NSSN 341: CWU members walk out to force Royal Mail back!
Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) union, part of the Eastern 6 Branch, won a tremendous victory last week in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, despite the new Tory trade Union...
View ArticleNSSN 343: Scottish Lecturers win! Election Promises On School Funding
Education is becoming a major issue as the General election enters its final period. In Scotland, after six days of national strike action, lecturers in colleges have won a major victory in their fight...
View ArticleNSSN 344: Tories Out! Corbyn In! Vote against austerity
This week’s NSSN bulletin comes out just days before one of the most crucial general elections for generations. The National Shop Stewards Network is primarily a rank and file network for trade...
View ArticleNSSN cancels conference to support July 1st demo
As our supporters and affiliates will know, this year’s conference of the National Shop Stewards Network (our 11th) is due to take place in London on Saturday July 1st. Hundreds of trade union and...
View Article346: March together Saturday: fight together to get Tories out!
The General Election result has shocked the Tories and the media but it has confirmed that we’ve had enough of brutal cuts. Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto gave workers the opportunity to express their...
View Article347: Support the strikes at Barts NHS Trust, Mixed Fleet and Mears
As unions start to discuss what action can be taken against this weak and divided Tory Government, three important disputes either start this week or move up a gear. Today, the day before the NHS...
View ArticleNSSN 348: Support PCS fight against DWP office closures
The government is abandoning unemployed, sick and disabled people, and putting hundreds of jobs at risk, by confirming today the closure of almost one in 10 jobcentres. The news comes as we announce...
View Article349: Support strikes, stop union attacks, celebrate victories!
NSSN 349: Support the strikes, stop the union attacks, celebrate the victories! This week’s NSSN bulletin opens with some long-running disputes by Unite, PCS and RMT members. We also include another...
View ArticleNSSN 350: Support Birmingham Bin Workers!
The NSSN is supporting the struggle of refuse collectors in Birmingham. This is by one of our local supporters:- Since June 30th, refuse collectors employed by Birmingham City Council and members of...
View ArticleNSSN 351: Support McDonalds’ workers as they ballot for strikes
NSSN TUC Congress Rally in Brighton: ‘Fight together to scrap the 1% pay cap and get the Tories out!’ – 1pm Sunday September 10th in the Arundel Suite in the Holiday Inn, 137 King’s Rd BN1 2JF....
View Article353: Birmingham binworkers win–Support Sep4 #McStrike
NSSN TUC Congress Rally in Brighton: ‘Fight together to scrap the 1% pay cap and get the Tories out!’ – 1pm Sunday September 10th in the Arundel Suite in the Holiday Inn, 137 King’s Rd BN1 2JF....
View ArticleNSSN 356: Watch VIDEO of NSSN TUC Rally – march & strike together for a pay...
NSSN 356: Watch VIDEO of NSSN TUC Rally – march & strike together for a pay rise! Last Sunday, up to 300 union activists, including TUC Congress delegates crammed into the National Shop Stewards...
View ArticleNSSN 357: RMT strikes in 4 companies to keep the guard on the train
NSSN 357: RMT strikes in 4 companies to keep the guard on the train The National Shop Stewards Network headlines this week’s bulletin by calling on all our supporters and affiliates to support the...
View Article358: Tory Party demo, Black History Month & NSSN Solidarity Forum
In this week’s NSSN bulletin, we headline some major events for your diary. On Sunday, thousands of trade unionists and anti-cuts activists will be heading to Manchester for the People’s Assembly...
View ArticleNSSN 362: PCS strikes against DWP office closures in Plymouth & all-out in...
In this week’s bulletin, we headline with the continued action by PCS members against office closures in the Department for Work and Pensions. Also, for the 3rd time, Southern Rail management have put...
View ArticleNSSN 363: Support the Transport Strikes & solidarity to the Picturehouse...
This week’s bulletin headlines with some key disputes on the trains and buses in the UK and Ireland. Next week, RMT members will be on strike in five rail companies against Driver Only Operation (DOO)....
View ArticleNSSN 364: PCS members vote YES in pay ballot!
PCS members vote overwhelmingly to back campaign of action on pay (7 Nov) – A decisive yes vote by tens of thousands of PCS members in our consultative ballot on pay sends a powerful message to the...
View ArticleNSSN 366: BiFab – Scottish workers’ action secures breakthrough
Workers at the three threatened Burntisland Fabrication – BiFab – yards have won a guarantee that their jobs and wages will be secured, at least until April 2018. Their decisive action over the last...
View Article368: Leicester NHS campaigners save children’s heart unit!
The NSSN welcomes the victory of the Leicester Glenfield campaign, in which our supporters have played a key role:- ‘One of the main campaign organisers Steve Score said, “Celebrations were taking...
View ArticleNSSN 370: Seasons Greetings – keep fighting back in 2018!!
The National Shop Stewards Network sends our greetings and thanks to all our supporters and affiliates in our last weekly bulletin of the year. 2017 was a year of struggle. We’ve seen waves of strike...
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