‘UN ‘deeply Concerned’ About Gaza Healthcare
THE United Nations on Wednesday said it was ‘deeply concerned’ about the deterioration of the health care system in the Gaza Strip due to...
Champoor Tamils Call For Resettlement In Their Homes
TamilNet reports that uprooted Tamils in Champoor, whose lands were taken away by the Sri Lankan government for India’s thermal power project, depopulating the...
Cuba denounces US pressuring countries to expel Cuban Medical Brigades
Bruno Rodríguez, Cuba’s Foreign Minister, on Thursday denounced the US administration of President Donald Trump for trying to pressurise countries into refusing the help...
Battles Rage In Iraq, Syria & Yemen
IRAQI paramilitary forces battled the Islamic State group southwest of Mosul on Sunday, the second day of an operation to cut jihadist supply lines...
Brighton Refuse Workers Are Striking Against Massive £4,000 A Head Pay...
OVER 200 striking refuse workers, who have already endured three years of pay freezes, defiantly marched with their supporters through Brighton and Hove on...
Silent March Marks Six Months Since Grenfell Inferno
AHEAD of tonight’s Silent March to mark the six-month anniversary of the Grenfell Tower inferno, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has condemned the inclusion...
Unite Warns Over ‘Shameful’ Agency Practices!
UNITE has warned that ‘shameful’ agency practices towards workers at Sports Direct have contributed to its falling profits and reputation. The high street retailer, which...
‘RISE UP’–US workers push forward
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has spoken about the importance of the struggle of the US trade unions. ‘Today, thousands of workers embraced a union future....
‘Industrial Mercenaries’ Used Against Striking Queensland Miners!
‘BRINGING in industrial mercenaries shows just how little Anglo cares about their existing workforce,’ CFMEU (Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union) Queensland District President,...
NHS backlog putting patients’ health at risk!
NHS PERFORMANCE stats reveal the ‘devastating extent of patient suffering’ amid a ‘daunting’ backlog, says the BMA. In his response to the latest NHS performance...
40-day UAW strike at GM ends in victory!
THE SIX-WEEK national strike by more than 48,000 United Auto Workers members against General Motors Co. has ended in victory. Thousands of UAW-GM employees nationally were returning...
Ban Ki-moon calls for ‘full investigation’ into Israeli war crimes
United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon called on Tuesday for those responsible for the bombing of UN-run buildings and schools in Gaza to be...
Gmb Fighting For A £10 An Hour Living Wage For Workers
GMB members held nine protest demonstrations outside fast food outlets and M&S on Tuesday across England in solidarity with members of the SEIU working...
French presidential election candidates hold rallies
LEFT WING French presidential candidate for the France Insoumise (Rebellious France) party Jean-Luc Mélenchon talked about climate change, feminism and the cost of living...
‘CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS IMPLICATE THE UK IN TORTURE’ – says Amnesty
Amnesty International is demanding ‘a full inquiry to end secrecy’, over the British state’s involvement in human rights abuses since the ‘war on terror’...
No privatisation of US Postal Service! APWU and NALC oppose Trump...
UNI Global Union said on Thursday that its US affiliates in the postal sector are fighting back after President Trump recently reiterated his desire...
Russian workers smash counter-revolutionary coup attempt!
PRESENTLY, world imperialism is attempting to enforce its presence and its influence in the different parts of the globe. The bloody aggression against Libya...
200,000 STUDENTS TO BE SHUT OUT OF UNIVERSITY –‘it is just...
OFQUAL, the exams regulator, has given an ‘unprecedented glimpse’ into this year’s A-level results. In a letter, Ofqual’s chief executive Isabel Nisbet took the unprecedented...
RELEASE SHREWSBURY DOCUMENTS –10 more years of secrecy condemned
MPs and trade union leaders addressed a press conference at parliament on Wednesday organised by the Shrewsbury 24 Campaign. They demanded the release of documents...
Palestinian forced to demolish his own home by the Israeli occupation!
A PALESTINIAN on Wednesday morning was forced to demolish his own house in Beit Hanina, north of Jerusalem, reported WAFA’s correspondent. Following an Israeli court...
Climate Change protesters besiege BAA
CAMP for Climate Action protesters yesterday morning were still besieging British Airports Authority (BAA) head office at Heathrow Airport. Protesters were camped out under...
