NSSN Bulletin 22nd July

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Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary this week called for Maximun Unity over
pensions. PCS is considering further industrial action in the autumn aimed at
putting more pressure on the government to agree to full and meaningful
negotiations on all the main issues, and there are already indications there
will be more unions on board. http://bit.ly/oRHetT.

A joint statement from UCU, NUT & ATL noted the success of the strike & concern
at the lack of real negotations, which could lead to more action in the Autumn.
The National Association of Head Teachers and UCAC have also already decided to
ballot their members for industrial action so joint co-ordinated action in
Education is developing further. http://bit.ly/evExBC.

Last week the NEC of PCS agreed to support the NSSN march & lobby of the TUC on
Sep 11th. PCS will be moving a resolution at this year's TUC conference calling
for co-ordinated industrial action to defend public sector pensions. However,
we are aware that some key motions may have been supported in the few years
which include and require the TUC to lead the fight over the cuts which are
devasting our lives and the futures of our younger generation, but there has
been little if any actions taken to move these motions into reality. The
demonstration of the 26th March showed a little of what is possible when the
TUC begin to mobilise its membership, a call for national co-ordinated action
will have an echo from so many more workers now the cuts have really begun to
bite. Please arrange to attend the 11th Sep lobby, invite your fellow stewards,
members, friends and family & also sign the petition we will be handing in to
the TUC. http://bit.ly/qVuOAW. The pre-lobby rally is in the Friends Meeting
House on Euston Rd, NW1 2BJ. The speakers include PCS General Secretary Mark
Serwotka - for flyer http://bit.ly/phIn71 and letter to union branches & trades
councils http://bit.ly/nQckWS.

London NSSN, RMT, CWU, FBU & PCS joint meeting earlier this week started with
Steve Hedley RMT London, "This is what the National Shop Stewards Network is
for - to bring together the most advanced elements in the unions to develop
strategy." He and others also discussed the need for Unions such as Unite,
Unsion & GMB to take part in the co-ordinated action, the need to ensure unions
are not divided by the government was essential. Ben Sprung (FBU London)
reported that the FBU had agreed to ballot its members over pensions, and is
"fully prepared for serious, sustained action; of course we want to be in
coordinated action". The meeting was an important step in London to bring
together leading members of some of the most powerful unions for the battles
ahead and also begin to mobilse for the lobby of the TUC 11th Sep.

We have been actively supporting the campaign to save the 1400 Bombardier jobs
and will be marching with RMT, UNITE, TSSA workers and the community. There
will be a huge march and rally to save Bombardier this Saturday 23rd July 10am
Bass's Recreation Ground. NSSN will be having a meeting after 1pm at the
Flowerpot, 23 King St, Derby, DE1 3DZ with RMT President Alex Gordon to discuss
what next in the fight for jobs. http://bit.ly/pdeDcO.

DISPUTES & UPDATES

Libraries strike suspended - victory for jobs and services
Strike action planned to close all Lambeth Council’s libraries on Friday 22
July will not now be going ahead as the council management conceded that there
will be no compulsory redundancies in an offer put to the union today.

The latest management offer will be put to all UNISON members in Libraries at a
joint shop meeting on Monday. No deal can be made before it is discussed and
agreed by members in Libraries and we can not rule out industrial action to
protect the service, but management’s offer represents a significant victory
as it protects both our jobs and many frontline services.

This is a tribute to the unity and determination of our members in the
libraries, who were ready to strike to defend the library service and protect
their jobs. This is a lesson to every other worker – in Lambeth Council and
elsewhere – that to look after your interests you have to be prepared to take
industrial action.

NUJ - South Yorkshire journalists on indefinite strike to protect jobs
This strike continues and support on picket lines is welcome. Striking South
Yorkshire journalists believe their management is using work placement
volunteers to undermine the industrial action launched by the NUJ last Friday
to protect jobs and quality journalism. A " 16-year-old has been asked to
extend his work experience by a week by bosses desperate to ensure the paper is
printed on time." www.nuj.org.uk.

SOUTHAMPTON UNITE & UNISON - Despite talks the council has refused to withdraw
cuts members are continuing to take selective strike action in parking
services, port health, Itchen Bridge, street cleaning, libraries, children’s
contact centres, building maintenance, refuse collection and vehicle workshops.
Members in social services also voted at a meeting on 19 July to join strike
action in August. UNISON and Unite have already lodged a legal challenge to the
Council’s failure to consult unions on their proposals. http://bit.ly/95wvrY.


TSSA - Strike over equal pay - as women workers recieve £4k less a year than
men on similar grades. http://tinyurl.com/3kvlbkf

NUJ BBC - Thousands of BBC journalists have held a 24-hour strike against
compulsory redundancies, and the NUJ is accusing the corporation's top
management of wilfully avoiding talks which could have averted the stoppage. A
further strike is due on Monday August 1. http://bit.ly/p0VM2P.

REMPLOY- Lobby board in Leicester to save jobs, about 1,000 grievance letters
alleging failure in the duty of care by Remploy’s chief executive, Tim
Matthews, for the organisation’s 2,800 disabled workers have been collected
by Unite, the country’s largest trade union; the GMB; and Community
http://bit.ly/pLUDF8.

Bromley Unison reps leave to join UNITE - This includes newly elected NEC
member Kathy Smith, "Faced with the biggest onslaught against our jobs, wages
and conditions in our history we had a right to expect that every ounce of
energy of the union would be used to fight the employers. However in Bromley,
Unison nationally has put in massive resources, but not to fight the employer
and organise the members, but to effectively strangle the rights of the branch
and its members and its ability to resist the cuts. http://bit.ly/q1OqLi.

Major strike is raging in the Mangistau oblast in the west of Kazakhstan, where
at its height; up to 16,000 workers in the oil industry have been on
strike.Workers faced with jailings, intimidation and brutal repression.
Solidarity urgently needed http://bit.ly/pMVwIZ.

DIARY
23 July
March and rally to save Bombardier:
Saturday 23 July, 10:00 am, Bass’s Recreation Ground
NSSN meeting after the rally:
THE FLOWERPOT
23-25 King St, Derby DE1 3DZ 1:00pm,
http://bit.ly/pdeDcO.

Noon Demo & rally against welfare cuts!
Assemble on The Level, Brighton
http://on.fb.me/rm7BM7.

YouthRock4Jobs gig in Nuneaton .07931455391
http://nuneatonagainstcuts.wordpress.com

25 July
Public meeting: Our NHS is not for sale! 7pm
Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton
How we can unite to stop the government's cuts and privatisation plans.
Speakers from health workers' trade unions and professional bodies, Keep Our
NHS Public and workers involved in the June 30 strike.

26 July
Lobby the council Communities need council libraries!
1pm, at County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston
www.saveourservic.es

27 July
Lobby of Cambridge City Council
1pm. Meet at Guildhall, Cambridge
www.cambridgeshireagainstthecuts.org.uk/

30 July
12 - 3pm Croydon Town Centre, North End
GMB to join UK UNCUT protest in CROYDON over cuts and tax dodging at SOUTHERN
CROSS HOMES http://bit.ly/nK9wA9.

11 Sep
Assemble 1.30pm Friends Meeting Hse, Euston Rd, NW1 for a rally before our
protest. http://bit.ly/qVuOAW.

March for Jobs
Youth Fight for Jobs is marching from Jarrow to London, starting on 1 October
2011. This is on the 75 anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade, when 200 unemployed
workers took a similar route to raise awareness of mass unemployment.
jarrowmarch11.com.

Some NSSN videos:
http://bit.ly/jP96UU
http://bit.ly/nhMsmP

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