Civil servants at war with Tories
THE PCS trade union issued a statement on Thursday in which it criticised the Tory government and the attacks on the living standards of...
Palestinian prisoner kept in solitary confinement for eight years!
A PALESTINIAN prisoner who has been in solitary confinement for eight years in Israeli jails has recently been suffering a psychological and neurological disorder,...
SAFTU DEMANDS ARREST JOOSTE! – after Steinhoff shares plunge by R134bn
THE SOUTH African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) demands that Markus Jooste, the former Chief Executive Officer of Steinhoff, be arrested and charged with...
‘Tearing up the Human Rights Act would be a giant leap...
‘TEARING up the Human Rights Act would be a giant leap backwards. It would be the single biggest reduction in rights in the history...
‘REJECT NORMALISATION AGREEMENT’ – Palestinian Minister tells Arab League
PALESTINIAN Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Malki, called on the Arab League to reject the United Arab Emirates-Israel normalisation agreement. ‘Otherwise, our meeting...
‘OFFICERS WERE DRIVEN TO KILL’ –Marikana police tell City Press newspaper
CONSTABLE Itumeleng Ntsileng from the police’s K9 Unit and two of his fellow officers have told South Africa’s City Press newspaper how at least...
Scottish GP practices forced to close their lists!
GP PRACTICES across three towns in Scotland have been forced to close their lists to new patients amid ongoing GP shortages. Three towns in North...
ILLEGAL SEARCH WARRANTS QUASHED–RAIDS ON JOURNALISTS’ HOMES WERE ILLEGAL says NUJ
THE IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) has welcomed news that the ‘illegal’ search warrants issued against two journalists are to be quashed. Following two days...
Palestinian Cabinet decides on West Bank only elections
THE PALESTINIAN cabinet decided on Tuesday to hold municipal elections on May 13 only in the West Bank with the exclusion of the Gaza...
Delay in payments means no new patients at Palestinian hospital
THE AUGUSTA Victoria Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem announced on Sunday that it would no longer accept new patients, owing to a ‘crisis level’...
Senior nurses take strike action in New South Wales
SENIOR nurses in New South Wales, Australia, took two hours of strike action on Monday, saying that chronic staff shortages have pushed them to...
‘Indifferent and harmful practices’ at private hospital say relatives after the...
NORFOLK’s Safeguarding Adults Board (NSAB) on Thursday published an important Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) into the deaths of three young adults: Joanna, ‘Jon’ and...
Abbas slams Trump ambassador – as Israel builds fence to keep...
PALESTINIAN president Mahmud Abbas labelled the US ambassador to Israel David Friedman a ‘son of a dog’ on Monday during an attack on Donald...
Give Fed workers right to strike–get rid of ‘right-to-work’ anti-union laws...
THE VERMONT US Senator Bernie Sanders wants to give federal workers the right to strike, to eliminate so-called ‘right-to-work’ laws, and at the same...
Israel & US starves PLO of funds
AHMAD Majdalani, of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, has warned that Israel is attempting to destroy the Palestinian Authority through more financial...
‘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...
Israelis Impose Curfew On Jerusalem’s Shuafat Refugee Camp!
ISRAELI armed forces on Wednesday imposed a curfew on Jerusalem’s Shuafat Refugee Camp after cordoning off the area, in an apparent prelude to punitively...
‘BRUTAL’ WORKING CONDITIONS AT AMAZON RUGELEY!
THE GMB is presenting a giant Valentine’s card to the Amazon warehouse in Rugeley in the Midlands today to highlight the ‘brutal’ working conditions. Workers...
Trade Unions Condemn Zanu-Pf – ‘Behaving Like The Racist Rhodesian Government!
THE ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has vowed to continue mobilising workers to protest until the government addresses their legitimate grievances. In a statement...
SRI LANKA–10-DAY STATE OF EMERGENCY – as Colombo Port workers take...
COLOMBO Port workers engaged in the clearance of containers and cleaners resorted to trade union action on Monday following repeated requests to allow inspections...
Greek mass marches are developing into an insurrection
THE MASS protest marches in Greece against the sheer police violence and oppression have been developing all last week into an insurgency against the...
