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’...
KEEP UP THE PRESSURE – say BBC workers
Alun Pugh, Minister for Culture, the Welsh Language and Sport, last Friday faced tough questions about the future of BBC Wales and stated that...
RELEASE NAZMUL HUDA! – first journalist to report on the Rana...
REPORTERS Without Borders (RSF) call for the immediate release of Nazmul Huda, a reporter who was arrested on 24 December 2016 because of his...
PNA appeals for ‘calm’ during Gaza pullout
Amid a flurry of diplomatic visits aimed at securing a smooth Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and military escalation by the Israeli Occupation...
KEEP CHASE FARM OPEN – as an acute District General Hospital
THE Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) has endorsed proposals to close Chase Farm Hospital as an acute District General Hospital (DGH). This is in order that...
‘Terrorists…are the army of the Turkish, US & Saudi regimes’
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad said that France, Britain, and the US, along with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are responsible for the war in...
STUDENTS PRICED OUT OF ‘POSH’ UNIVERSITIES – says Push survey
Responding to the latest Push survey of students’ cost of living, Wes Streeting, NUS Vice President (Education), said on Thursday: ‘This survey shows how...
20,000 STUDENTS AND WORKERS MARCH IN ATHENS! – on the 36th...
Over 20,000 students, youth and workers took part in a militant anti-imperialist demonstration in Athens on Tuesday to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the...
GMB celebrates Eleanor Marx Day!
THE GMB trade union held its first annual GMB Eleanor Marx Day last Thursday, 14th January 2016, at the union’s national office in Euston...
NUMSA begins indefinite strike action!
OVER 220,00 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will begin an indefinite strike tomorrow to win pay increases and...
Over 300 United Families and Friends march on Downing Street
‘Who ARE the murderers? Police are the murderers!’ shouted a demonstration of over 300 on the annual United Families and Friends march from Trafalgar...
‘We are sure we will emerge victorious out of this war!’...
A SENIOR Hamas official says the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement has worked out a major defensive plan in the face of the Israeli onslaught,...
Workers Battle Syriza Austerity Measures
AT 4.30 am on Thursday the Greek Vouli (parliament) approved by 230 to 63 votes, with seven deputies abstaining or absent, a government austerity...
Slave Labour & Serious Exploitation In Qatar
QATAR'S construction sector is rife with abuse, with workers employed on multi-million dollar projects suffering serious exploitation in conditions akin to slave labour, Amnesty...
South Lebanon Citizens Demand Shelter
The first cries by citizens were heard yesterday coming from the southern Lebanese town of Al-Taybah to express their indignation at the fact that...
Thousands rise up against the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Paul Yarl
Thousands of protesters took to the streets again on Tuesday to demand justice for a black teenager, who was shot twice by a white man...
‘It is not ok to drop a one ton bomb on...
AMERICAN jurist Mary Davis, who headed the independent United Nations probe into the events of 2014 aggression on the Gaza Strip, said that Israel...
Palestine will march towards an independent state – Erekat
PALESTINE Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee member and chief negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat issued a defiant statement on Monday in response to the halting...
Tensions emerge between the ANC and the unions
COSATU president Sdumo Dlamini has publicly endorsed the re-election of ANC president Jacob Zuma, thus exposing the tensions existing within the trade union federation. Dlamini,...
A CHANGE OF SYSTEM IS REQUIRED – says worker in UAW...
THERE is widespread opposition amongst members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) trade union in America to the deal its leaders agreed to call...
‘WE CAN’T DO WITHOUT CHASE FARM HOSPITAL’ – residents and workers...
A LIVELY picket of both gates at Chase Farm Hospital took place on Tuesday, March 29. Beverley Stevens, a Unison support worker in Enfield...
‘THIS IS A WORTHLESS AND FALSE PARLIAMENT’ – Iraqi puppets administer...
the Accountability and Justice Law is a ‘worthless’ piece of paper, approved by a ‘worthless and false parliament’, a ‘Ba’ath party spokesman’ in Iraq...
Deep Public Service Cuts Are Harming Australian Workers!
OUTGOING Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson is right to highlight the impact deep public service cuts are having on the bureaucracy’s ability to do its...
RAJAPAKSE GIVEN ‘A LICENCE TO KILL’ –by the International Community
THE British Tamil Forum has condemned the statement by the Co-Chairs (US, EU, Japan and Norway) of the international community demanding that...
