Tag: SERCO

  • NSSN 543: Support the Bexley Bin Strike

    NSSN 543: Support the Bexley Bin Strike

    The NSSN headlines this week’s bulletin with the strike by refuse workers in Bexley Council. This is the third Unite dispute with outsourcing company Serco in the last few weeks, along with traffic wardens in Ealing as well as catering workers at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, who are closing in on successful resolution.…

  • NSSN 176 – Local government cuts: Protest AND then strike

    NSSN 176 – Local government cuts: Protest AND then strike

    Since May 2010 407,000 jobs have been lost in local government and some of the biggest cuts are yet to bite. In adjoining counties in the east midlands, 2 county councils, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire – both Labour controlled, are planning cuts of £157m and £154 respectively over the next 3 years. These are examples not…