The silence from some the trade union leaders over further action against the
Government’s plan to make public sector workers work longer, pay more and get
less has been deafening! Support for N30 was phenomenal with all those
participating in the magnificent marches and rallies all over the country were
as one in looking to that day as just the beginning of the campaign – not the
end! April 1st is the Government’s implementation date, which coming
increasingly closer. But yesterday we have seen a light at the end of the
tunnel as the PCS and NUT National Executive Committees have agreed to launch a
consultative survey to build for on-going pensions action. This will open on
24 February for national strike on Wednesday 28 March! They do not see this
as winding down the campaign but giving it a new momentum where they will
re-group ‘a coalition of the willing’ to counter those right wing unions
who have decided to withdraw from the battle. Pressure must be increased the
other unions so that our General Secretaries hear the message loud and clear
– we need more action not less so let’s begin to build for 28 March!
With the FBU Executive Council recommendation that there is a rapid move to
prepare a strike ballot over fire service pensions & Unite balloting NHS
members on the offer, everything moves forward again.
http://www.fbu.org.uk/?p=5218
http://tinyurl.com/6utsxa5
As part of the campaign against pension cuts, Unions will be appealing against
the High Court on Feb 20th over moving from RPI to CPI (word play for working
longer and paying more!). This is affecting both public and private sector
workers such as BA, RSA and the Pensions Trust. Unite is calling for a large
protest in the morning.
Save the NHS! Under the Health and Social Care Bill self-governing Foundation
Trusts will be allowed to raise 49% of funds through non-NHS work so fee-paying
private patients will get priority over NHS patients. There will be increased
competition between hospitals for resources leading to more cuts and closures.
A leaked NHS report showed that private companies will direct the commissioning
of patient services when 80% of the health budget is transferred to GP
consortia!
Support the actions on Wednesday 7 March, but we would take this a step further
& demand that the TUC call a massive Saturday demo as a part of a determined
united campaign to save and rebuild our NHS, calling on trade unions to strike
against this Bill. The alternative will be to see its implementation after
Easter! Also sign ‘Drop the Health Bill’ - e-petition.
epetitions.direct.gov.uk
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NSSN 6th Annual National Conference: Saturday 9th June, London
NEWS: BOB CROW, RMT leader to speak! http://tinyurl.com/7y2vsx7
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DISPUTES & UPDATES…………………………………………………
Stagecoach South Yorkshire – Strike Day 11 – management getting desperate,
is doing everything to try to break this strike. Since November, they have
bussed in management and scabs. http://www.shopstewards.net/news.245.htm
Sparks and the law – As they are dragging it out in the local law court,
wasting £1000’s rank and file members and UNITE will taking part in a
national day of action next Wednesday 15th Feb. (And for all those who didn’t
get to put on their glad rags the night before, the ECA Awards dinner is also
on the 15th) http://jibelectrician.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/241483325933453/ Full details in ‘Diary’
RMT gets £500 Olympics payment for more workers & has secured a pay rise to
£8 for Eurostar cleaners. http://tinyurl.com/7kmlpdx 25,000 London bus workers
who are members of Unite are also being balloted over the £500 Olympic award.
Oil tanker drivers, employed by haulage firm Wincanton on the ConocoPhillips
contract to deliver fuel to Jet forecourts, began their second week of strike
action http://www.shopstewards.net/news.244.htm
Unilever management are now in talks with conciliation service ACAS, the
national officers of the joint trade unions - Unite, Usdaw and GMB - statement:
"We welcome the fact that Unilever has at last recognised its responsibility to
talk to us about a possible resolution to the dispute. However, it is very
early days and the dispute will continue until proposals have been put forward
that are acceptable to our members."
Following today's (9 February) announcement from Bombardier that its Derby
plant is secure for the next three years, Unite has called on the government to
learn lessons from its mistakes and ensure there is not a repeat of the
Thameslink fiasco. UNITE: "The Department for Transport must now construct the
bidding process for new train contracts so that UK based manufacturers can
compete on a level playing field.”
Private companies to profit from public debt - collecting the money owed to
government will mean more private companies profiting from public debt, PCS
warns. Take it this is not big corporate tax dodgers eh?
http://tinyurl.com/86zjn7r
RMT & Railways: A NEW REPORT commissioned by rail union RMT reveals that two
decades of private profiteering, alongside years of underinvestment in
infra-structure while fares have gone through the roof, and UK’s railways at
the bottom of the league compared to other parts of Europe.
http://tinyurl.com/7ctrdum
Bromley Council has announced that they intend moving away from the National
Agreement for Local Authority workers.
Bin Collectors across Stoke-on-Trent are planning to vote on strike action to
defend their pay. The council wants to tear up their contracts and force
workers to 'drop pay bands' which means they will lose up £90 a week!
Birmingham 40 years ago - 30,000 engineers walked out in solidarity with
striking miners over pay cuts. Bill Mullins, NSSN officer, then rep, was part
of this action report will be added to our website.
http://www.saltleygate.co.uk/
VICTIMISATION……………………………………………..
Len Hockey - Good News! Health bosses back off from attack on Unison rep joint
Unison branch secretary at Whipps Cross hospital in London, received a letter
from his employer Initial stating that there is no case to answer. As soon as
the threat to Len was raised, with a unanimous show of hands an emergency
meeting of Unison members agreed to prepare for strike action and to demand the
London region of Unison do everything in their power to defend Len. Emails of
protest flooded in to the employer from all over the country, and to Unison to
demand they defend Len.
