Tag: May Day
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NSSN 724: Support workers’ action on May Day
The NSSN sends solidarity greetings as unions and their members celebrate Workers Day this Thursday May 1st and over the coming weekend. There will be May Day demonstrations, meetings and events taking place. Some of them can be found on social media via #MayDay #MayDay2025 #MayDay25. Also, there are many strikes happening, which we advertise…
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NSSN 677: NSSN sends May Day solidarity greetings – support the strikes!
The NSSN sends solidarity greetings ahead of May Day – May 1st, International Workers’ Day, which celebrates the struggles of workers and their unions globally. We continue to build support and solidarity for the strikes that are happening every week. Find out about these in this, our weekly bulletin. There will be May Day demonstrations,…
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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…
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NSSN 189 – Tube Strike back on! Support the RMT
RMT members working on London Underground (LU) will strike on 28-30 April and 5-8 May. This is because talks at Acas with LU have failed to make any progress. In fact LU have reneged on their undertakings made when our strike in February was suspended to allow talks to take place. During this time LU…
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NSSN Conference July 5: “Fight Together for a Pay Rise!”
Workers are saying “What recovery? We want our share!” Millions of public sector workers are having their pay again pegged to 1% when RPI inflation is nearly 3% and energy prices are up 9%! Average household income is already 6% below 2003 levels. NHS workers are not even getting this miserly rise and correctly health…
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NSSN 187: Sparks Strike Back: The fight for PAYE begins!
Unrest Wednesday is in Full Swing – 37 Agency Electricians walked off a job at AWE Aldermaston today (April 2) over the new self-employed legislation. It is a Shepherds Engineering Services job. They are demanding to be taken on the cards direct by Shepherds. Shepherds have agreed to a meeting to discuss the possibility. A…