Tag: John McDonnell MP

  • NSSN 215: TUC Demo video/Support St Mungos strikers

    NSSN 215: TUC Demo video/Support St Mungos strikers

    See NSSN video taken on Saturday’s TUC ‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ demonstration’  St Mungo’s strike by Unite members Two hundred striking homelessness workers gathered outside St Mungo’s Broadway head office on the first day of a seven day strike. The strike follows imposed changes by a new management team at the charity. Spirits were…

  • 213: National Solidarity Day Oct 10 for Care UK striking workers

    213: National Solidarity Day Oct 10 for Care UK striking workers

    This Friday October 10, workers at Care UK in Doncaster will be taking their 81st day of strike action, reportedly a record in the care sector. The NSSN are supporting their call to make Friday a national day of solidarity. We call on all NSSN supporters, trade unionists and socialists to organise pickets and protests…

  • NSSN 204 – All out together on October 14!

    NSSN 204 – All out together on October 14!

    It’s official – the pay strike will continue into the autumn. The first serious step has been taken towards building the strike coalition that saw over 1 million public sector workers take action together on July 10th. Council workers from Unison, Unite and the GMB have agreed that October 14th will be the next strike…

  • 201: NSSN rally at TUC Congress:‘Confirm the next pay strikes!’

    201: NSSN rally at TUC Congress:‘Confirm the next pay strikes!’

    The tremendous #J10 public sector strike last Thursday has changed the mood music. All of a sudden it is the government desperately re-arranging the deck chairs on its Titanic with its latest re-shuffle. As the NSSN predicted, if the unions give workers a lead, they will respond. Not only that, the action was overwhelmingly popular…

  • NSSN 200: J10 pay strike shows our power!

    NSSN 200: J10 pay strike shows our power!

    Public sector workers in nine different unions were out on strike in force yesterday – in a magnificent show of strength to demand an end to the pay freeze. Local government workers in Unison, Unite and GMB; civil servants in the PCS and Nipsa, teachers in the NUT, fire-fighters in the FBU, and sections of…

  • VIDEO: $15 NOW & Fast Food Rights Campaign

    VIDEO: $15 NOW & Fast Food Rights Campaign

    Campaign against low pay to sweep across the Atlantic, as union organises UK Fast Food workers with: Ginger Jentzen, campaigner from victorious $15now campaign in Seattle, USA Ronnie Draper, General Secretary, Bakers Union BFAWU John McDonnell MP, Fast Food Rights campaign Rob Williams, Chair, National Shop Stewards Network Helen Pattison, Youth Fight for Jobs

  • NSSN 199: Come to NSSN14 this Saturday, build mass July10 strike

    NSSN 199: Come to NSSN14 this Saturday, build mass July10 strike

    The line-up for the July 10 strike is now complete. The FBU has today announced that fire-fighters defending their hard won pension rights will be walking out on the same day as up to 1½ million council and school workers, teachers, civil servants and others who are resisting the continuing public sector pay freeze. Workers…

  • IN PICTURES: London Fast Food Rights Day of Action

    IN PICTURES: London Fast Food Rights Day of Action

    May 15th saw protests and strike action around the world as fast food workers went on the offensive for higher wages and trade union rights. Here in Britain the Bakers union the BFAWU organised actions around the country as part of their fast food rights campaign. The London leg of the day of action took…

  • NSSN 192: Global Day of Action for fast food workers

    NSSN 192: Global Day of Action for fast food workers

    The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) is an international federation of Trade Unions uniting people who work in the food service, tourism and other industries. It comprises of 396 affiliated organisations in 126 countries, representing a combined membership of 12 million workers. On May 7th 2014,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • IWGB Rally – ‘Justice for Christmas’

    IWGB Rally – ‘Justice for Christmas’

    IWGB House of Commons Rally NSSN Chair Rob Williams will also be speaking at the rally.