Overwhelming votes for action on Heathrow Express over sacking of driver and
victimisation of RMT activist. Nearly 80% have voted to strike in a ballot of
drivers over the sacking of driver member Zahid Majid and over 80% for strike
action in a ballot of all Heathrow Express staff over the continued
victimisation of RMT rep Liaqat Ali.
http://www.rmt.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=155156
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INTERNATIONAL…………………………………………………
GREECE
Greek workers have just begun another 48-hour general strike after 24 hours
earlier this week. http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/5571
IRELAND
Sat Feb 11 March with the Vita Cortex Workers 2:00pm until 4:00pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/160905400689547/
Campaign against household charges is growing http://nohouseholdtax.org/
BRAZIL
Police took strike action over pay last week & then occupied a key government
building. Over 300 have been surrounded by the army in a stand off.
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DIARY See http://tinyurl.com/79wpk2d for other dates & details
And please send us dates of budget meeting protests that are currently
happening.
Sat 11th Feb
Scottish Rank & File meeting Glasgow @ STUC Woodlands Rd 10am -1pm
Mon 13 February
NSSN Staffordshire "Solidarity with workers in struggle!" 7.30 pm
With workers from Unilever, Remploy, PCS & NUT –
Sacred Hearts Social Centre corner of Downey St & Regent Rd, Hanley ST1 3BY.
Tue 14 February
London Keep Our NHS Public meeting, Camden Town Hall, WC1 7:00pm
Save the DVLA Protest Trafalgar Street Office Brighton 12:30pm
Wed 15th Feb
Sparks National Day of Action
6am - Connoco Phillips in Immingham, Sellafield, Ratcliffe, Grangemouth
5.30pm - protest @ employers' awards - Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London
Southampton Unite & Unison lobby of the Council 1.00 - 2.00 p.m
Thurs 16 Feb
No Cuts! Barking against the Cuts Broadway Theatre 7:30pm
SAT 18th Feb
Health and Safety at Work with London Hazards Centre 13:00 - 17:00 Contact:
info@lawas.org.uk or a text: 07412 396713. (Spanish with English translation)
Mon 20th Feb
Unisons will be appealing against the High Court ruling over pensions moving
from RPI to CPI. 8.30am – 10am Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, WC1
Tue 22 February
Kirklees Save Our Services are organising a lobby of Kirklees Council 4pm
Sat 25 Feb
Protest against Tory Local Government Conference, Leeds
Wed 7 March
Save our NHS National rally and lobby of Parliament. London
http://tinyurl.com/7l6rqrq
Wed 28th March
Proposed STRIKE day of action over pension cuts – NUT & PCS
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Monday, 13 February 2012
Friday, 29 July 2011
NSSN Bulletin - 29th July
With the Murdoch Media scandal ongoing, the massacre in Norway and continuing
starvation of growing numbers in Somalia, plus the rise in poverty globally as
the cuts hit, whilst we pay for the bosses’ crisis, it would be easy to
despair. In the UK alone, there has been a rise of those taking anti
depressants to 43% in the past 4 years, with more and more workers and
communities struggling with unsecure jobs, homes and futures. The question seem
unanswered, what kind of world are we living? It could be easy in some ways to
think this was just part of life, something to accept or that theres nothing we
can do to change things. But we can! We are part of the trade union and anti
cuts movement not just to fight for our jobs, services and homes but, within
that, fight the establishments idea that says we can not or do not have the
right to fight, to question or to consider alternative ways of running our
society for the collective benefit of us all, not the tiny minority who work
hard to burden us with their greed and manipulation.
Last Saturday in Derby saw a huge trade union and community demonstrations of
around 10,000 against the closure of Bombardier.
http://www.shopstewards.net/news.129.htm
NSSN midlands held a public meeting with the Vice chair of the Bombardier shop
stewards committee, Alex Gordon RMT president and Rob Williams NSSN organiser.
The nationalisation of the company was called for; something that unfortunately
none of the outdoor platform speakers suggested. http://tinyurl.com/3jysbkj
Shamefully, Tony Woodley of UNITE ended his speech at the main rally with the
call for ‘British jobs for British workers.’ This pandering to the race to
the bottom and dangerous set of nationalist ideas was unnecessary and holds out
nationalism and the ideas of the far right as the torch to follow. It is not a
fight between worker against worker in this country or workers in other
countries but a fight by workers in every country for our jobs and future.
And that is part of the reason we are lobbying the TUC on the 11th of Sep. To
push our leaderships to make use of all the resources, financial, human
publicity to call for a 24 hour public sector strike, to raise the idea more
clearly and openly of co-coordinated action and not to leave it rotting on a
website of motions passed for the virtual world to imagine that because its
written, it will happen, it wont, anything we have ever fought for, takes time,
energy, conversations, meetings, actions, strategies worked out together and
then for each and everyone of us to take responsibility to act together.
We welcome the national support from RMT & PCS for the lobby of the TUC and
Mark Serwotka and Bob Crow will be speaking at our rally, starting at 1:30-3:30
on the 11th at Friends meeting house before we move onto the march and protest
at TUC. Coaches have been booked from Newcastle, Coventry & Stoke so far, other
areas will be organizing to come together on trains and in cars.
http://www.shopstewards.net/sign.htm
Leaflets & Petitions: http://www.shopstewards.net/resources.leaflets.htm
As the volume of work has increased with the number of events and actions we
are involved in we need more finances: Please send in donations and
affilations: http://www.shopstewards.net/affiliate.htm
DISPUTES & UPDATES
Swindon Honda Steward Suspended
The National Shop Stewards Network has just received word that Paddy Brennan,
UNITE Convenor at the Swindon Honda plant has been suspended from work. More
details to follow when we get them, but Paddy's suspension is a provocative
attack on a prominent trade union fighter and by extension an attack on the
right to organise at Honda. We demand Paddy's reinstatement and the NSSN
pledges to do all it can in support of this.
