University job massacre! – national strike needed to save 10,000 jobs
THE UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) has called for immediate transparency from Coventry University after its recently published Annual Report and Financial Statements revealed...
‘It’s The People vs The Developers’ – declares powerful Peckham meeting
A PUBLIC meeting of over 200 Peckham residents on Thursday evening stepped up the fight against plans by developer Berkeley Homes to tear down...
24-hour Greek General Strike
A 24-hour General Strike declared by GSEE (Greek TUC) and ADEDY (public sectors trades unions federation) took place on Wednesday in Greece, with the...
End ‘business as usual’ with Israel – Human Rights Watch and...
Human Rights Watch (HRW), along with 125 other civil society organisations, has urged the European Union (EU) to review Israel’s compliance with its human...
New Nigerian loan scheme ‘will perpetually enslave the workers’
One of Nigeria’s university based unions, National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), has opposed the federal government’s offer to float a loan scheme, known...
‘We teach our children hunger is more bearable than humiliation’ ...
‘I feed my children sugar and water … but if they opened a corridor for us to leave in exchange for raising a white...
COSATU concerned at Goodyear plant closure
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the Eastern Cape said on Thursday that is deeply concerned by the impending closure of...
‘If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in...
LATE on Sunday, an Israeli airstrike killed five Al Jazeera journalists and media workers in Gaza City, striking a tent by the main gate...
Unions denounce violent arrest of SEIU California President David Huerta –...
THE INTERNATIONAL federation UNI Global Union has strongly condemned the arrest of David Huerta, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California, who...
Labour authorises export of over 8,600 munitions to Israel for use...
DESPITE public commitments to halt arms shipments that could be used in Gaza, the Labour government has authorised the export of over 8,600 munitions...
Israel applying Gaza genocide tactics on West Bank – says UNRWA
Israel is applying many of the tactics used in its war on Gaza to seize and control territory across the occupied West Bank during...
Trump’s executive order removes over 200,000 AFGE members!
THE AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), the nation’s largest union for federal workers, president said on Monday the organisation’s ongoing staff downsizing will...
Russia calls truce on 80th anniversary of Victory Day
Russia is ready to continue its dialogue with Western lawmakers both in North America and Europe, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday when speaking...
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...
‘Gaza stands for the majority in the world’
The Community Camp4Palestine hosted a panel discussion on Wednesday evening on Zionism and US militarism. The event was well attended on the site of the...
Make corridor care ‘a never event’ – demand Welsh NHS unions
THE RCN (Royal College of Nursing) and the British Medical Association (BMA) in Wales have joined forces to address the alarming state of corridor...
Trump’s ceasefire plan will allow Israel to resume its war after...
A PROPOSED ceasefire framework pushed by US President Donald Trump, touted as the ‘final proposal’ for ending Israel’s war on Gaza, would still allow...
Musicians back Bob Vylan and Kneecap!
ARTISTS have spoken out in support of hip-hop groups Bob Vylan and Kneecap, both of which provoked the fury of Zionism and imperialism for...
South African unemployed doctors launch 3rd sit-in
SOUTH African unemployed doctors have been protesting once again, launching their third sit-in of the year outside KwaZulu-Natal’s Office of the Premier on Monday...
Catholic Church under attack by Israeli forces
AN Israeli attack on the only Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday has left two people dead and several others injured. Two women...
Settlers committing war crimes against Palestinians under the protection of the...
FORMER Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says settlers have been committing ‘war crimes’ against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank under the protection of...
Strikes and unionisation campaigns sweep the USA
Members of the Teamsters union in the United States were joined by other members of the Labour Alliance for Public Transit last Thursday at...
5,000 mass protest against Palestinian starvation
‘STOP starving Gaza!’ demanded over 7,000 workers and youth at a mass demonstration outside Downing Street last Friday evening. The ‘emergency protest’ was called by...
The month of May – a graveyard for journalists in Gaza
Palestinian officials say Israeli forces have killed at least 219 journalists and media workers since the regime’s genocidal war started in the Gaza Strip...
Ukrainian Army violated Easter Truce 4,900 times!
UKRAINE took advantage of the Easter truce to launch strikes on Russian territory, advisor to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Igor...
China’s economy grows by 5.4% each year
CHINA has the confidence and capability to mitigate the adverse impacts of external shocks on its economy and sustain sound economic development, a Chinese...
US government workers win legal victory against Trump sackings!
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) scored a victory on Wednesday in its challenge to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from...
Suspend Israeli football team! – AIAC
The Italian Football Coaches’ Association (AIAC) is pushing for Israel to be suspended from international competition over the war on Gaza. Ahead of Italy’s World...
Canadian postal workers rally in 13 cities!
Canada Post workers held rallies in 13 cities across the country on Saturday as the ongoing labour dispute with their employer reaches boiling point. The...
800 UK lawyers & 300 prominent French writers demand sanctions against...
MORE than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges, have called on the UK government to impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its...
5,000 workers and youth join the Grenfell Tower Fire 8th anniversary...
MORE than 5,000 workers, students and youth joined the Grenfell Tower fire 8th anniversary march through Ladbroke Grove, west London on Saturday. It was the...
United Association of South Africa demanding action over rising inflation
Trade union United Association of South Africa (UASA) who represent workers in financial services said on Thursday that the rise in Consumer Price Inflation...
Nigerian unions will strike against oil company intimidation!
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN said that...
Gaza’s children slaughtered – sometimes by missiles, sometimes by hunger, always...
ON WORLD Day Against Child Labour, 12 June: Gaza’s crushed childhood turns into a struggle for survival, Hamas said yesterday. In Gaza, footballs, pencils, and...
Pakistan condemns US attack on Iran as a ‘war crime’
Condemnations poured in against Saturday night’s US aggression on Iran’s nuclear sites, with many countries describing it as an illegal act that threatens regional...
The torture of Palestinian prisoners has become commonplace
the torture of Palestinian prisoners has become commonplace since October 7, 2023, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, warned...
UN calls for investigation into ‘inhuman acts’ by Israel at aid...
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has condemned Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians at aid distribution centres in the...
Israel taught ‘a historic and unforgettable lesson!’
THE Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the 22nd and last phase of Operation True Promise III on Tuesday taught a ‘historic and unforgettable...
Israel’s mass arrests ‘a systematic campaign of persecution targeting Palestinians’
ISRAELI police arrested 561 Palestinian workers throughout the 1948 occupied territories last week under the pretext of entering ‘without permits’. Human rights groups have condemned...
Greek workers say ‘No’ to 13-hour day
The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), the Greek TUC, responded on Thursday with an angry statement to the government Labour Ministry’s intention to...
Striking Butler Hospital workers reject pay offer and remain on strike
Three weeks after Butler Hospital management issued what it called its ‘last, best and final’ contract proposal, the union representing striking workers has ‘overwhelmingly’...
Nigeria nurses and midwives have confirmed their strike is on and...
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has denied reports that its members have suspended the nationwide strike. The NANNM leadership met with...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria spreading across Gaza Strip – warns The Lancet
A NEW British medical study has warned of a dangerous spread of diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria across the Gaza Strip, as the ongoing...
‘This is Labour’s Poll Tax – No Labour MP who backs...
OVER 400 disabled people gathered in Parliament Square on Monday 30th June to oppose the bill being put to Parliament yesterday by the Labour...
Dr Marwan al Sultan targeted & killed by Israeli air strike
Dr Marwan al-Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, was killed on Wednesday when an Israeli airstrike targeted his home near the...