OVER 1 MILLION DEMONSTRATE IN SOUTH KOREA –demanding resignation of President...
The fourth mass anti-president rally in downtown Seoul last Saturday evening saw 600,000 workers, students and senior citizens, chanting slogans demanding scandal-hit President...
Drive Needed To End Pensioner Poverty!
A drive to end the shame of pensioner poverty is needed‚ after a new report has shown that the UK has the fourth highest...
RMT–27 Days Of Strike Action On Swr In Defence Of Guards...
THE RMT announced on Tuesday that its members on South Western Railway (SWR) will be holding a further 27 days of strike action in...
Ukraine’s western backers ‘a pro-Nazi coalition’ – says former Russian president...
DEPUTY head of Russia’s Security Council, and Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev has described Ukraine’s Western backers as a ‘pro-Nazi coalition’, dismissing the idea...
GMB demands Amazon conduct health risk assessments
A GMB member employed by Amazon in one of its depots fell ill after handling packaging on goods imported into the UK. The member is...
HOUSING OMBUDSMAN TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF MOULD & DAMP – but...
THE HOUSING Ombudsman has launched an investigation into damp and mould in buildings – which has shown just how widespread it now is throughout...
END THE MASSACRE OF TAMIL CIVILIANS – urges TNA
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), in an urgent press statement, has called upon the international community to use all its influence with the Sri...
BP under siege over oil spills and cover-ups
IT is reprehensible that neither the contractors nor BP seem to give a toss about these 430 workers who have been locked out but...
Ontario nurses win 11.5% wage increase
THE Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) in Canada has welcomed the arbitration decision that includes the most significant wage increase for registered nurses (RNs) and...
Lebanon Condemns ‘Blatant Violation’ Of Cease-Fire Resolution
Lebanese Prime Minister Fu’ad al-Siniora condemned an Israeli commando raid early Saturday morning against a position held by Hezbollah in the Al-Biqa as ‘a...
South African auto and security workers plan massive campaign of strikes
he National Union for Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has rejected a wage proposal from employers in the motor sector and is set to...
‘We Demand Apology For Balfour Declaration’ And Recognition Of Palestinian State!
– Rally 10 Downing St November 4 ‘WE DEMAND an apology for the Balfour Declaration and we demand repatriation and recognition of the Palestinian state,’...
‘US INVOLVED IN WAR ON PALESTINIANS’ –says Sha’th after US resupplies...
The United States has confirmed that it is supplying new ammunition to the Israeli occupation army. The US decision has angered the Palestinians and Palestinian...
ONLY ONE WAY OUT – sanctions-busting boat gets doctor out of...
OVer the past year, Muhanad Omar al-Helo has twice petitioned the Israeli government to leave Gaza in order to study in Europe for a...
Tunisians march on fourth anniversary of revolution!
TUNISIANS on Wednesday marked the fourth anniversary of the revolution that toppled strongman Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and sparked a mass wave of protests...
Palestinian Workers Slam Checkpoint ‘Humiliation’
Around 4,000 Palestinian workers from Hebron face an arduous journey every day as they try to cross into Israel via the Tarqumiya checkpoint. The luckiest...
‘STOP COWBOY CLEANING CONTRACTS’ – –RMT and Unite members lobby Metronet...
MEMBERS of the RMT rail union and the Unite union’s Justice for Cleaners campaign staged a protest in central London on Wednesday, demanding: ‘Stop...
Netanyahu’s crisis deepens! – remains Premier but relinquishes positions
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to relinquish the four ministerial positions he currently holds in the face of his indictment on charges...
Iran offers to replace Iraqi oil to bail out US!
DEPUTY Oil Minister for International and Trade Affairs Ali Majedi has voiced Iran’s readiness to speedily replace Iraq oil in the world market if...
Garment workers denounce wage structure in Dhaka and clash with police
GARMENT workers have flooded the streets of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, this week, clashing with police and denouncing the new wages structure introduced on...
Unionisation has led to massive wins for American workers – as...
BY SHABBIR RIZVI AMERICANS are well aware of the value of the dollar, at least when it comes to their own purchasing power at home....
Gaza unemployment – highest in the world!
THE latest World Bank economic update said that Gaza’s unemployment rate – at 43.9% – is now the highest in the world, stressing that...
MIGRANT WORKERS HUNGER STRIKE CONTINUES – but is forced to move...
