Nursing on a ‘knife-edge’ RCN warn of intensifying staffing crisis
NURSES’ unions have declared that World Patient Safety Day 2021 must be a ‘wake-up call’ to ministers to tackle – ‘urgently’ – the nursing...
NEW ZEALAND WORKERS END ZERO-HOUR CONTRACTS AT McDONALD’S
NEW ZEALAND’S Unite Union reached an agreement with McDonald’s last week over ending zero hour contracts and other issues in dispute with the company. ‘This...
NHS BACKLOG ‘Dangerously close to crippling services’ – BMA
THE NHS BACKLOG is ‘dangerously close’ to crippling our health service as waiting times hit a record high, doctors’ union the BMA has warned. Responding...
‘OVERWORKED, UNDERVALUED AND UNDERPAID!’ – Angry lecturers strike over pay
UNIVERSITY teachers yesterday launched an assessment boycott – after staging a national 24-hour strike against being ‘overworked, undervalued and underpaid’. Tuesday’s strike at 140 institutions...
South Africa–Massive State Fraud Exposed!
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has released a full statement saying it is ‘outraged’ by accusations that Public Protector Thuli...
‘No such thing as a free lunch’ BofE warns furlough scheme...
DEPUTY governor of the Bank of England Ben Broadbent said this week that ‘resilient’ household spending has been ‘funded by tomorrow’s taxpayers’ – in...
Irish Doctors’ Strike – Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) Has Had No...
The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has had no contact from the Department of Health in relation to a planned public health doctors’ strike in...
Israeli police storm al-Aqsa Mosque
ISRAELI police stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday morning, right after worshippers at the site were protesting against the provocative visit...
THE GREAT MINERS STRIKE 1984-85 – PART FIVE: Support for WRP...
NOVEMBER 1984 opened with a miners’ special delegate conference endorsing a plan to widen the dispute throughout the labour and trade union movement. That demand...
Ira End Armed Struggle!
The IRA yesterday announced the end of its armed struggle against British imperialism. The IRA statement said: ‘The leadership of Oglaigh na hEireann has formally...
US Resumes Air Strikes On Libya
Al-QAEDA linked jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who allegedly masterminded the siege of an Algerian gas plant in which 38 hostages died, has been killed in...
UN condemns Saudi air strikes on the Yemen
THE United Nations has strongly condemned the latest Saudi airstrikes against Yemen in which at least 12 civilians, including children, were killed, stressing that...
Court ruling shows government disregard for families – CPAG
The High Court of Justice on Thursday passed down judgment in favour of the government in a Judicial Review brought by Child Poverty Action...
‘What is happening in Syria is the opposite of what the...
THE 50th extraordinary conference of Federation of Arab Communities in Latin America (FEARAB America) began on Monday at Damascus University Amphitheatre. Speaking at the conference,...
Unions Warn – Increase Pay To Fill The 132,000 NHS Vacancies!
UNIONS representing more than a million staff working across the NHS met with Health Secretary Steve Barclay on Tuesday to discuss the growing workforce crisis...
Occupation a ‘major barrier’ to healthcare for Palestinians says World Health...
PALESTINIANS in the West Bank and Gaza Strip continue to face major barriers to the realisation of the right to health, said Gerald Rockenschaub,...
Syrian Victory Over Terrorism Will Advance The World – Assad
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday the victory of the Syrian people and their allies in the war against terrorism would contribute to...
UNHCR condemns UK for plan to deport all asylum seekers
THE UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) has condemned the practice by countries like the UK of deporting asylum seekers for processing in...
Socialist Workers Party voted for postal Interim Agreement – Letter from...
The Interim Agreement (I.A.), brokered by Brendan Barber of the TUC, between Royal Mail and the CWU, has allowed Royal Mail to press ahead...
US-Israeli scheme for Syria ‘in its last throes’
INFORMATION Minister, Omran al-Zoubi, stressed on Monday that the regional US-Israeli scheme in Syria ‘is in the last throes and it has clinically...
Palestinian Students Shot And Wounded With Rubber-Coated Steel Bullets!
TWO PALESTINIAN university students were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets and dozens of others suffocated during clashes that broke out with...
Over 20 killed in double strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital!
THE Israeli military killed at least 20 people on Monday morning, including four journalists serving international outlets, during back-to-back strikes against an overstretched hospital...
COSATU, FEDUSA and SAFTU unite to fight SA government
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) said on Thursday that they welcome the...