French workers battle to save hospitals and pensions
FRENCH workers are fighting attacks on their pensions and health service. French trade union federation CGT has raised the alarm over hospital closures. On Saturday March...
Two US troops killed in Manbij bomb explosion
AT LEAST two US servicemen and 14 other people have lost their lives when a massive bomb explosion struck near a patrol of the...
Strike Wave Grips Egypt
EGYPT is gripped by a wave of strikes as the working class continues its revolutonary actions along with the country’s youth that have seen...
Fast-food strike in 150 US cities
FAST-food workers in more than 150 US cities walked off their jobs on Thursday, the latest in a series of strike protests demanding a...
Saudi war brings Yemen to ‘brink of abyss’
YEMEN’S 20-month war has killed over 7,000 people and wounded nearly 37,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says, and a UN envoy has voiced...
US And British Military Ran Two Secret Prisons In Iraq!
THE Middle East Eye (MEE) reported on November 21 that the US and British military ran at least two secret prisons in Iraq during...
MARIKANA MASSACRE SECOND ANNIVERSARY RALLY – ANC and local government officials...
CONSPICUOUSLY absent at a rally last Saturday to commemorate slain miners on the second anniversary of the Marikana massacre were the African National Congress...
Huge Cairo Protests!
CAIRO witnessed its biggest protests in months this week, when employees from the tax and customs authorities gathered in front of the Press Syndicate...
BA – both Unite and GMB recommend acceptance!
THE FIGHT to defend the jobs, pay and conditions of the 70,000 workers employed at Heathrow Airport has now reached its decisive hour. On 5th...
Metrorail strike against neglect and overcrowding
COSATU has announced it is to strike on 1st December 2011 for better train service in Western Cape. In a statement the Confederation of South...
ACADEMIES ‘MYTH’ IS A FRAUD says NEU
‘THE FOUNDATIONAL myth of the academies programme – that it would boost educational attainment among young people from disadvantaged backgrounds – must now be...
SAVE THE HUNGER STRIKERS –end arbitrary detentions and jailings, Palestinian Mission...
TODAY, hundreds of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli jails are refusing food for one day in solidarity with the four leading Palestinian Prisoners – Samer...
Wells Fargo employees ballot for union recognition
In a remarkable series of events, Wells Fargo employees from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Bethel, Alaska, are spearheading the bank’s first-ever union elections. This historic...
No cuts to museums & galleries!
THE PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union) is holding a rally in parliament from 6.30pm next Wednesday, 9 May, to highlight how jobs and...
Indian bank workers strike while Sri Lankan workers organise in Free...
NORMAL banking operations were disrupted across the whole of India on Friday as bank employee unions went on strike last Friday to protest against...
Kitson And Counter-Revolution!
‘Kitson and Counter-Revolution’ was first featured by News Line on 30th April 2015.
We are producing it once again because the British state is now preparing...
Campaign For A Trade Union Boycott Of Israel Growing Fast
THE Palestinian newspaper Al-Hayat al-Jadidah on 2 June praised the decision of the UCU trade union to discuss in every one of...
‘We will shut down public service until government takes our demands...
SALARY negotiations between South Africa’s government and public servants for 2021 have gone awry. Trade unions representing public servants have tabled a wage increase...
‘Trump’s only interest in Iraq is to loot the country’ –...
WASHINGTON’S already tense relationship with the 82,000-strong Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces militia coalition suffered a major blow in January after PMF deputy commander Abu...
Sri Lanka doctors strike against privatisation
A STRIKE by doctors over private medical universities gripped Sri Lanka on Friday. The country-wide strike action was launched by the Government Medical Officers Association...
‘UK SOFT ON WAR CRIMES SUSPECTS’ – says Sri Lanka Campaign...
THE UK has been accused of permitting an alleged war-criminal to escape prosecution. Tamil Net has reported that questions have been raised over the failure...
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...
Ufcw Fighting For Permanent Jobs At Phillips Seafood
THE United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) returned to leaflet customers of US Phillips Seafood restaurants in support of The International Union of...
Israel is shutting down the Palestinian institutions
‘ISRAEL is attempting to erase Palestinian presence in Jerusalem by shutting more Palestinian institutions,’ Hanan Ashrawi, an Executive Committee member of the Palestine Liberation...