Please text messages of support to Paddy on 07503 174 827 and email letters of
protest to humgen@honda-eu.com. More updates to follow.
EDL & Muslims Against Crusades
The right-wing group Muslims Against Crusades has called a national
mobilisation in Waltham Forest this Saturday; in response, the EDL are
threatening a counter-protest.
Waltham Forest Anti-Cuts Union is calling on all trade unionists and
anti-fascists to come to Walthamstow Town Square on this Saturday 30th July
from 11am onwards. This is to help the Anti-Cuts Union give out leaflets
promoting working class solidarity, opposing all those forces that create
divisions in the fight-back against cuts, and pointing the finger at the real
fight culprits ie the bankers, the bond traders, speculators and global finance
companies.
We stand for working class solidarity in Waltham Forest against any demands
that workers pay for bankers’ greed, and we will not allow our neighbourhood
and our fightback to be divided along racist or religious lines.
NUJ Strikes
Members of the NUJ working at the BBC will be taking their second 24-hour
strike action on Monday 1st August in opposition to compulsory redundancies of
NUJ members in the BBC. The industrial action will be from 00.01 hours to 23.59
hours on Monday 1st August 2011 and there will be picket lines on a majority of
the BBC sites across the United Kingdom. There will be an indefinite work to
rule from 2nd August 2011.
Coca-Cola Strikes
Workers from Coca-Cola Enterprises have voted overwhelmingly for industrial
action. Staff from distribution centers across the country will strike for 24
hours from 6am on 4 August in a dispute over pay with an offer of 2.3% 4th
August
http://tinyurl.com/3g4n7fy
Save Our Coastguards
Over 200 people packed into Oystermouth primary school, Swansea on Friday
evening (22 July) to hear coastguards and local campaigners make the case for
saving Swansea coastguard station.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-swansea-coastguard.html and respond to
the consultation on the Department for Transport web site.The original
government proposal was to close Milford Haven station and downgrade Swansea to
a daylight hour’s only service. Now the Con-Dem coalition has done a U-turn
and proposes to close Swansea, the busiest coastguard station in Wales,
although Milford Haven has had a reprieve.
Remploy
Remploy & the Sayce report: Remploy is still the biggest employer of disabled
people in the UK, but it must be remembered that it is not the ONLY employer of
disabled people there are still very many more ranging from factories run by
charities to those run by local authorities.
Birmingham Council backtracks on offshoring: http://tinyurl.com/3ffalzj
Stop bullying disabled claimants, says PCS
http://tinyurl.com/3eppk4a
Support for Korean strikers as they picket Standard Chartered UK headquarters
http://tinyurl.com/3g9vfz9
RMT & TSSA to merge: http://tinyurl.com/42rdngg
DIARY
Sat 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://tinyurl.com/42jmd9w
Mon 1 August 12.30pm
Demonstration against the Health Bill when Health Minister Andrew Lansley will
be at the Royal Hospital Farnborough, Bromley BR6 8ND from 1 to 1.45pm to open
the new stroke unit (which we are not against!). Assemble at car park entrance
to Hospital near Sainsbury’s. Frances Hook Tel: 020 8853 2567
Wed 3rd August
Southampton Council Strike Rally Guildhall Square Southampton 11am
Brighton Stop the Cuts 7:30pm King and Queen
25th July – 12th August News International Wapping – 25 Years on TUC
http://tinyurl.com/3pk37te
11th Sep Rally & Lobby TUC for call for 24 hour public sector strike!
Assemble 1.30pm Friends Meeting Hse, Euston Rd, NW1 for a rally before our
protest.
http://www.shopstewards.net/sign.htm
5th November London 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
http://jarrowmarch11.com/about/
Join, Get involved, and donate!
http://www.stopcuts.net/affiliate.htm
info@shopstewards.net
07952 283 558
starvation of growing numbers in Somalia, plus the rise in poverty globally as
the cuts hit, whilst we pay for the bosses’ crisis, it would be easy to
despair. In the UK alone, there has been a rise of those taking anti
depressants to 43% in the past 4 years, with more and more workers and
communities struggling with unsecure jobs, homes and futures. The question seem
unanswered, what kind of world are we living? It could be easy in some ways to
think this was just part of life, something to accept or that theres nothing we
can do to change things. But we can! We are part of the trade union and anti
cuts movement not just to fight for our jobs, services and homes but, within
that, fight the establishments idea that says we can not or do not have the
right to fight, to question or to consider alternative ways of running our
society for the collective benefit of us all, not the tiny minority who work
hard to burden us with their greed and manipulation.
Last Saturday in Derby saw a huge trade union and community demonstrations of
around 10,000 against the closure of Bombardier.
http://www.shopstewards.net/news.129.htm
NSSN midlands held a public meeting with the Vice chair of the Bombardier shop
stewards committee, Alex Gordon RMT president and Rob Williams NSSN organiser.
The nationalisation of the company was called for; something that unfortunately
none of the outdoor platform speakers suggested. http://tinyurl.com/3jysbkj
Shamefully, Tony Woodley of UNITE ended his speech at the main rally with the
call for ‘British jobs for British workers.’ This pandering to the race to
the bottom and dangerous set of nationalist ideas was unnecessary and holds out
nationalism and the ideas of the far right as the torch to follow. It is not a
fight between worker against worker in this country or workers in other
countries but a fight by workers in every country for our jobs and future.