‘WE SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT TO RETURN’ – TUC leaders tell Chagos...
‘FORCE this British government to carry out the rightful decision to return us back to our beautiful islands and put an end to these...
RMT calls for disinvestment from Semperian PPP
REPRESENTATIVES of the tube union RMT on the London Transport pension fund have called for disinvestment from Semperian PPP after it emerged that one...
Cape Town firefighters take to the streets to protect jobs
SCORES of South African firefighters facing possible dismissal and or disciplinary action marched on the City of Cape Town offices on Saturday in support...
KEEP TO NATIONAL PAY BARGAINING OR FACE UNREST – –UCU warns...
The University and College Union (UCU) warned on Friday that universities risked unnecessarily provoking serious industrial unrest in 2009 if they took up the...
‘WE CAN’T DEFEND JOBS PIECEMEAL’ – say postal workers facing mass...
More than 800 postal workers from across the country marched on the Labour Party conference in Manchester on Monday. They were joined by disabled Remploy...
Australian Unions Support Sri Lanka Workers
AUSTRALIAN unions AMWU, CFMEU and TCFUA held a rally outside of Ansell’s Australian headquarters on Thursday, following the denial of entry visas to a...
US State Department falsifies report to cover up sabotage of ‘humanitarian...
The US State Department falsified a report earlier this month to exonerate Israel from blame for obstructing humanitarian aid to Gaza, contradicting its own...
Macron Government Is Mobilising Against Railworkers!
THE MACRON government is mobilising against the Gradual Cessation of Activity Agreement signed at the SNCF because it will allow French railway workers to...
PLANS ‘TO LIMIT PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE AND PROTEST ARE UNACCEPTABLE’...
‘THE very best of America has come from imminent disturbance, and to limit people’s right to assemble and protest is both unacceptable and un-American,’...
Qassam Brigades target Israeli tanks and soldiers
RESISTANCE groups in Palestine and across the region are continuing their operations against Israel and its Western backers amid the regime’s genocidal war on...
Delphi workers rally against cuts in jobs, pay and healthcare!
UAW members in Flint, Michigan, announced last Tuesday they will be marching through the town against Delphi autoparts maker’s attack on their pay, healthcare...
Israel kills 14 Palestinians, injures 1,434 on Gaza border, including four...
LATEST figures show that 14 Palestinians, including four children, were killed and 1,434 injured by the Israeli forces during the demonstrations between September...
PAISLEY RECALL POSSIBLE – to ‘save the Assembly’
BY JOHN COULTER AT STORMONT DUBLIN – Ian Paisley senior may be hauled out of semi-political retirement to save the rapidly crumbling Northern Assembly, a...
‘Insecure Work Is The Biggest Issue Facing Australian Workers’
Australia is a global pacesetter in the creation of various forms of insecure employment, leaving only 60% of the workforce in standard, secure work,...
Youth workers being sacked–centres being closed
GOVERMENT cuts plunge youth work into crisis, warns a Unison report. More than 2000 youth workers have been axed and 350 youth centres closed since...
Refugees’ Suffering Worse Under ‘War On Terror’
The Bush/Blair ‘war on terror’ has made conditions for asylum-seekers tougher in many countries, the UN refugee agency has warned. Speaking on World Refugee...
‘GAZA IS OPEN FOR ALL’ – Hamas’ Haniya welcomes Fatah’s Sha’ath
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya welcomed Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Sha’ath into his home in the Ash-Shati Refugee Camp on Thursday, along with...
Airport workers strike in Argentina – while Milei pursued for arrest...
Airport workers carried out an 11-hour strike at 27 airports in Argentina on Thursday. The action took place in two slots, between 6am and 12...
‘A savage and ruthless bully!’ – South Africa’s NUMSA union denounces...
‘DONALD Trump is a creature of the US. NUMSA calls upon its brothers, sisters and comrades in the United States to deal with Donald...
80% of doctors at very high – BMA report
BOTH junior doctors and seniors are facing serious burn out because of lack of staff, overwork and stress, and this has created a serious...
Workers across Colorado are standing up and organising, says Starbucks Workers...
Workers from a number of trade unions and their allies rallied on Wednesday in the Civic Centre Park neighbourhood of Denver Colorado in support...
PNA will be the sole Gaza administrator– after Israeli pull-out, says...
THE Palestine National Authority will be the sole administrator of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli withdrawal in August, the Palestine Liberation Organisation Executive...