Tag: GMB

  • NSSN 399: Support the striking Birmingham home care workers

    NSSN 399: Support the striking Birmingham home care workers

      The NSSN sends solidarity to Birmingham Council Unison members, who are stepping up their action. This report is from a Birmingham NSSN supporter:- Birmingham home care workers are starting 14 days of discontinuous strike action on 9 August in protest at the Labour council’s attempts to create a completely part-time workforce which would mean that many workers…

  • NSSN 391: PCS votes for national pay strike ballot

    NSSN 391: PCS votes for national pay strike ballot

    You can receive this bulletin via email or you can choose to unsubscribe and stop receiving them. Like everyone else, the NSSN has to adhere to new data protection regulations. Therefore you must click here to subscribe/unsubscribe   NSSN 391: PCS votes for national pay strike ballot The National Shop Stewards Network gives full support…

  • NSSN 390: Support the USDAW Dagenham Tesco strike

    NSSN 390: Support the USDAW Dagenham Tesco strike

    You can receive this bulletin via email or you can choose to unsubscribe and stop receiving them. Like everyone else, the NSSN has to adhere to new data protection regulations. Therefore you must click here to subscribe/unsubscribe   NSSN 390: Support the USDAW Dagenham Tesco strike Workers at Tesco Dagenham distribution site are striking over…

  • 389: March against the Tories – Newham Academy victory!

    389: March against the Tories – Newham Academy victory!

    The NSSN calls on all our supporters and affiliates to continue to build for this Saturday’s ‘A new deal for working people’ demonstration. We believe that it is an opportunity to provide a platform to launch a movement that can take on this weak and divided Tory government. Unions such as the PCS are using…

  • NSSN 387: IWMD, May Day #McStrike, Bromley victory & 2 years fighting DOO

    NSSN 387: IWMD, May Day #McStrike, Bromley victory & 2 years fighting DOO

      This week’s bulletin falls just before two important dates in the calendar for trade unionists and workers – International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) on Saturday April 28th and May Day International Workers Day on Tuesday May 1st. There will be events all round the country over the next week or so to mark both…

  • NSSN 384: Support the indefinite Bromley library strike

    NSSN 384: Support the indefinite Bromley library strike

      Staff at all 14 of Bromley’s libraries in Unite started an indefinite strike on Wednesday 28 March over a ‘paltry and insulting’ pay offer. The strike by the 36 workers comes after the breakdown of pay talks between Unite and Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL), which runs the library service on behalf of Bromley council.…

  • NSSN 378: Lecturers start pensions strike as Mears workers win!

    NSSN 378: Lecturers start pensions strike as Mears workers win!

      In this week’s bulletin, we highlight the national strike by the UCU lecturers’’ union that begins this week to defend their pensions. We also salute the Mears workers in Manchester who have won a victory after an incredible campaign of action.   UCU Over 1 million students will be affected by university pensions strikes…

  • NSSN 377: Support the strikes & protests in #HeartUnions week

    NSSN 377: Support the strikes & protests in #HeartUnions week

      For the 3rd year, the TUC and the unions are using #HeartUnions week to highlight the role that unions can play. Supporters of the NSSN will be taking part in activities around the country, especially on two of the major themes – public sector pay and assisting the BFAWU in organising low-paid workers in…

  • NSSN 376: Feb 3rd NHS demos – “Prepare for battle!”

    NSSN 376: Feb 3rd NHS demos – “Prepare for battle!”

      National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) supporters took part in protests around the country last Saturday on the day of action called by Health Campaigns Together (which we are affiliated to) and the People’s Assembly. Tens of thousands took to the streets, including on the emergency London demonstration, to send a message to the Tories…

  • NSSN 374: UCU vote to strike for 14 days to defend pensions

    NSSN 374: UCU vote to strike for 14 days to defend pensions

      University pensions strike update: Universities to be hit with 14 strike days if USS row not resolved – from UCU website (22 Jan): Universities face initial 14 days of escalating strike action if a row over changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) is not resolved. Sixty-one universities would be hit with a wave…

  • NSSN 372: BFAWU McDonalds victory plus Feb3 NHS demo

    NSSN 372: BFAWU McDonalds victory plus Feb3 NHS demo

      The NSSN sends solidarity and congratulations to one of our affiliated unions the Bakers’, Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) and their members in McDonalds, who have won a famous victory. We supported their historic strike in Crayford and Cambridge on September 4th, the first in the company in the UK and the NSSN…

  • NSSN 371: RMT starts 2018 with DOO strikes in 5 train companies

    NSSN 371: RMT starts 2018 with DOO strikes in 5 train companies

      From the RMT website:- RMT announces strike action in New Year in separate disputes over the attack on the role of the guard and the extension of Driver Only Operation. RAIL UNION RMT today (December 20) confirmed strike action in January in separate disputes with train operating companies across the UK over attacks on…