The NSSN salutes members of ASLEF who voted to reject Southern Rail’s offer to end their dispute. We call on the union to join with the RMT, who disgracefully were excluded from talks brokered by the…Read more…
Reinstate Kumaran, Recognise the union!
Samworth Brothers: Leicestershire-based food giant Samworth Brothers are the owners of Cornish pasty maker Ginsters, as well as being the largest maker of certified Melton Mowbray pork pies. Last…Read more…
Gatwick Airport Workers Balloted:
Now Gatwick Airport workers are being balloted for strike action over “poverty pay” Rebecca Smith Unite said four meetings didn’t result in any satisfactory offers for workers…Read more…
4.3.17 – A Concert Celebrating Gareth Knapman (Leipzig)
ASLEF and Southern Railways: Referendum result
ASLEF drivers have rejected a proposed resolution to the long-running dispute with Southern Railways. The following question was put to our driver members employed by Southern. Do you accept the…Read more…
Opposition will build against Business Council
The Conservative Coup Council along with the Council Officers of the State, Metcalfe and company are seeing their ‘regeneration for business’ start its work. The Isle of Wight Council’s…Read more…
Strike at Irish Tesco Stores:
Strike at eight Tesco stores set for tomorrow in dispute over pay Stores affected include outlets in Dublin; Bray, Co Longford, Navan, Tralee and Tullamore Conor Pope, Vivienne Clarke Workers who…Read more…
NHS: Roger Nettleship (Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign) Speech:
Video Link: Roger Nettleship (Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign)Read more…
Unite workers at BMW threaten action over plans to shut UK pension scheme
Len McCluskey warns of ‘serious industrial action’ by UK staff if carmaker persists with scrapping pension scheme despite record profits Workers on BMW’s Mini production line at the factory in…Read more…
IOW: Usurpation of Public Authority by Private Interests
An Example of the Usurpation of Public Authority by Private Interests As part of the government’s continuing austerity drive, the Isle of Wight Unitary Authority projects further reductions in…Read more…
Anniversary of Soviet Revolution:
Hail the Centenary of the Great October Revolution V I Lenin declares Soviet power at the historic meeting of the Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets at Bolshevik headquarters, St Petersburg,…Read more…
Low Paid Staff at Picturehouse on Strike
Right now, staff at Picturehouse are walking out on strike for a living wage. Working in an independent cinema should not mean living on poverty wages. But that’s how it is for staff at…Read more…
PCS: Equality Staff Sacked
MEDIA RELEASE 9 February 2017 For immediate use Ten government equality staff have this afternoon been sacked by email and told to clear their desks tomorrow. The Equality and Human Rights Commission…Read more…
NHS: Emergency Action Plan.
Statement for Emergency Action: It is with great dismay that we hear of the crisis in A&E at St Mary’s Hospital. It an affront to us and our NHS, that the basic human right to healthcare is being…Read more…
Nuclear Power Plant explosion just over water to the Isle of Wight
Reports have come in that there has been an explosion in the engine room at the EDF Flamanville plant in North West France just opposite to the Isle of Wight.People in the locality and workers are…Read more…
Iarnród Éireann ‘one misstep away from insolvency’
Iarnród Éireann management and unions are meeting at the WRC Iarnród Éireann has warned that it remains “one misstep away from insolvency” – as management and unions meet at the…Read more…
Thousands of U.S. Troops Enter Poland
Between 3,500 and 4,000 U.S. Army troops entered Poland as part of an arrangement that will see U.S. troops deployed there on a “continuous” (i.e. permanent) basis. The U.S. troops are to…Read more…
Isle of Wight Town ad Parish Councils to discuss STP’s:
On Monday, the Isle of Wight Association of Local Councils is meeting with Karen Baker, CEO of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Nicola Longson, Head of Transformation in on Monday 6 February at…Read more…
The Isle of Wight Council is to become a business rather than a community authority.
As part of the Government’s Austerity drive, the Isle of Wight Unitary Authority has had and projects to have, reductions in Government funding. Now there is a forecast for a budget…Read more…
Political Forum in the North East:
A Programme of Political Forums on the Future of Society You are warmly invited to a Political Forum in the North East of England on the Future of Society. Saturday, January 28, 2017, 10.00am –…Read more…