Building Safety Bill ‘vitally flawed’ says FBU’s Wrack
MATT WRACK – the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) – has responded to the passing of the Building Safety Bill in...
Deadly attacks on Colombian teachers & trade unions are condemned by...
Education International supports its affiliate, the Federación Colombiana de Educadores, in denouncing and firmly condemning assassinations and threats targeting Colombian educators, trade unionists, and...
‘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...
Wadi al-Hummus demolitions are ‘a heinous crime we will not accept’...
THE PALESTINIAN Presidency on Monday ‘reiterated the firm position of the State of Palestine that supports the right of the People’s Republic of China...
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’...
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...
Gov. must end ‘two-child limit’ for payment of benefits!
UP to 600,000 children have now been affected by the Tory government’s two-child limit to ‘Universal Credit’ benefits, the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)...
China rejects all Israeli measures aimed at annexing the Jordan Valley...
CHINA’S new special envoy on Middle East affairs, ambassador Zhai Jun, confirmed today his country’s rejection of all Israeli measures aimed at annexing the...
Global unemployment is expected to rise in 2024
GLOBAL unemployment will rise in 2024 and growing inequalities and stagnant productivity are causes for concern, according to the ILO’s World Employment and Social...
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...
‘Too early to talk about negotiations with USA’–Taliban
THE Afghan Taliban militant group says it is ‘way too early’ to speak of restarting direct negotiations with the United States, a day after...
‘Threats to health workers of the world’ – WHO
THE WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) is urging healthcare leaders and governments to address all persistent threats to both the health and safety of all...
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...
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...
‘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...
ISRAELI MEDICAL NEGLECT KILLED HAMDIYEH! – Palestinian prisoners begin three-day hunger...
THE death of a cancer-stricken detainee on Tuesday has raised tensions in Israeli jails as Palestinian prisoners announced a three-day hunger strike. Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh,...
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...
Over A Decade Of Tory NHS Cuts Have Put Patients And...
OVER A decade of Tory NHS cuts have put patients and staff at risk, as hospitals have been left in such a state of...
South Africa: ‘A society that has become the most unequal in...
‘THE South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has consistently opposed the need to borrow from the international financial institutions for reasons we will...
‘Demand the countries of the world review their recognition of the...
PRESIDENT ABBAS addressed the summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday in Istanbul. ‘We are here today, and behind us all our...
KCTMO chief admits blame for Grenfell
FORMER chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) Robert Black told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry last week that ‘a failure to...
Birdshot and teargas fired on Cairo rallies
EGYPT National Railway director Hussein Zakariya said he has taken legal action against striking train drivers, referring them to the Administrative Prosecution. He said in...
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,...
Gaza Children Main Victims Of Israeli Atrocities Says Unicef
UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) says children in the besieged Gaza Strip are the main victims of Israeli atrocities in the Palestinian territory, amid...
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...
SAFTU condemns 30,000 public sector ‘jobs slaughter’
SAFTU (South African Federation of Trade Unions) is incensed at the report in the Mail & Guardian that there is a plan lay off...
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...
‘Black, Asian & minority ethnic people have been over-exposed and under-protected...
Covid-19 has ‘thrived’ among black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) communities because of structural race discrimination, a new Labour Party report from Baroness Doreen...
Portuguese fuel strike into 2nd week! Army deployed as strike breakers....
FUEL DRIVERS in Portugal are continuing their strike, now entering its second week, as the Portuguese government called a state of emergency, deploying the...
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...
‘Return bodies of our martyrs’
‘SINCE 1967, Israel has applied an inconsistent policy of refusing to deliver the mortal remains of hundreds of Palestinian combatants to their families,’ an...
US National Grid lock-out – workers health benefits stopped!
LOCKED-OUT United Steelworkers (USW) union members are blasting National Grid for stopping payment to their health care plans, but the company says it won’t...
US-led coalition troops quit Afghanistan a beaten and defeated force!
TWENTY years after invading Afghanistan, US-led coalition troops have vacated the largest military base in the war-torn country, located in the ancient city of...
French student unions challenge Macron over huge rises in the cost...
WITH inflation and the increase in the cost of living, the French student unions are challenging the government on the eve of the start...
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...
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...
‘Israel trying to take advantage of gas forum’ says Palestinian leadership
NOT PARTICIPATING in the signing ceremony of the agreement to launch the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) on Tuesday does not mean withdrawing from...
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...
‘Marikana massacre demonstrated the class character of the ANC’ says South...
‘WILL VICTIMS of Marikana ever get justice under the ANC (African National Congress) government?’ asked the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) on...
Sa Plastics Workers Win Right To Strike
THE NATIONAL Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) said it will escalate the strike by plastics sector workers after the Labour Court in Johannesburg...
SA workers demand better life!
STATISTICS indicate that about 30% of South Africa’s workers now belong to unions. Workers in South Africa have many burning issues that include the pressing...
Prisoners hold ‘Day of Disobediance’ in support of hunger striker Al-Qiq
PALESTINIAN prisoners and journalists held separate rallies on Thursday in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq. In Israel’s Eshel prison, Palestinian prisoners held a...
‘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...
Hebron settler’s powers to be expanded – ‘MOST DANGEROUS SINCE 1967’...
HEBRON governor Kamel Hameed on Saturday said the Israeli army’s decision to expand municipal powers of illegal settlers in the city of Hebron as...
1,700 US manufacturing workers mass strike
UP to 1,700 workers at a GE Transportation plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, walked out on strike last Tuesday, marking the first large-scale work stoppage...