Tag: Unite
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NSSN 245: Victories show that action works!
It’s just a month since the Tories won the general election and already workers are demonstrating how they can be stopped in their tracks! In the last week alone:- Education unions in Lewisham were due to take another two days of strike action this week against academisation but the plans have been deferred. Kone workers…
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Victory for Kone Strikers!
The escalation of strike action across the country by around 300 engineering service workers has thwarted attempts by bosses from Kone using a tracking system as a disciplinary tool. The Finnish owned company were intent on using unreliable “spy in the cab” technology. In one case the data showed that an engineer was supposed…
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244: Prepare for mass action to defeat new Tory anti-union laws!
In the splendour of the unelected House of Lords, through the mouthpiece of a hereditary monarch, the Tories who were elected by 24% of the electorate have announced plans for new anti-union laws. Their Trade Unions Bill, will impose a 50% turnout threshold on strike ballots, with a further requirement in essential public services for…
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Gateshead Kone workers step up action
Kone workers on the Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead have escalated their action from a series of one day strikes to a two week all-out stoppage. The strikers all feel this has been necessary because of the company’s lack of commitment to finding a settlement. Unite have urged the bosses of the Finnish owned company…
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NSSN 243: Two weeks after the election…workers strike back!
This is our second NSSN e-bulletin since the general election result which confirmed a Tory majority government. Since then, a number of unions have held their national conferences. We are delighted to announce that at theirs, the FBU have voted to affiliate to the NSSN – the 9th national union to officially support the Network.…
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242: No cuts mandate – come to NSSN fightback Conference
Thousands of trade union reps and activists are trying to make sense of the general election result that has ushered in another 5 years of Tory rule – except this time without any LibDem cover. But we don’t believe that this is a strong government. The Tories only increased their vote by 0.8% and have…
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241: Dave Smith of BSG to speak at NSSN Conference
The NSSN is delighted to announce that Dave Smith, a leading campaigner against blacklisting of workers for trade union activity will speak at this year’s NSSN conference on July 4th. Dave is also the co-author of the new book ‘Blacklisted’, which ‘tells the controversial story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction companies resorted to…
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240: Celebrate 125th May Day
Youth Fight for Jobs is sending solidarity and May Day greetings in this week’s NSSN e-bulletin. “May 1st is International Workers’ Day. This year, let’s make it £10/hr day! Youth Fight for Jobs, the BFAWU Bakers’ Union and others in the Fast Food Rights campaign encourage trades councils to put raising the minimum wage to…
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NSSN 239: Workers Memorial Day April 28
Worldwide some 1 million workers lose their lives in workplace accidents and ill health through exposure to dangerous substances every year, more than lose their lives through war! It’s almost 2 years since the world witnessed the collapse of the factory in Bangladesh and over 1200 lives lost. Some of the companies who were only…
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NSSN 238: Join the 15 April global fast food worker protest
Statement from BFAWU bakers’ union:- On 15 April 2015, thousands of fast food workers will lead a mass movement of around 60,000 low waged workers striking across the United States to raise the issue of poor wages and the lack of trade union rights within their industry. At the same time, fast food workers and…
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237: Bromley Council workers strike against cuts & union attacks
Hundreds of Bromley Council workers took 2 days of strike action on April 7th and 8th against the Tory council’s cuts, privatisation of services and attacks on union facilities. This shows why employers are attacking union rights – to try and hamstring unions in the face of vicious cuts. But the workers from Unite are…
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NSSN 236: Unison special conference votes for new pay claim
Since the local government pay strike was called off last October, the NSSN e-bulletin has commented on developments. We salute the delegates at the Unison local government special conference on 24th March who voted to submit a new pay claim for 2015-2016. The special conference was called following an initiative from the North West region…
