Tag: NEU
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NSSN 716: #IWD2025 Greetings, NEU indicative ballot on pay & RMT LU pensions victory
We send International Women’s Day (IWD) greetings to all our supporters and affiliates. There will be events on IWD this Saturday 8th March and throughout the month of March. We also send comradely greetings to delegates at TUC Women’s Conference, which meets this week. We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the indicative ballot that…
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NSSN 711: NEU calls more national Sixth Form Strikes
The NSSN sends solidarity to the NEU and their members in 32 Sixth Form Colleges who start a further 3 days of strike action this Wednesday 29th January. They will also take action on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th of February. In addition, the NASUWT is balloting its members Sixth Form Colleges for industrial action.…
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NSSN 710: Support the winter strikes
Workers’ action is continuing into January. These include the following – NEU have names further national strike dates in Sixth Form Colleges and has a number of local disputes, PCS members are striking against the victimisation of HMRC reps in Benton Park View and has called more strikes in its long-running dispute of outsourced workers.…
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NSSN 709: NEU announce indicative ballot on pay
NEU announce indicative ballot on pay (from NEU website – 9 Jan) – At a special meeting of the national executive of the National Education Union, held this week, the union has agreed to proceed with a preliminary online ballot of teacher members in England. This is to gauge the strength of feeling about the…
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NSSN 704: Support the NEU Sixth Form Colleges Strikes!
This week, we headline the NSSN bulletin with the strike by NEU members in Sixth Form Colleges on 28 November, 3 December and 4 December. Please support these strikes and all the others that are publicised in our weekly NSSN bulletins. NEU: Sixth form college strike days announced (13 Nov) – Following a resounding 97%…
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NSSN 652: Tories target new anti-union law at education unions – all unions must fight together
After the BMA was recently threatened by the Tories with their Minimum Service Levels (MSL) anti-union law when their consultant and junior doctor members took strike action together, Sunak’s government is now targeting education unions. The UCU, NEU and NASUWT have all responded to this attack. Education workers, like those across all sectors in the…
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NSSN 632: Support May Day weekend #Megastrike
The next week is always of supreme importance to the workers’ movement. On Friday 28th April, all those who have been killed, maimed or injured at work will be commemorated on International Workers Memorial Day (see TUC website for events). May 1st is May Day – the Workers’ Day, where the collective fight of workers…
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NSSN 625: March this Saturday to defend the NHS
SOS NHS National Demonstration – OUR NHS: END THE CRISIS SUPPORT THE STRIKES 11 MARCH 2023 Central London – assemble midday opposite Warren St tube station, Tottenham Court Road NW1 3AA leaflet Facebook event Demonstration and transport details here The NSSN is supporting this vital demonstration and sends solidarity to all health workers taking strike…
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NSSN 622: After the mass strikes – all out together on Budget Day!
The NSSN called an online meeting on the evening of the 6th February health service strikes – the biggest in NHS history. Five days earlier, 500,000 workers in 5 unions – NEU, PCS, UCU, ASLEF and RMT – walked out together. The NSSN meeting was a valuable forum for reps and activists across the union…
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NSSN 621: Support the biggest strike in NHS history
Last Wednesday February 1st was a massive step up in the strike wave, as 500,000 workers in 5 unions – NEU, PCS, UCU, ASLEF and RMT – walked out together. There were impressive rallies and demonstrations in many towns and cities in support of the action as well as to protest against the new planned…
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NSSN 620: Support the February 1 #MegaStrike
The NSSN gives our full support to the massive movement of workers this Wednesday 1st February when half a million will take national strike action across 5 unions – NEU, PCS, UCU, ASLEF and RMT. Alongside them will be strikers in a growing number of localised disputes. It will be the biggest day of action…
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NSSN 619: 500,000 workers out on February 1st #StrikeTogether
The strike wave will take a major step up on Wednesday 1st February when 5 unions will take national strike action – NEU, PCS, UCU, ASLEF and RMT. Up to half a million workers will be out and will be joined by the growing number of localised disputes. It will be the single biggest…
