NSSN Bulletin 24

This went out to Facebook group of 550 and then main NSSN list today: (will put up others within this)

FBU London strikes continue this week on Friday 5th for 47 hours. The mood is still strong and determined with support from across the country. This is despite an avalanche of lies in the mainstream media, whilst Firefighters are run over by scabs and managers there is a stinking silence, to heard from them. http://www.fbu.org.uk/newspress/pressrelease/2010/11_02.php

This crucial battle is against the imposition of cuts, but also bullying management tactics and the use of legislation called a 188 legal notice used to sack the whole workforce. Similar tactics & threats are being used over in Councils in Birmingham, Sheffield, Greenwich and most recently Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales to make cuts.
1) Messages of support: ian.leahair@fbu.org.uk or ben.sprung@fbu.org.uk, matt.wrack@fbu.org.uk

2) Letters of complaint against the shocking violence against firefighters to: Ron.dobson@london-fire.gov.uk
3) Request a health & safety impact assessment at your workplace.

RMT London started strike on Tuesday evening to save jobs and ensure our safety action on with a lively lobby outside people question time of Boris, & 3 jobs Coleman. Shouting solidarity messages with 'Hands off the FBU'. Many workers chose not to work on the underground whilst the FBU were on Strike to maintain staff and public safety. http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/node/1803
Messages of support: S.Hedley@rmt.org.uk

NUJ - 48 Hour strike 5th & 6th November NUJ members are to strike in protest at plans to make them pay more, work longer and get significantly lower pensions at the BBC. Public meeting Thurs 7th Nov 7pm Salvation Army Hall, Princess St, SE1 6HH organised by Southwark Save Our Services with FBU & NUJ speakers. http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1788
Messages of support: campaigns@nuj.org.uk

UCU & NUS - 10th Nov National Demonstration: Fund our Future: Stop the Education Cuts. Assemble at 12noon Horse Guards Avenue (Westminster SW1A). March through Westminster to the rally. There will be an number feeder marches from different universities across London.
http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4779

Local ANTI CUTS - update:
This weekend saw around a fantastic march of 2000 people in Brighton against the cuts, 100 in Portsmouth & 150 in Plymouth. 300 attended an anti-cuts meeting in Norwich and 50 at Hillingdon.

Please contact info@shopstewards.net with information about forthcoming events and reports about what you have done. Some reports have been posted on the news page.

3rd North Wales SSN - AGM 7-8pm Wrexham Lager Social Club, followed by NW Against Cuts meeting 8-9pm. Eileen O'Reilly (PCS) email brynidris2@aol.com
3rd Bracknell Defend our Services - 7pm Easthamstead Baptist Church. RG12 7NS
4th Solidarity with the striking firefighters: Waltham Forest anti cuts union meeting 7.30pm, William Morris community centre, Greenleaf Road, E17 6QQ
6th Taunton & West Somerset TC - March & Rally Assemble 10.30am. Contact Nigel 07833552340
6th Falkirk TC - 11am-3pm Saturday 6 November, Camelon Education Centre, Abercrombie Street, Camelon, Falkirk FK1 4HA. falkirktuc@blueyonder.co.uk
6th Wiltshire TC - Working Class Episodes, 0am-2.30pm Saturday 6 November, St Margaret's Hall, Bradford-on-Avon.Andy Newman 07764 563855, andydl1961@yahoo.co.uk
8th - Battersea & Wandsworth TC - Starts 7.30pm. PCS HQ, 160 Falcon Road, London SW11 2LN. 07958 125 128 or Spencer Barnshaw barnshaw@barnshaw.plus.com or Nadine: 07946 172 461 or nadine@bwtuc.org.uk
10th Nov Liverpool TC- 4.30 Mass lobby against City Council cuts. Liverpool5@rmt.org.uk,Tel 07585 268 607
10th Nov Bournemouth, Christ Church, Poole TC - Public meeting 7.30pm Woodlands Hall Labour club, 485 Ashley Road, BH14. 01202 529325 chairbcptuc@freeukisp.co.uk

H &S
Updates on the Young Review of cuts to HSE and local Authority budgets will be featured in the Morning star over the next six weeks. If you can pass on a personal experience of the importance of Health and Safety please contact: mail@gmhazards.org.uk http://www.hazards.org/votetodie/neutered.htm

NSSN Conference 22nd January
We are sending out invites to unions, trades councils and anti cuts groups to send delegates and visitors to the NSSN conference on the 22nd January. If you would like a copy of the invite letter please email us and also raise this in your workplaces and alliances, thanks. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159784320718030

We are conscious we are not reporting every march or dispute but need YOUR input to do this, short reports of even 50 words and a weblink & photo would be ideal otherwise major actions are left unreported and sometimes worse unsupported.

Some info is being blocked, these will be posted on the Group page and some daily on our new 'NSSN - Fighting Cuts & Privatisation' LIKES page.

Join us! Get involved and let's fight together!
info@shopstewards.net