And that is part of the reason we are lobbying the TUC on the 11th of Sep. To
push our leaderships to make use of all the resources, financial, human
publicity to call for a 24 hour public sector strike, to raise the idea more
clearly and openly of co-coordinated action and not to leave it rotting on a
website of motions passed for the virtual world to imagine that because its
written, it will happen, it wont, anything we have ever fought for, takes time,
energy, conversations, meetings, actions, strategies worked out together and
then for each and everyone of us to take responsibility to act together.
We welcome the national support from RMT & PCS for the lobby of the TUC and
Mark Serwotka and Bob Crow will be speaking at our rally, starting at 1:30-3:30
on the 11th at Friends meeting house before we move onto the march and protest
at TUC. Coaches have been booked from Newcastle, Coventry & Stoke so far, other
areas will be organizing to come together on trains and in cars.
http://www.shopstewards.net/sign.htm
Leaflets & Petitions: http://www.shopstewards.net/resources.leaflets.htm
As the volume of work has increased with the number of events and actions we
are involved in we need more finances: Please send in donations and
affilations: http://www.shopstewards.net/affiliate.htm
DISPUTES & UPDATES
Swindon Honda Steward Suspended
The National Shop Stewards Network has just received word that Paddy Brennan,
UNITE Convenor at the Swindon Honda plant has been suspended from work. More
details to follow when we get them, but Paddy's suspension is a provocative
attack on a prominent trade union fighter and by extension an attack on the
right to organise at Honda. We demand Paddy's reinstatement and the NSSN
pledges to do all it can in support of this.
Please text messages of support to Paddy on 07503 174 827 and email letters of
protest to humgen@honda-eu.com. More updates to follow.
EDL & Muslims Against Crusades
The right-wing group Muslims Against Crusades has called a national
mobilisation in Waltham Forest this Saturday; in response, the EDL are
threatening a counter-protest.
Waltham Forest Anti-Cuts Union is calling on all trade unionists and
anti-fascists to come to Walthamstow Town Square on this Saturday 30th July
from 11am onwards. This is to help the Anti-Cuts Union give out leaflets
promoting working class solidarity, opposing all those forces that create
divisions in the fight-back against cuts, and pointing the finger at the real
fight culprits ie the bankers, the bond traders, speculators and global finance
companies.
We stand for working class solidarity in Waltham Forest against any demands
that workers pay for bankers’ greed, and we will not allow our neighbourhood
and our fightback to be divided along racist or religious lines.
NUJ Strikes
Members of the NUJ working at the BBC will be taking their second 24-hour
strike action on Monday 1st August in opposition to compulsory redundancies of
NUJ members in the BBC. The industrial action will be from 00.01 hours to 23.59
hours on Monday 1st August 2011 and there will be picket lines on a majority of
the BBC sites across the United Kingdom. There will be an indefinite work to
rule from 2nd August 2011.
Coca-Cola Strikes
Workers from Coca-Cola Enterprises have voted overwhelmingly for industrial
action. Staff from distribution centers across the country will strike for 24
hours from 6am on 4 August in a dispute over pay with an offer of 2.3% 4th
August
http://tinyurl.com/3g4n7fy
Save Our Coastguards
Over 200 people packed into Oystermouth primary school, Swansea on Friday
evening (22 July) to hear coastguards and local campaigners make the case for
saving Swansea coastguard station.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-swansea-coastguard.html and respond to
the consultation on the Department for Transport web site.The original
government proposal was to close Milford Haven station and downgrade Swansea to
a daylight hour’s only service. Now the Con-Dem coalition has done a U-turn
and proposes to close Swansea, the busiest coastguard station in Wales,
although Milford Haven has had a reprieve.
Remploy
Remploy & the Sayce report: Remploy is still the biggest employer of disabled
people in the UK, but it must be remembered that it is not the ONLY employer of
disabled people there are still very many more ranging from factories run by
charities to those run by local authorities.
Birmingham Council backtracks on offshoring: http://tinyurl.com/3ffalzj
Stop bullying disabled claimants, says PCS
http://tinyurl.com/3eppk4a
Support for Korean strikers as they picket Standard Chartered UK headquarters
http://tinyurl.com/3g9vfz9
RMT & TSSA to merge: http://tinyurl.com/42rdngg
DIARY
Sat 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://tinyurl.com/42jmd9w
Mon 1 August 12.30pm
Demonstration against the Health Bill when Health Minister Andrew Lansley will
be at the Royal Hospital Farnborough, Bromley BR6 8ND from 1 to 1.45pm to open
the new stroke unit (which we are not against!). Assemble at car park entrance
to Hospital near Sainsbury’s. Frances Hook Tel: 020 8853 2567
Wed 3rd August
Southampton Council Strike Rally Guildhall Square Southampton 11am
Brighton Stop the Cuts 7:30pm King and Queen
25th July – 12th August News International Wapping – 25 Years on TUC
http://tinyurl.com/3pk37te
11th Sep Rally & Lobby TUC for call for 24 hour public sector strike!
Assemble 1.30pm Friends Meeting Hse, Euston Rd, NW1 for a rally before our
protest.
http://www.shopstewards.net/sign.htm
5th November London 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
http://jarrowmarch11.com/about/
Join, Get involved, and donate!
http://www.stopcuts.net/affiliate.htm
info@shopstewards.net
07952 283 558
Friday, 22 July 2011
NSSN Bulletin 22nd July
nfo@shopstewards.net via riseup.net to shopstewardsnet
show details 22 Jul (13 days ago)
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
Join, Get involved, Affilate
http://www.stopcuts.net/affiliate.htm
info@shopstewards.net
07952 283 558
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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
Join, Get involved, Affilate
http://www.stopcuts.net/affiliate.htm
info@shopstewards.net
07952 283 558
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Thursday, 28 April 2011
NSSN bulletin 39 - So what are you wearing Friday?
