Tag: lobby
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NSSN EBULLETIN 152 We’d like to celebrate the birth of.. đ
NSSN EBULLETIN 152 We’d like to celebrate the birth of.. đ some more industrial action.. Following a spring of industrial action PCS will be spending the summer months consulting all of its branches on how to take its national campaign forward. In an escalation of the PCS national campaign in support of pay, pensions, jobs,…
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Bulletin 150 – New Labour attacks trade unions
NSSN e-bulletin 150 New Labour attacks trade unions The major union news of the week has been the battle between New Labour and Unite over the role unions play in the Labour party. NSSN supporters and our sponsoring unions have differing views over the Labour link; some are affiliated to Labour, others have no party…
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NSSN Bulletin 146: Letâs Beat the Blacklist & Build a fighting Trade Union movement!
NSSN Bulletin 146: Letâs Beat the Blacklist & Build a fighting Trade Union movement! Last Monday nightâs Panorama laid bare the realities of the employersâ use of blacklists to prevent trade unionists and campaigners working and organising against dangerous and illegal work practises. Among those interviewed were Howard Nolan, Roy Bentham and Frank Morris, victimised…
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Bulletin 139 – Time to get your diaries out..
Weâre supposed to be in the age of declining unions but if the TUC calls a 24 hour general strike, the young, the unorganised and the unemployed will join the unions.â RMT General Secretary Bob Crow closed the NSSN lobby of todayâs (April 24th) TUC General Council, which saw up to 200 union member and…
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Union members to lobby TUC to name the date for a general strike
A union rank and file organisation will be lobbying the TUC General Council on April 24th for the TUC to name the date for a 24 hour general strike against the ConDem austerity offensive. As the Financial Times reports today (âUnions split over call for 24 hour general strikeâ – April 3rd), the leaders of…
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Stop the Blacklist @ Crossrail protest today
You can’t describe how NOISY this demo was but it was part of  the right response to the ongoing bullying of sacked Unite Rep Frank Morris. Yesterday he was attacked by Security guards and today there was a big and noisy Unite turnout to raise the game. NSSN Rob williams and other steering committee members…
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Solidarity with PCS striking on Budget day!
As the CONDEM government look to further shift wealth to the rich and leave more and more of us literally gasping for breath as we try to make ends meet, we are proud to express our support and solidarity with the PCS members who will be taking strike action tomorrow over pay, pensions and terms and conditions.…
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NSSN Bulletin 107
From Sunday the TUC holds its 2012 congress. So divided is the Con-Dem coalition that at times it seems a strong gust of wind could blow them over as they argue over a third runway at Heathrow or House of Lords reform. Yet this is the government that has implemented billions of pounds worth of cuts, sacked…
