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Workplace and TU campaigns / Construction
2 May 2012
National Shop Stewards Network 6th annual conference
Saturday 9 June 11am - 4pm
Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ
Speakers include:
* Bob Crow, transport union RMT general secretary
* Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary
* A leading Rank and File member of the construction workers' campaign
* Kevin Courtney, NUT deputy general secretary
National Shop Stewards Network demonstration to lobby the TUC 11 September 2011, photo Sujeeth
25 April 2012
Interview: 'get organised to support workers in struggle'
As we celebrate international workers' day on 1 May the Socialist speaks to Rob Williams, national chair of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN)...
Wanted - decent affordable housing, photo by The Socialist
11 April 2012
WANTED - decent affordable housing!
For generations tenants and other activists have fought to win new housing with security of tenure for working class people in Britain's towns, cities and rural areas...
21 March 2012
Mick Dooley, a prominent activist in the battle to stop the big building companies imposing a 35% pay cut, has been confirmed as a candidate for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in the London Assembly elections.
21 March 2012
Construction workers demand better pay and conditions
Around 70 rank and file construction workers met in Manchester on 17 March to discuss the victory against the bosses' attempt to impose Besna contracts - cutting wages by up to 35%...
29 February 2012
Anti-blacklisting battle continues on building sites
Huge pay cuts were beaten by construction electricians' mass protests and actions, but blacklisting remains
Construction electricians gained a tremendous victory against the multinational Balfour Beatty and six other building contractors, photo by SP Wales
24 February 2012
'Priceless victory' of sparks against the Dirty Seven
The tremendous victory of construction electricians against the multinational Balfour Beatty and six other building contractors, confirmed yesterday, is a hugely significant moment for these workers and the rest of the union movement
23 February 2012
Construction workers' struggle victorious
The BESNA struggle is over - all the remaining companies have capitulated! It's a victory for the whole union movement.
22 February 2012
Second construction firm pulls out of BESNA contract
Following Balfour Beatty pulling out of the new BESNA contract last Friday, another of the 'dirty 7' construction firms - NG Bailey - has now followed suit...
17 February 2012
Sparks defeat Balfours - now for total victory over BESNA!
Led by the 'rank and file' committee, after six months of protests, unofficial walkouts and a threatened strike, Balfour Beatty has pulled out of the BESNA contract which will cut skilled consruction workers' wages by up to 35%
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