3:49pm Apr 28th
Subject: NSSN No. 39 So what are you wearing Friday?
At least we have a day off.. Anyway more good news in terms of steps towards national co-ordinated action as NUT voted unanimously at their annual conference for strike action against the attacks on pensions. The RCN is also threatening action against NHS cut with Unite's national health committee supporting coordinating strikes. We look forward to hearing about national but also local actions and disputes that will also use the 30th of June to make a collective stand to STOP the cuts!. http://www.facebook.com/l/69406cZ0X4bNXDi5WVDVNzP-g4g/www.stopcuts.net/news.37.htm
Today is also workers memorial day - Remember the dead but lets fight for the living! http://www.facebook.com/l/69406D6ksEfWyFtCfd2fYHYqHVA/www.shopstewards.net/news.76.htm.
Sunday is also International Workers Day - Mayday. With the huge and ongoing battles for democracy and against poverty across the globe there is no better day to look up from our own individual battles and see how many other workers
we have so much in common with and who we change the world with!
NSSN NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The 5th annual conference of the NSSN will be on Sat June 11th. We would also appreciate it if people could register for the conference in advance http://www.facebook.com/l/69406f4boLzZNJBoArYSBOP6ONg/tinyurl.com/6kdzycc
UPDATES
National union conferences will also be taking place and we have a bulletin we would ask all supporters to distribute. We are aiming to have fringe meetings as well. http://www.facebook.com/l/69406rt1etAZ1ivHvd820mnySPQ/www.shopstewards.net/news.73.htm
NUJ Journalists at Tindle Newspapers in Enfield, North London, are currently on strike until 5th May against cuts. Over one third of editorial staff that have left has not been replaced, and the remaining workers are facing increasing exploitation, with only 3 reporters producing 9 newspapers a week! strikegazadpres@hotmail.co.uk or FOC Jonathan: 07917 871 421
Thurs 28th
Nuneaton Against The Cuts
19.00pm at Bentley Rd Sports and Social Club, 22 Bentley Rd
Speakers Paul Riely RMT, Tom Sidwell from Unison and TUSC Steve Smith from PCS & Vanessa Gee nuneatonagainstthecuts@hotmail.co.uk
MAYDAY - International Workers Day!
Fri 29th
Dundee Mayfest 11.30 Hiltown Park, with anti royal wedding party from 1pm
Sat 30 April
Coventry May Day Rallyl11am meet opposite Council House to Sheldon Square (Coventry Against Racism and Coventry TUC)
11.30 Victoria Park, Leicester
Croydon Mayday 11am Croydon Trades Union Council march and celebration Elmwood Road, West Croydon to Ruskin House (speakers and music from 1pm)
Leeds Mayday Assemble 11am @ Victoria Gardens
Swansea No to Public Sector Cuts – Defend Jobs and Services! Assemble 12:00 at the Guildhall, marching to rally Castle Square
Sun 1st May
London Assemble 12:00 noon, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1
http://www.facebook.com/l/69406a8Re9nD31o8Ao0yDXxfFrg/www.londonmayday.org/home.php
Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow fundraiser - 7 - 11pm sponsored by RMT and PCS young members' network at Slaughtered Lamb Pub, Great Sutton Street, EC1V
Ipswich - Demonstration 11am Giles Circus, Princes St & March to Alexandra Park, with family events on till 6pm http://www.facebook.com/l/69406c4eOzxPWM3LdZ3UqjJTDsg/www.ipswichmaydayfestival.co.uk
Mon 2nd May
Chesterfield May Day March and Rally - Market Place, Chesterfield 10am onwards
11th May - The Hardest Hit demo, disabled people from across the country will be coming to London to demonstrate their anger and lobby their MP about cuts in benefits and services by the current government along with raising their concerns about the welfare reform bill. Assemble 11.30am Embankment/Horse
Guards Avenue
Tuesday 17th May
Our Health Service Not for Sale demo – May assemble 5.30pm University College Hospital, march to Department of Health
Exhibition - Anniversary of Wapping
The Marx Memorial Library with UNITE and NUJ is hosting an exhibition to mark the anniversary of the Wapping / News International dispute of the 1980s. The exhibition starts on Sunday 1 May http://www.facebook.com/l/69406oeVuDaw05A0QtjZNupusVA/www.marx-memorial-library.org
Join – Affiliate – Get involved!
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http://www.facebook.com/l/69406qwzD_xF77o1BK0z8jD21GQ/on.fb.me/fNkaIo
NSSN Anti-cuts campaign:
http://www.facebook.com/l/69406vwZhYdH7jIKWvoGW5Rts5Q/on.fb.me/eolOEE
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Subject: NSSN No. 39 So what are you wearing Friday?
At least we have a day off.. Anyway more good news in terms of steps towards national co-ordinated action as NUT voted unanimously at their annual conference for strike action against the attacks on pensions. The RCN is also threatening action against NHS cut with Unite's national health committee supporting coordinating strikes. We look forward to hearing about national but also local actions and disputes that will also use the 30th of June to make a collective stand to STOP the cuts!. http://www.facebook.com/l/69406cZ0X4bNXDi5WVDVNzP-g4g/www.stopcuts.net/news.37.htm
Today is also workers memorial day - Remember the dead but lets fight for the living! http://www.facebook.com/l/69406D6ksEfWyFtCfd2fYHYqHVA/www.shopstewards.net/news.76.htm.
Sunday is also International Workers Day - Mayday. With the huge and ongoing battles for democracy and against poverty across the globe there is no better day to look up from our own individual battles and see how many other workers
we have so much in common with and who we change the world with!
