was reinstated after being sacked on Friday for the crime of raising health and safety issues. His employer, Costain, tried to argue that he had been laid off because of lack of work, yet he had only…
