The Scottish Launch of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) will take place on Saturday 1st December 2007 at 11am in the Quality Central Station Hotel, Glasgow . Anyone who is a shop steward or is thinking about becoming a shop steward is very welcome to attend the conference.

The conference will also hear from workers involved in frontline of action - postal workers CWU, civil service workers PCS, Day-care workers UNISON, and have the following key speakers:

Janice Godrich – PCS President
Jim Dawson – POA Scottish Secretary
Dave Chapple – CWU National Executive Committee

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Hundreds of shop stewards from across Britain gathered in London last October to found a grass-roots network capable of mobilising trade unionists to fight for workers rights. Called by the RMT trade union, the conference was supported by the TGWU, CWU, PCS, NUJ, NUM, CYWU, FBU, POA and BFAWU trade unions.

This very important conference will aim to discuss the anger over attacks on union rights, jobs and standards of living. As well as calls for the trade union movement to step up its demands for the repeal of anti trade union laws, we will be calling for:

·        Legal rights at work from day one of employment – including agency workers

·        The end to the privatisation of public services

·        An end to the pay freeze in the public sector

·        Support for the NHS against cuts and closures.

The conference will also respond to the loss of over 25 million child benefit records and highlight the actions of Gordon Brown who is responsible for setting a target of over 25,000 job losses in the department of Revenue & Customs by 2011.