‘Budget does nothing to ease biggest squeeze ever!’ – unions slam...
TODAY’S Budget is far from the ‘game-changer’ the country needs and will do little to ease the biggest squeeze in living standards the country...
‘Wage Theft In Australia’–Bosses Exploiting Students
THE NATIONAL Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has demanded that Australia’s government takes ‘urgent and immediate action to stop unconscionable employers ripping off international students...
Strike looms as 6,900 face sack at Germany’s Siemens
WORKERS at Siemens AG, the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe, are demanding strike action against a programme of mass sackings. Thousands of Siemens ...
Saudi accuses Hezbollah of ‘hijacking Lebanese banks’
SAUDI Arabia’s foreign minister last Friday accused Hezbollah, which Riyadh blames for the shock resignation of Lebanese premier Saad Hariri, of holding Lebanon hostage...
UCU To Ballot For Nationwide Industrial Action
UNIVERSITY lecturers union UCU has warned of ‘chaos on campus’ as a nationwide strike is looming in response to a full frontal attack on...
‘Restore citizens’ freedoms’ – Demand 100 civil society organisations
OVER 100 Civil Society Organisations produced the following Joint Statement on the Military Take Over in Zimbabwe on November 15, 2017. ‘We the undersigned civil...
Palestinian prisoners at critical stage of hunger strike!
TWO Palestinian prisoners have entered the critical stages of hunger strikes undertaken in protest at how they have been detained without charge or trial. Hassan...
SIGN ‘SECURE HOURS–BETTER FUTURE’ TO END ZERO HOURS AND ‘IF...
MANDATE Trade Union members on Tuesday called on all TDs to sign the ‘Secure Hours – Better Future’ charter which would end zero-hours and...
SOUTH AFRICA ‘A COUNTRY RUN BY THIEVES’ – say the SAFTU...
THE SOUTH African Federation of Trade Unions’ (SAFTU) claim that South Africa is becoming a kleptocracy – a country ruled by thieves – is...
From 1917 Centenary–Forward To World October!
‘THE WORLD’S first socialist revolution when the working class took power is showing us the way forward today,’ Workers Revolutionary Party General Secretary Frank...
‘Any attempt to use force against Manus Island refugees could lead...
RESPONDING to a notice issued by Papua New Guinea (PNG) authorities on Thursday morning at the Lombrum refugee detention centre on Manus Island stating...
Harvard Students Battle For Union
SUPPORTERS of Harvard’s student unionisation effort held a rally in the Yard and delivered a petition to Massachusetts Hall on Wednesday, urging the University...
12,000 Striking Ontario College Employees Reject Latest Contract Offer!
THE UNION representing 12,000 striking Ontario college faculty called on Tuesday for its members to reject their employers’ latest contract offer in a ballot...
Glencore Locks Out Australian Workers
ON THE same day the global Paradise Papers scandal exposed the offshore tax havens and tax avoidance strategies of companies including multinational mining giant,...
No Trump, No War, Chant South Koreans
OPPONENTS of US President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea this week gathered behind the Kyobo Building in Gwanghwamun, near the US embassy in...
Yale Employees Demand Union Recognition!
HUNDREDS of people gathered on the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday morning to call for good jobs. They are waiting in frustration for...
20,000 Workers & Youth March To ‘Make It Right’ For Palestine!
OVER 20,000 workers and youth along with Palestinians living in the UK, marched through the streets of London on Saturday to ‘Make it Right...
WestJet workers are winning the battle for a trade union!
DESPITE all of its efforts, Canadian low-cost airline WestJet is losing the battle to stop its employees from forming unions. Pilots flying for WestJet Encore...
100 Years Of The Balfour Declaration!
ON THE hundredth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration more than 60 leading British personalities signed the Balfour Centenary Declaration launched in London on Tuesday...
NHS & MATERNITY SERVICES HEADING FOR CRISIS – says Royal College...
‘WE have an NHS and maternity service that is heading for a crisis and the government’s policies are clearly failing,’ the leader of the...
Israel Seeking To Drive Arabs Out Of Jerusalem
MINISTER of Jerusalem Affairs in the Palestinian government and its governor Adnan Husseini warned on Monday that an Israeli plan to break away Arab...