Tag: Tory
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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 651: United union response needed now to Tory anti-union attack
On August 25th, the Tory Government announced that they were launching a 6-week consultation that “will advise unions on reasonable steps they should take to ensure minimum service levels are achieved during strike action.” During this period, Tory ministers have threatened the BMA and last week the UCU responded to the new anti-union attack. …
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NSSN 633: Railworkers strike again – fight new Tory anti-union laws!
We headline this week’s NSSN bulletin with the strikes called by the RMT and ASLEF rail unions on the Train Operating Companies (TOCs). The RMT will be striking on 13th May and ASLEF will be out on May 12th and 31st and June 3rd. Transport workers are one of the many groups of workers targeted…
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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.…
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NSSN 465: Fight the new Tory anti-union laws!
The General Election has seen Boris Johnson win a majority. But the NSSN calls on the whole trade union movement to prepare for the fight ahead against his Tory government. Despite his populism, this is no worker-friendly government. As usual, the Tories will continue to serve the interests of big business. Even during the…
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Come to NSSN 2017 Annual Conference July 1st in London
2017 National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) Conference: 11am-4.30pm Saturday July 1st in Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. £6 fee Time to fight back against the Tory Cuts and their anti-union laws! The fightback has started. The bosses and the Tories hailed record low strike figures in 2015 but are now…