THE 250 migrant workers, on hunger strike since last Tuesday in Athens, have been forced to abandon the University of Athens Law School hall...
Mustafa Barghouti Slams US-Israeli Campaign Against Palestinian State
Dr Mustafa Barghouti, speaking at the 200-strong Solidarity for Palestine trade union conference on Saturday, warned of the massive campaign by US president Trump...
‘ISRAELI GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTLER TERRORISM’ – Hanan Ashrawi
MEMBER of the PLO Executive Committee, Hanan Ashrawi, said on Saturday evening that the Israeli government and its allies are responsible for rise in...
15,000 Greek Workers March Against Syriza Coalition!
OVER 15,000 workers and youth marched last Saturday in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on the opening of a trade fair, demanding an end to the...
France’s Force Ouvriere (FO) is ready for a national strike and...
FRENCH trade union federation Force Ouvriere (FO) announced on Wednesday that it is preparing a national strike and rally of private health sector workers...
Canadian trade unions fight for Bangladeshi garment workers
CANADIAN trade unions allege that workers in Bangladeshi garment factories that supply Canadian Tyre subsidiary Mark’s with clothing sold under brand names like Wind...
School Funding In Crisis! Unions Lobby Against School Cuts On October...
UNISON is working together with other education unions to hold a Parliamentary Lobby Against School Cuts on 24th October, to show MPs that school...
IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT RUBBISH, TO BE USED AND THROWN OUT –...
OVER 25,000 refugees, workers and youth marched through the centre of Paris on Saturday, demanding, ‘Withdraw the CESEDA’! and ‘Immigrants are not disposable like...
Carillion Collapse Hits Royal Liverpool Hospital!
WHEN CARILLION collapsed last month it left the future of the new Royal Liverpool Hospital in limbo. The half-built £335 million hospital which has already...
Ealing marchers call for occupation and a general strike! –‘Drastic times...
‘DEFEND Ealing Hospital – Occupy Now!’ rang out in a crescendo as the Ealing leg of the march against four hospital closures stopped outside...
THOUSANDS DETAINED AND TORTURED IN IRAQ – Amnesty report condemns US,...
‘Nearly three years after United States (US) and allied forces invaded Iraq and toppled the government of Saddam Hussein, the human rights situation in...
Russia Uses Hypersonic Missile For The First Time
THE conflict in Ukraine has seen Russia use its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles close to the border with NATO member Romania, while Kiev says...
Settlers storm Al-Aqsa and West Bank villages
SCORES of extremist Israeli settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning – while tight restrictions were imposed on the entry...
Hamas denounces Arab countries’ normalisation deals with Israel
HAMAS has denounced the ‘normalisation deals’ with Israel, because they are aimed at legitimatising the regime in the Middle East and forging an alliance...
‘We want to continue our Revolution!’ – say Egyptian workers, students...
Some 50 political movements, groups and parties in Egypt last Friday launched a week of mass protests and marches to commemorate, not celebrate, the...
Tories Exacerbate NHS Crisis In ‘Urgent Care’ To Rush In Their...
‘THIS Easter will be worse than any winter for the NHS,’ warned Alastair McLellan, the editor of Health Service Journal (HSJ), in a leading...
Human Rights Civil Servants Are On Strike Today
CIVIL servants working for the government’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are on strike today over crippling cuts to their service: a quarter...
Britain must apologise for Balfour – Abbas
PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas told the ongoing meeting of the Fatah Revolutionary Council that the way to achieving national unity requires some time, the final...
12.7% electricity tariff increase will entrench poverty for millions says South...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) said on Friday that it strongly rejects the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA’s) decision...
Amcu Agreement On Wage Offer!
IMPALA Platinum said on Tuesday that an agreement has been reached with the AMCU trade union on a ‘broad wage offer to end...
‘We’Ll Fight Until We Win Our Jobs Back’
LOCKED-out Gate Gourmet workers have vowed to ‘fight until we win our jobs back’ and defeat attempts by their union leadership to sell-out their...
Hamas Rejects Direct Negotiations
GAZA Premier Ismail Haniya said Sunday that the Palestinian Authority’s decision to resume direct negotiations reflects a failed policy, and will not succeed. Speaking at...
Kerry Visits Egypt On The Eve Of Mursi Trial
US Secretary of State, John Kerry says that there are indications Egypt generals intend to restore democracy. He says that the USA is committed...