Tag: IWGB

  • NSSN 306: Junior Doctors, UberEats & Southern Rail strikes

    NSSN 306: Junior Doctors, UberEats & Southern Rail strikes

    BMA Junior Doctors re-start strikes September 12-16 The BMA has today confirmed that junior doctors will take further industrial action. The first 5 days will be September 12-16. We know that trade unionists and the majority of ordinary people everywhere will support this action as they did earlier in the year.   These dates happen…

  • 305: John McDonnell to speak at NSSN TUC rally 11 Sept

    305: John McDonnell to speak at NSSN TUC rally 11 Sept

    The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) is delighted to announce that Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has agreed to speak at our rally on Sunday 11 September, before the start of TUC Congress in Brighton. The NSSN gives full support to Jeremy and John McDonnell. Like tens of thousands of working class people who have…

  • NSSN 304: Deliveroo workers strike against #Slaveroo pay cuts!

    NSSN 304: Deliveroo workers strike against #Slaveroo pay cuts!

    Hundreds of drivers working for takeaway food courier company Deliveroo protested outside their head office on 15 August, the beginning of a strike over changes to their pay. At the moment drivers get £7 an hour plus £1 extra for each delivery, Deliveroo want to cut the hourly rate and move to a zero-hour contract…

  • NSSN Conference: No to austerity & anti-union laws

    NSSN Conference: No to austerity & anti-union laws

    As the standing ovation for sacked Greek Vodafone worker, Harris Sedaris, died away, the audience at the ninth annual National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) conference broke into an impromptu rendition of traditional socialist song ‘the International’. It was a fitting end to a day full of hope and confidence – one that laid the foundations…

  • NSSN 194: Strike together on July 10 for a pay rise!

    NSSN 194: Strike together on July 10 for a pay rise!

    The NUT’s executive committee has voted to make preparations to give notice for strike action on 10 July. This is the day that school support staff unions have put forward as the date when they hope to be able to call a co-ordinated strike. Other public sector unions like the PCS have live ballots already…

  • SOAS cleaners strike again!

    SOAS cleaners strike again!

    Unison members working for outsourced cleaning company ISS at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) have again been on strike today. The strikers, many of them migrant workers are demanding the same terms and conditions such as sick pay and other benefits enjoyed by in-house workers. They and their supporters are also calling…

  • NSSN 181 – Glasgow care workers escalate action

    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…

  • NSSN 180 – Tube unions 1 Johnson 0

    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…

  • Royal Opera House cleaners beat low pay

    Royal Opera House cleaners beat low pay

    From the IWGB Victory over poverty pay

  • NSSN 176 – Local government cuts: Protest AND then strike

    NSSN 176 – Local government cuts: Protest AND then strike

    Since May 2010 407,000 jobs have been lost in local government and some of the biggest cuts are yet to bite. In adjoining counties in the east midlands, 2 county councils, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire – both Labour controlled, are planning cuts of £157m and £154 respectively over the next 3 years. These are examples not…

  • VIDEO: 3 Cosas Strike: Victory!

    VIDEO: 3 Cosas Strike: Victory!

    Reposted from Reel News YouTube Channel A major step forward for outsourced workers at the University of London: immediately after their two day strike in November 2013, Balfour Beatty announced major concessions on sick pay and holidays. However the campaign continues; there’s no movement on pensions, the sick pay and holidays are still not up…

  • NSSN 175 – Support the London Tubeworkers!

    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…