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  • 508: Lancashire Rolls Royce workers striking to save their plant!

    508: Lancashire Rolls Royce workers striking to save their plant!

    We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin to send solidarity to Rolls Royce workers in Barnoldswick in Lancashire. The Unite members have called strike action over three weeks as part of their campaign to save the factory. The NSSN believes that any plant threatened with closure should be taken into public ownership to save jobs and…

  • NSSN 507: Unite members prepare to strike in North West

    NSSN 507: Unite members prepare to strike in North West

      We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with two disputes from the North West involving Unite members. We send our solidarity to fuel tanker drivers employed by Hoyer Petrolog UK who are based at the Stanlow oil refinery and Rolls Royce workers in Barnoldswick in Lancashire. The NSSN believes that any plant threatened with closure…

  • NSSN 506: Support RMT strike for safety on Caledonian Sleeper

    NSSN 506: Support RMT strike for safety on Caledonian Sleeper

    Second 48 hour strike on SERCO Caledonian Sleeper rock solid this evening (Oct 11) as RMT members fight for safe working conditions. RAIL UNION RMT said today that the second of two scheduled 48 hour strikes on SERCO Caledonian Sleeper is rock solid again this evening with pickets out in force at key locations as…

  • 505: Celebrate Black History Month – support workers’ struggles

    505: Celebrate Black History Month – support workers’ struggles

      This week’s NSSN bulletin highlights this year’s Black History Month (BHM), which takes place every October. Black and Asian workers have played a vital role in the labour and trade union movement – from the Bristol Bus Boycott in the 1960s to Grunwicks in the 1970s to the strikes that are taking place every…

  • NSSN 504: Stop jobs slaughter as Tories end Job Retention Scheme

    NSSN 504: Stop jobs slaughter as Tories end Job Retention Scheme

    The NSSN pre-TUC Rally on September 13th, called on the TUC Congress to organise a day of demonstrations and protests in every town and city on Saturday October 24th to demand the furlough Job Retention Scheme, scheduled to end a week later, was continued and upgraded – we say ‘work or full pay!’ The Tory…

  • NSSN 500th weekly bulletin: Still fighting union-busting!

    NSSN 500th weekly bulletin: Still fighting union-busting!

    NSSN 500th weekly bulletin: Still fighting union-busting! Come to NSSN TUC Rally 1pm Sunday Sept 13 This week’s weekly NSSN bulletin is our 500th. It shows that we have a proud longstanding history of supporting unions taking action, going back to 2006 when the RMT rail and transport union, under the leadership of the late…

  • NSSN 498: Victory! Student protests force Tory A-Levels U-turn

    NSSN 498: Victory! Student protests force Tory A-Levels U-turn

    The NSSN salutes the students whose protests around the country have forced the Tory government to retreat. They were rightly furious that through no fault of their own because of the pandemic, many had their A Level results downgraded, threatening their futures. The system that was being used appeared to be to the disadvantage of…

  • 497: PCS consultative ballot of jobcentre and UC workers

    497: PCS consultative ballot of jobcentre and UC workers

    We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin on PCS’s consultative industrial action ballot that will begin on August 17th. We send our full support to PCS and its members and reps in DWP. We also send our solidarity to PCS members on Merseyside, outsourced cleaners working for ISS in HMRC who are on a month-long strike…

  • 495: Victory at Sheffield Papa John’s & job cuts fight at GE & Tate

    495: Victory at Sheffield Papa John’s & job cuts fight at GE & Tate

    NSSN 495: Victory at Sheffield Papa John’s as workers fight redundancies at GE & Tate Modern We headline this week’s bulletin with news of a great victory for workers at pizzeria Papa John’s in Sheffield after protests organised by Sheffield Needs A Pay Rise and BFAWU Bakers’ Union. We also highlight the fight by Unite…

  • NSSN 491:  Organise for the fight of our lives – NSSN Conference

    NSSN 491: Organise for the fight of our lives – NSSN Conference

    The NSSN Conference as always, is a vital forum for trade unionists to come together to discuss our experiences during these crisis-ridden times and forge a strategy that protects our safety in the workplace and defends our jobs and income. It’s never been more important for trade union members and reps to come together to…

  • NSSN 490:  Zoom in to NSSN Conference on Saturday July 4th

    NSSN 490: Zoom in to NSSN Conference on Saturday July 4th

      This year’s NSSN conference is a virtual event on the Zoom platform because of restrictions due to COVID-19 The agenda will be in next week’s NSSN bulletin but it will begin with a main session at 11am, followed by a number of workshops The link to join the Zoom meeting is – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85386731306?pwd=azRmZXExTGJJZXpMMXV3NDUvUFhwdz09 Facebook…

  • 487:  Come to virtual NSSN Conference Saturday July 4th

    487: Come to virtual NSSN Conference Saturday July 4th

      2020 NSSN Conference: via Zoom 11am-2pm on Saturday July 4th It’s never been more important for trade union members and reps to come together to discuss the strategy we need to fight for a future that secures our safety, jobs, income and pensions. The economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is showing…