69 Universities Warned Rule Out Benefit Cuts Or Face ‘Wave Of...
UNIVERSITIES will find themselves prompting ‘a wave of industrial action across UK campuses’ later this year – unless they rule out benefit cuts or...
Nurses are working longer hours and above pay grades to deal...
A MAJOR Royal College of Nursing (RCN) survey has revealed how the pandemic has affected the professional lives of nursing staff. It shows, from...
Assange’s vision was ‘to rescue democracy’ says John Pilger – as...
BY THE JULIAN ASSANGE DEFENCE COMMITTEE The week of Julian Assange birthday events kicked off in London on Saturday with protests at the Australian Embassy,...
Misuse of lecturers’ online recordings – UCU warns of disputes...
THE UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) has warned all UK colleges and universities that they may face industrial disputes if they misuse recorded lectures...
West Bank Palestinians face live rounds & rubber bullets
ON WEDNESDAY PM May was finally forced to sack her Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green following an inquiry by officials from the Cabinet Office...
‘Brutal impact of Covid-19 on our healthcare services has been laid...
NHS STATISTICS highlight the ‘brutal impact’ of Covid-19 on healthcare services and patient care, doctor’s union the BMA said. Responding to the latest NHS performance...
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...
Israel wants another $1 billion military funding from the US –...
UNITED STATES Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has called on Congress to immediately authorise Tel Aviv’s request for extra emergency funding. Graham made the remarks in...
Algerian riot police invade court to attack judges!
Algerian riot police clashed with judges participating in a nationwide strike on Sunday in the north-western port city of Oran. The judges are pushing for...
King’s unions & management disengage
KING’S College Hospital Foundation Trust (KCHFT) management has been accused by the Unite union of ‘racism, discrimination and bullying’ as staff-side joint partnership meetings...
Corbyn condemns Israeli human rights violations!
THE LEADER of the UK opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, reiterated on Saturday his party’s support for the Palestinian cause, condemning human rights violations...
‘Defeating terrorists in Idlib key to ending the eight-year war’
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has described the defeat of the Takfiri terrorists holed up in Idlib as the key to ending the eight-year...
‘Don’t use Marikana victims for political gain’ says AMCU
The victims of the Marikana massacre should not be used to mend relations between the ANC and the Economic freedom Fighters (EFF), Association...
Iranian-Built Fighter Jets On Display At National Army Parade
DOMESTICALLY-BUILT fighter jets will be on display for the first time during Iran’s National Army Day parade taking place today. The deputy commander of the...
I bring a message of defiance from Jerusalem! We will not...
‘I bring a message of defiance from Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the state of Palestine, and from besieged and heroic Gaza, and from...
US Working People’s Day of Action–February 24
ACROSS the US a Working People’s Day of Action calling on the masses to ‘rise up and fight’ for strong unions, and equitable ...
NUMSA threatens ‘mother of all strikes’ for 8% pay increase
A DISPUTE over salary increases for workers in South Africa’s steel and engineering industry has been called by the National Union of Metalworkers of...
South African NUM to march against privatisation of electricity
THE South African NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) has said it will march on the imminent meeting of the ANC National Executive Council, as...
Syria rebuilds 52 Hospitals & health centres in Aleppo
N A VICTORY against the foreign backed terrorists, the Syrian government under President Assad have announced that they have managed to get 52 health...
Dozens Of Palestinian Prisoners Have Been Murdered After Brutal Torture In...
A PALESTINIAN human rights group says dozens of Palestinian prisoners have lost their lives since 1967 after being exposed to various forms of brutal...
‘The Syrian army has full control of the city of Manbij!’...
RUSSIA says its military police units are patrolling along contact line areas between Turkish and Syrian armies near Syria’s flashpoint northern city of Manbij...
Belgium acts to offset American UNRWA cut
PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas met on Tuesday with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and discussed with him the latest Palestinian and regional developments. Abbas, on an...
SAFTU calls general strike to highlight that ANC policies are responsible...
HUNDREDS of thousands of workers across South Africa downed tools on Wednesday, February 24, as a part of a general strike called by the...
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...