‘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...
French Amazon Workers Strike!
FRENCH trade unions called on Amazon workers to go on strike on Monday, 22 December, less than four days to go before Christmas. Strike...
‘What are we waiting for? – Someone to die?’ says sacked...
OVER 100 Amazon employees at a New York fulfilment centre went on strike at noon on Monday, alleging management has been unresponsive to safety...
‘Don’t privatise the National Gallery – Reinstate Candy Udwin’ – demands...
‘WE are going to do everything to stop privatisation and defend out National Gallery strikers’ declared Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union president Janice...
‘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...
US-led coalition forces killing hundreds of civilians in air attacks...
US-led Coalition forces carrying out air strikes in Syria must conduct thorough investigations into reports of civilian casualties from its operations and disclose their...
Bangladesh garment workers slam minimum wage as a ‘cruel joke’
Garment workers’ unions in Bangladesh have rejected an increase in the minimum wage, describing it as a ‘cruel joke’ and a ‘slap on the...
The fight to occupy Chase Farm Hospital is intensifying
THE fight to occupy Chase Farm hospital intensified on day 38 of the daily picket on the gates of Chase Farm as medical students,...
Nigeria electricity workers commence indefinite strike
The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies and the National Union of Electricity Employees (SSAEAC) at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company in...
Gadaffi addresses one-million rally at Zlitan
AT 1636 gmt on 15 July, Libyan state TV Al-Jamahiriyah broadcast a ‘live’ audio address by Libyan leader Muammar al-Gadaffi directed at a ‘one-million’...
‘HOME SECRETARY ACTED ILLEGALLY’ – when she deprived Al Jedda of...
ON WEDNESDAY, Public Interest Lawyers won an important decision when the Supreme Court brought to an end a six-year legal battle by Mr Al...
Zimbabwe Trade Union Leaders Charged With ‘Disruption Of Public Order’
On 16 November 2018, seven members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) – including ZCTU Secretary General Japhet Moyo and ZCTU President...
TENS OF THOUSANDS CELEBRATE – after Palestinian membership bid is submitted...
PRESIDENT Mahmud Abbas waved to the crowd of tens of thousands during a celebration in Ramallah, upon his return from the UN General Assembly...
SAFTU remembers the struggle for freedom and democracy
The South African Federations of Trade Unions (SAFTU) remembers the struggle for freedom and democracy by the militant youth of the 1970s. These martyrs, had...
‘QANTAS PLANNED TO USE PANDEMIC TO OUTSOURCE 2,500 WORKERS’ –...
AUSTRALIA’S Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) is demanding that PM Scott Morrison explains what he knew about Qantas management’s long-term decision to axe and outsource...
Colombian electors are hungry for a big change in their crisis-hit...
BY YONATAN MOSQUERA NEXT Sunday 19th of June the final round of presidential elections will take place in Colombia. After having defeated the establishment candidates...
The reality of the British Raj in India
A new academic study has shed light on the devastating impact of British colonialism on India, uncovering staggering death tolls and immense wealth extraction...
HEWITT MUST GO! say junior doctors
THE British Medical Association (BMA) Junior Doctors Conference in London on Saturday called for the immediate resignation of health secretary Patricia Hewitt and health...
Safe routes needed for refugees to reach UK
THE UK government ‘needs to pay much more attention to establishing safe and regular routes for people to reach safety and their loved ones...
BAHA MOUSA INQUIRY ‘MUST LOOK AT ALL CASES AND ISSUES’ –...
LAST Wednesday the government announced an independent inquiry into the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa. Mousa, a hotel worker with a young family,...
Red Cross Condemns Sri Lanka Shelling Of Wounded And Sick
TamilNet reports the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), in a statement issued from Colombo on Sunday, expressed shock at the shelling...
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...
Terror attacks by Israeli settler militias on the rise
Israeli occupation forces attacked dozens of Palestinians taking part on Friday in an anti-colonisation protest in the village of Umm Safa, to the north...
Reject US health insurance industry structure in the NHS Long Term...
THE NHS Long Term Plan (LTPlan), and national GP contract reform in England: ‘Investment and Evolution – a five year framework for GP contract...
Assad celebrates Easter at Maalula Monastery – as presidential elections announced...
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad on Easter Sunday visited the ancient Christian town of Maalula, which his troops recently recaptured from rebels, state television said. ‘On...
IRAQI OIL WORKERS THREATEN TO STOP WORK – as demonstrations spread...
At Iraq’s state-owned North Oil Company (NOC) on Saturday a demonstration of 300 day workers warned they would go on strike if their work...
UK Manufacturing Employment Less Than In 1841!
Confirmation that manufacturing employment levels are at their lowest since 1841 drew an angry and frustrated response from the Transport and General Workers Union. Tony...
Stalinist Bureaucracy Fears Russian Workers Political Revolution
Workers of Ship-Repair Yard 178 in Vladivostok began a strike on June 3rd 2009, demanding their pay. The workers have not had any money...
‘All ground units remain in full combat readiness’ – declares Iran’s...
The commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force says all units remain in a state of ‘full combat readiness’ and will respond decisively to...
New York’s Lincoln centre must cancel Israeli-sponsored show
More than 80 theatre artists and 12 Palestine-based theatre and performance groups are demanding that New York’s Lincoln Centre cancel upcoming Israeli government-sponsored performances...
Investment firms and asset managers of UK arms industry making massive...
THE British state is subsidising the UK arms industry to the tune of billions of pounds to the benefit of its wealthy private owners...
‘IRAQI AUTHORITIES NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE BASIC PROTECTION’ – says UNCHR...
The National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) yesterday highlighted the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) latest report for the benefit of Iraqi asylum...
Wage theft in Aussie universities
‘WAGE theft is flourishing in Australian universities, with at least three elite institutions in the midst of underpayment scandals!’ says the National Education Union...
‘Stop breaking law or we will stop work’ PCS general secretary...
At the start of the rally in Whitehall 14-year-old Abdul Rahman spoke in front of dozens of children waving Palestinian flags and holding big...
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...
Huge increase in settlement expansion
The West Bank is witnessing an increasing acceleration in the pace of Israeli settlements, with the expansion of infrastructure projects and the construction of...
900,000 still working on zero-hour contracts
THE TUC has reported: ‘The Office of National Statistics (ONS) release this week on the number of zero-hours contracts showed that there has a been...
Fatah Angers Hamas Over Gaza Tunnels
A SENOR Fatah official said Saturday that the Palestinian Authority supports Egypt’s efforts to shut down a tunnel network under the border with the...
May Day Message From The Iraqi Trade Unions
ON this day of international labour solidarity we call on our fellow trade unionists and all those worldwide who have stood against war and...
Erekat calls on UK to recognise Palestine and reconsider plans to...
SECRETARY General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, has called on the United Kingdom to recognise the State of Palestine on the...
‘We are digging in for a big dispute’–Prentis
‘I’m ecstatic to see the people out on the picket line today, from different unions – TGWU, GMB, UNISON – it’s inspiring,’ east London...
DRIVE THE PRIVATEERS OUT OF THE NHS! – demands demonstration of...
LOCAL residents, trade unions and doctors have joined together to fight the privatisation of the National Health Service in Tower Hamlets. Two hundred people staged...
TRADE UNIONISTS LABELLED ‘FACTORY TERRORISTS’ – in the Philippines
Trade unions have been labelled ‘factory terrorists’ by the regime of Gloria Macapagaal Arroyo in the Philippines. Picket lines are being attacked and troops have...
‘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...
Call For A Third ‘Independence’ Intifada
An adviser to the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has urged Palestinian youth to begin a third intifada and popular strike to force the...