Tag: pensions
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NSSN Bulletin 146: Let’s Beat the Blacklist & Build a fighting Trade Union movement!
NSSN Bulletin 146: Let’s Beat the Blacklist & Build a fighting Trade Union movement! Last Monday night’s Panorama laid bare the realities of the employers’ 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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Fight the Ford Closure
Ford’s closure plans have angered workers in East London. Workers from Ford’s Dagenham Stamping & Tooling Operations plant finished their night shift and descended on Ford’s UK headquarters as Unite convenors from around the country met management on 18 April for a Ford National Joint Negotiating Committee (FNJNC). A consultative ballot for strike action gained…
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Bury Thatcher’s legacy – TUC must call a 24-hour general strike!
When people try to remember where they were when they heard that Maggie Thatcher had died, their reaction will tell us everything about her legacy – Cameron and Clegg’s austerity Britain. The millionaires, including two-thirds of the Cabinet, will think of the 5% tax cut they started to pocket on the first day of the…
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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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133 – “It’s not about making sense, it’s about making money”
The NHS starts our bulletin this week. On Saturday, there is likely to be a big demo in North London to defend Whittington Hospital (see below). Meanwhile, the ConDem attacks are coming into effect soon. Here is a brief piece from NSSN supporter Chris Moore: The Health and Social Care Act – it’s not about…
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No. 132 It’s time for a united union fight for decent pay!
NSSN ebulletin 132 International Women’s Day 2013: Women to the fore against austerity – “it’s high time for a united union fight for decent pay” Women internationally have fought to defend jobs and services and this has never been so important as we approach international women’s day this year. All the gains that we…
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PCS reaches agreement on staffing in DWP
The PCS Group Executive in DWP is committed to campaigning for proper staffing levels to provide good services to the public in a period when the demand on our services is unprecedented. We were therefore disappointed in a period when workloads are so high that management issued 43 compulsory redundancy notices towards the end of…
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TCL Miners protest over Pensions in Namibia
On Wednesday (7 Nov), Former workers for TCL in Namibia started their demonstrations outside the court in the capital Windhoek demanding the restoration of their missing pension funds. Click for march pictures Initial reports indicate continued obstruction by the authorities. The workers have followed all correct procedures, but the police are trying to prevent them…