ANC government intends to slaughter thousands of workers’ jobs – SAFTU...
IT HAS become clear that the ANC government is intending to slaughter thousands of workers’ jobs, said the South African Federation of Trade Unions...
2022 QATAR WORLD CUP DISASTER – Almost 200 construction workers killed!
ALMOST 200 Nepalese men died last year working on construction projects in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) says...
PNC convened to ‘counter the serious conspiracy to undermine the Palestinian...
THE PALESTINE Liberation Organisation (PLO) convened of the Palestinian National Council yesterday in the face of the ‘attacks and conspiracies’ launched by US President...
‘RENEWABLE STRIKE WON CONSIDERABLE GAINS’ – but dispute remains says SUD-Rail...
We publish below the SUD-Rail strike bulletin for the first day of the French rail strike, N°8 – 24 November 2005, with thanks to...
Rail unions demand permanent renationalisation of the whole rail network!
LAST WEEK Tory minority government Transport Secretary Grayling announced that the privately-run East Coast Mainline has collapsed again and will be ‘temporarily renationalised’ –...
HEALTH IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY – Part Three
TOP British medical journal The Lancet has published a series of detailed research reports on the health status of 3.8 million people living...
Iran & Turkey Bilateral Ties Zarif Visits Ankara
IRANIAN Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has travelled to Ankara to hold talks with Turkish officials on bilateral ties, the restoration of peace in...
SRI LANKA: WORKERS FIGHT BRUTAL EXPLOITATION – Part 1: The ‘Up...
THE working class of Sri Lanka is at the sharp end of capitalism at its most brutal and vicious. Workers and youth face a...
BBC report on torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons
PALESTINIAN detainees released back to Gaza have told the BBC they were subjected to mistreatment and torture at the hands of Israeli military and...
The US Senior Representative For Zabul Province Resigns!
THE following is a dramatic letter of resignation from senior US diplomat – America’s Senior Civilian Representative for Zabul Province in Afghanistan – addressed...
US indebtedness unnerves the Bourgeoisie!
THE American viewing public got a stark warning from the billionaire Donald Trump during a recent TV interview when he announced that Americans should...
Greece applies for a ‘Third Austerity Accord’
Statement by the Revolutionary Marxist League Greek section of the International Committee of the 4th International TODAY, Wednesday 8 July, the Greek Finance Minister Efklides...
‘WE WANT FREE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE GAZA STRIP AND WEST...
Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Minister of Civil Affairs, Mohammad Dahlan has revealed a plan regarding the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Dahlan, who also heads the...
ISRAEL DETAINS PALESTINIAN MPs
Israeli forces on Monday detained two Palestinian MPs during a raid on the Jerusalem headquarters of the International Red Cross. Mohammad Tawtah and former Jerusalem...
Some big issues for the London-wide LMCs Annual Conference
A NEW CONTRACT for GPs was signed by Dr Vautrey, the chair of the BMA’s GP committee (GPC), on 31st January 2019. Its full title...
Iran-Russia Joint Naval Manoeuvres
IRANIAN and Russian naval forces have practised anti-piracy operations, during which they rescued two hijacked merchant vessels, on the second day of their joint...
Trial Of Egyptian Trade Unionists Set To Begin
THE trial of 49 trade unionists before an emergency court, for alleged involvement in the violent protests of 6 April 2008 in the Egyptian...
‘End The Midwife Shortage’ And Cancel Plans To Remove Bursaries!
CATHY WARWICK, the Chief Executive of the Royal College of Midwives has issued a ‘wish list’ of her hopes for maternity services in 2016. She...
25 Years Since The Sabra And Shatila Massacres
PALESTINIANS are remembering 25 years since the Sabra and Shatila massacre in the Lebanese capital Beirut – in which over 2,000 defenceless Palestinian refugees...
Republican plan to cut health benefits for millions warns AFL-CIO!
REPUBLICAN leaders in Congress are working on plans to cut health benefits for tens of millions of people, warned the AFL-CIO trade union federation. It...
Iran’s impounding of oil tanker is ‘serious’ says South Korean First...
A SENIOR South Korean official said the situation surrounding a Korean-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran for repeated environmental violations is ‘serious,’ as he...