NSSN NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The 5th annual conference of the NSSN will be on Sat June 11th. We would also appreciate it if people could register for the conference in advance http://www.facebook.com/l/69406f4boLzZNJBoArYSBOP6ONg/tinyurl.com/6kdzycc
UPDATES
National union conferences will also be taking place and we have a bulletin we would ask all supporters to distribute. We are aiming to have fringe meetings as well. http://www.facebook.com/l/69406rt1etAZ1ivHvd820mnySPQ/www.shopstewards.net/news.73.htm
NUJ Journalists at Tindle Newspapers in Enfield, North London, are currently on strike until 5th May against cuts. Over one third of editorial staff that have left has not been replaced, and the remaining workers are facing increasing exploitation, with only 3 reporters producing 9 newspapers a week! strikegazadpres@hotmail.co.uk or FOC Jonathan: 07917 871 421
Thurs 28th
Nuneaton Against The Cuts
19.00pm at Bentley Rd Sports and Social Club, 22 Bentley Rd
Speakers Paul Riely RMT, Tom Sidwell from Unison and TUSC Steve Smith from PCS & Vanessa Gee nuneatonagainstthecuts@hotmail.co.uk
MAYDAY - International Workers Day!
Fri 29th
Dundee Mayfest 11.30 Hiltown Park, with anti royal wedding party from 1pm
Sat 30 April
Coventry May Day Rallyl11am meet opposite Council House to Sheldon Square (Coventry Against Racism and Coventry TUC)
11.30 Victoria Park, Leicester
Croydon Mayday 11am Croydon Trades Union Council march and celebration Elmwood Road, West Croydon to Ruskin House (speakers and music from 1pm)
Leeds Mayday Assemble 11am @ Victoria Gardens
Swansea No to Public Sector Cuts – Defend Jobs and Services! Assemble 12:00 at the Guildhall, marching to rally Castle Square
Sun 1st May
London Assemble 12:00 noon, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1
http://www.facebook.com/l/69406a8Re9nD31o8Ao0yDXxfFrg/www.londonmayday.org/home.php
Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow fundraiser - 7 - 11pm sponsored by RMT and PCS young members' network at Slaughtered Lamb Pub, Great Sutton Street, EC1V
Ipswich - Demonstration 11am Giles Circus, Princes St & March to Alexandra Park, with family events on till 6pm http://www.facebook.com/l/69406c4eOzxPWM3LdZ3UqjJTDsg/www.ipswichmaydayfestival.co.uk
Mon 2nd May
Chesterfield May Day March and Rally - Market Place, Chesterfield 10am onwards
11th May - The Hardest Hit demo, disabled people from across the country will be coming to London to demonstrate their anger and lobby their MP about cuts in benefits and services by the current government along with raising their concerns about the welfare reform bill. Assemble 11.30am Embankment/Horse
Guards Avenue
Tuesday 17th May
Our Health Service Not for Sale demo – May assemble 5.30pm University College Hospital, march to Department of Health
Exhibition - Anniversary of Wapping
The Marx Memorial Library with UNITE and NUJ is hosting an exhibition to mark the anniversary of the Wapping / News International dispute of the 1980s. The exhibition starts on Sunday 1 May http://www.facebook.com/l/69406oeVuDaw05A0QtjZNupusVA/www.marx-memorial-library.org
Join – Affiliate – Get involved!
info@shopstewards.net
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http://www.facebook.com/l/69406qwzD_xF77o1BK0z8jD21GQ/on.fb.me/fNkaIo
NSSN Anti-cuts campaign:
http://www.facebook.com/l/69406vwZhYdH7jIKWvoGW5Rts5Q/on.fb.me/eolOEE
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Thursday, 21 April 2011
NSSN Bulletin 38 - Stepping up for acton
With unions such as the ATL now looking at strike action over pensions, the
battle to fight the cuts is now deepening & widening. We would like to
encourage supporters in branches, regions and anti cuts groups to consider what
they could do to support to develop national co-ordinated action against the
cuts.
NSSN NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The 5th annual conference of the NSSN will be on Sat June 11th this will work
well to link in with delegates attending to share information and develop
stronger links for action against the cuts and just prior to co-ordinated
action. We would also appreciate it if people could register for the
conference in advance http://tinyurl.com/6kdzycc
UPDATES:
National union conferences will also be taking place and we have a bulletin we
would ask all supporters to distribute. We are aiming to have fringe meetings
as well. http://www.shopstewards.net/news.73.htm
Our Health Service Not for Sale demo – Tuesday 17 May assemble 5.30pm
University College Hospital, march to Department of Health. As more and more
cuts are proposed such as those in Lewisham & adolescent Mental health services
of £500,000 it is crucial to step up the battle for our services.
SALTEND UPDATE: At a mass meeting of the locked-out workers today, Vivergo's
offer of cash was rejected and it was agreed to re-start the protest in the
morning. http://www.shopstewards.net/news.74.htm messages of support: Keith
Gibson: geminis@geminis.karoo.co.uk 07743135183
Lincolnshire county Council workers to look at strike action against the 900
post cuts. Union rep argues for a needs budget!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-13150339
NUJ Journalists at Tindle Newspapers in Enfield, North London, are currently on
strike until 5th May against cuts. Over one third of editorial staff that have
left has not been replaced, and the remaining workers are facing increasing
exploitation, with only 3 reporters producing 9 newspapers a week!
strikegazadpres@hotmail.co.uk or FOC Jonathan: 07917 871 421
RMT announced this morning that it is to ballot for strike action and action
short of a strike on Heathrow Express in a dispute over pay. In addition, RMT
today called for direct talks between the Mayor, unions and passenger groups,
and demanded an immediate halt to tube jobs and maintenance cuts, after what
the union described as 24 hours of tube hell this week.
AFFILIATE
Great to hear a few new affiliates come through this week including Coventry
CWU & Bolton Trades Council. You can now affiliate online so please do or post
us a cheque. http://www.stopcuts.net/affiliate.htm.
Other Dates for your Diary:
Thur 28th April - Workers Memorial Day - Remember the dead & fight for the
living!
Manchester: 9:30am to 11:00 am at Mechanics Institute. Rally at Peace Gardens
Chorley: 6pm Astley Park, Chorley
London Hazards Protest at DWP London, SW1H 9DA
Nuneaton Against the Cuts public meeting on Thursday 28th April 7pm Bentley
Road Sports & Social Club 23 Bentley Road, Nuneaton, CV11 5LR
MAYDAY - International Workers Day!
Fri 29th April
Dundee Mayfest 11.30 Hiltown Park, with anti royal wedding party from 1pm
Sat 30 April
Croydon Mayday 11am Croydon Trades Union Council march and celebration Elmwood
Road, West Croydon to Ruskin House (speakers and music from 1pm)
Leeds Mayday Assemble 11am @ Victoria Gardens (outside Leeds Art Gallery)
Swansea No to Public Sector Cuts – Defend Jobs and Services! Assemble 12:00,
at the Guildhall, marching to rally Castle Square
Sun 1st May - London Assemble 12:00 noon, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1
http://www.londonmayday.org/home.php
Ipswich- Demonstration 11am Giles Circus, Princes St & March to Alexandra Park,
with family events on till 6pm www.ipswichmaydayfestival.co.uk
Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow fundraiser - 7 - 11pm sponsored by RMT and PCS
young members' network at Slaughtered Lamb Pub, Great Sutton Street, EC1V
11th May - The Hardest Hit demo, disabled people from across the country will
be coming to London to demonstrate their anger and lobby their MP about cuts in
benefits and services by the current government along with raising their
concerns about the welfare reform bill. Assemble 11.30am Embankment/Horse
Guards Avenue
Exhibition - Anniversary of Wapping
The Marx Memorial Library with UNITE and NUJ is hosting an exhibition to mark
the anniversary of the Wapping / News International dispute of the 1980s. The
exhibition starts on Sunday 1 May www.marx-memorial-library.org
Join – Affiliate – Get involved!
info@shopstewards.net
http://www.shopstewards.net/index.htm
http://on.fb.me/fNkaIo
NSSN Anti-cuts campaign:
http://on.fb.me/eolOEE
http://www.stopcuts.net/
battle to fight the cuts is now deepening & widening. We would like to
encourage supporters in branches, regions and anti cuts groups to consider what
they could do to support to develop national co-ordinated action against the
cuts.
NSSN NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The 5th annual conference of the NSSN will be on Sat June 11th this will work
well to link in with delegates attending to share information and develop
stronger links for action against the cuts and just prior to co-ordinated
action. We would also appreciate it if people could register for the
conference in advance http://tinyurl.com/6kdzycc
UPDATES:
National union conferences will also be taking place and we have a bulletin we
would ask all supporters to distribute. We are aiming to have fringe meetings
as well. http://www.shopstewards.net/news.73.htm
Our Health Service Not for Sale demo – Tuesday 17 May assemble 5.30pm
University College Hospital, march to Department of Health. As more and more
cuts are proposed such as those in Lewisham & adolescent Mental health services
of £500,000 it is crucial to step up the battle for our services.
SALTEND UPDATE: At a mass meeting of the locked-out workers today, Vivergo's
offer of cash was rejected and it was agreed to re-start the protest in the
morning. http://www.shopstewards.net/news.74.htm messages of support: Keith
Gibson: geminis@geminis.karoo.co.uk 07743135183
Lincolnshire county Council workers to look at strike action against the 900
post cuts. Union rep argues for a needs budget!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-13150339
NUJ Journalists at Tindle Newspapers in Enfield, North London, are currently on
strike until 5th May against cuts. Over one third of editorial staff that have
left has not been replaced, and the remaining workers are facing increasing
exploitation, with only 3 reporters producing 9 newspapers a week!
strikegazadpres@hotmail.co.uk or FOC Jonathan: 07917 871 421
RMT announced this morning that it is to ballot for strike action and action
short of a strike on Heathrow Express in a dispute over pay. In addition, RMT
today called for direct talks between the Mayor, unions and passenger groups,
and demanded an immediate halt to tube jobs and maintenance cuts, after what
the union described as 24 hours of tube hell this week.
AFFILIATE
Great to hear a few new affiliates come through this week including Coventry
CWU & Bolton Trades Council. You can now affiliate online so please do or post
us a cheque. http://www.stopcuts.net/affiliate.htm.
Other Dates for your Diary:
Thur 28th April - Workers Memorial Day - Remember the dead & fight for the
living!
Manchester: 9:30am to 11:00 am at Mechanics Institute. Rally at Peace Gardens
Chorley: 6pm Astley Park, Chorley
London Hazards Protest at DWP London, SW1H 9DA
Nuneaton Against the Cuts public meeting on Thursday 28th April 7pm Bentley
Road Sports & Social Club 23 Bentley Road, Nuneaton, CV11 5LR
MAYDAY - International Workers Day!
Fri 29th April
Dundee Mayfest 11.30 Hiltown Park, with anti royal wedding party from 1pm
Sat 30 April
Croydon Mayday 11am Croydon Trades Union Council march and celebration Elmwood
Road, West Croydon to Ruskin House (speakers and music from 1pm)
Leeds Mayday Assemble 11am @ Victoria Gardens (outside Leeds Art Gallery)
Swansea No to Public Sector Cuts – Defend Jobs and Services! Assemble 12:00,
at the Guildhall, marching to rally Castle Square
Sun 1st May - London Assemble 12:00 noon, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1
http://www.londonmayday.org/home.php
Ipswich- Demonstration 11am Giles Circus, Princes St & March to Alexandra Park,
with family events on till 6pm www.ipswichmaydayfestival.co.uk
Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow fundraiser - 7 - 11pm sponsored by RMT and PCS
young members' network at Slaughtered Lamb Pub, Great Sutton Street, EC1V
11th May - The Hardest Hit demo, disabled people from across the country will
be coming to London to demonstrate their anger and lobby their MP about cuts in
benefits and services by the current government along with raising their
concerns about the welfare reform bill. Assemble 11.30am Embankment/Horse
Guards Avenue
Exhibition - Anniversary of Wapping
The Marx Memorial Library with UNITE and NUJ is hosting an exhibition to mark
the anniversary of the Wapping / News International dispute of the 1980s. The
exhibition starts on Sunday 1 May www.marx-memorial-library.org
Join – Affiliate – Get involved!
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Monday, 14 March 2011
RMT Vs The standard
From Steve Hedley Regional Organiser for RMT.
(Early on I thought I would follow the RMT's coverage of the RMT though I am in an active way and supportive, its not the key part of this MA.. but important)
You may have read a completley false story about me in the evening standard .
The story is this.I was at mile end station and was aware that three trains had dropped off pasangers at a station that was supposed to be closed.I went to question a manager as to why he was keeping the station open with less people than the minimum number required and in so doing breaking the law so move him back.section12(brought in after the Kings Cross disaster)
The manager leaned towards me in an agressive way only inches from my face and i put my hand on his shoulder to prevent him headbutting me.Three independent witnesses including a prosecution witness confirmed my story the manager had no witnesses.Despite this the bosses court could not resist the opportunity to have a political stab at the RMT and fined me 200 pounds plus 500 costs.I am of course appealing.
http://guy-smallman-photos.
Ironically during the last metronet strike I saved a standard photographer from a management thug who attacked him see link.Of coures this did not get reported in the standard or any other paper.One law for them another for us.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
No 29 NSSN Bulletin
(Badly written but I did have someone proof but they were looking at ideas and not flow.. more time... more practice! I have written 25 of the 29 so I guess it can't be too bad. Goes out to 665 people on FB and over that number via an elist. Some parts of it go onto the LIKES page which has 534 people)
Happy New Year & the fight goes on!
Hope you have had a decent break and we look forward to working with you all to defeat these ongoing attacks. This weeks sneaky VAT rises which will cost an average family another £7.50 per week, coupled with the fare rises will further impoverish thousands upon thousands of us. Overall they expect to take another £13billion from us through this, yet still nothing from Vodaphone and others who owe us billions!
Before we get too angry, though its hard not to, the last year has, in many ways for ourselves, and more widely within the anti cuts movement, been positive. Wider and deeper networks & alliances within the formal trade union movement and many more outside of it, have began to push the lid of silence against cuts wide open - We will not accept these cuts!
As part of the developing conversations and strategy to defeat these cuts we have a conference on SATURDAY 22nd January, London 12-4pm. This will be a key space to come together report on your campaigns and achievements but most importantly draw together a battle plan with the industrial back up of the most militant trade unionists in the country. There will be differing strands of opinions on how we go forward, who we work with, when we take particular action and references to past campaigns successful and less so. These will be important for all of us to discuss and engage in, to be clear on why we are doing something in a particular way and the potential consequences of taking different routes. We welcome union members, reps, anti cuts campaigns, student activists and reps and the wider community. Get in touch for more details of delegates and visitors passes £5 each.info@shopstewardsnet.com or phone 020 8522 1156.
Late last year we could have seen a joint TUC march with students, had the TUC honored its commitment to a youth march for jobs before the New Year. Sadly they didn't and students with some workers, were more isolated and attacked than they should have been. Finally, the TUC in conjunction with PCS & UCU has now arranged a march & rally at Platt Fields Park, just outside of Manchester at 1pm SAT 29th January in Manchester. Please do your best to attend, bring banners and encourage others to attend.http://www.facebook.com/event.
UPDATES:
Over the last month there have been Strike action by transport unions RMT & TSSA, but also ASLEF who took strike action over pay on boxing day.
Scottish Unison has voted for a public sector one day public sector strike and there is possible strike by Herald group of newspapers in Glasgow this Thursday & Friday over sackings and redundancies.
UNISON Birmingham Branch Connections half day strike Thurs 6th. Support Protests and Industrial Action Day
12.30pm at South West Connexions Centre, & Broad Street Connexions Centrehttp://www.facebook.com/l/
UNITE Heinz workers also struck over over pay and conditions.
UNITE BASSA are now balloting for action for pay and against ongoing sackings and suspensions at BA.
http://www.facebook.com/l/
UNISON KIRKLEES council workers have voted for 5 days of Industrial action over massive cuts and redundancies faced by workers and the wider community.
Sadly Grunwick strike leader Jayaben Desai died recently, an inspirational woman who took part in the strike for union recognition in 1976. The leadership of the TUC, APEX and many others should be ashamed of their role in this dispute. Had they fully supported them, the dispute and many others could have been won. Gone but never forgotten.
http://www.facebook.com/l/
TUC national demonstration against cuts MARCH 26th. We hope mobilise all members and more widely for this demonstration. days before more jobs and services are lost. And yes we would have all liked this be earlier...but we will all still build for it now.
http://www.facebook.com/event.
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