German and British Gate Gourmet workers march through Hounslow
Last weekend saw united action by German and British Gate Gourmet workers against the company’s savage attacks on their jobs, wages and conditions. The weekend...
Unison and EU public sector unions form ‘historic alliance’
UNISON and other EU public sector unions have formed an ‘historic alliance’. UNISON declared yesterday: ‘The fight back has begun. And UNISON is...
ABBAS CALLS FOR PROTECTION FOR THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE – as he...
PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for the protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and ensuring Palestinians’ freedom of worship in Jerusalem in line...
Staff And Parents Say ‘No’ To Forced Academy!
STAFF and parents have said ‘No’ to a Brent, north west London, primary school being forced to become an academy school. At a well attended...
Greek Teachers And Doctors Strike Against Closures
Some 4,000 primary and secondary school teachers, from both state and private schools, plus state hospital doctors, short-contract workers of the Athens municipality, university...
Israeli torturers and war criminals driven out of Netzarim Corridor!
A Palestinian abductee who was among prisoners released on Saturday by Israel as part of the ceasefire deal has recounted the tragic ordeal and...
The G20 Summit in Delhi ‘A Tale of Two Indias’
IN Delhi, India’s capital, the G20 summit has captured significant global attention. This event brought together world leaders to discuss international economic strategies, presenting...
100,000 MARCH IN DUBLIN – against government cuts
OVER 150,000 workers around the country, and in the north took to the streets in a series of marches last Friday to protest against...
MED UNION ‘ATTEMPT TO LET ISRAEL IN THROUGH THE WINDOW’ –...
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has praised the position of the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, who refused to attend the Paris summit to...
Israel resumes slaughter of civilians in the Gaza Strip as the...
A NUMBER of Palestinian civilians, predominantly children and women, were killed or injured yesterday morning as the Israeli occupation resumed its genocide in the...
UAW-Ford deal on VEBA health care trust
US autoworkers union UAW and Ford have reached a tentative deal to modify terms of their agreement on the Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association...
Palestinians condemn Israeli air attack on Hezbollah
DIFFERENT Palestinian factions have denounced the Israeli raid on a Hezbollah convoy which killed six of the Lebanese resistance movement’s fighters. The...
31,000-strong strike at US health privateer Kaiser Permanente!
Up to 31,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California and Hawaii went on indefinite strike on Monday in the latest work stoppage at the...
Croatian Serbs fight court battle to get homes back
The European Court of Human Rights is considering an important case for returning Croatian Serb refugees, says Amnesty International. The Grand Chamber of the...
Hamas movement wounds 3 Israeli settlers in shooting operation! – ‘a...
THE Hamas Movement said on Tuesday that the heroic shooting operation, that took place east of Tulkarem that morning and led to the injury...
Destruction of bridges and civilian infrastructure ‘is the highest achievement the...
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says for an administration that once portrayed itself as the standard-bearer for the global order, liberalism and the...
Irish state commemorates Roger Casement
ON April 21, Ireland held a State ceremony commemorating 100 years since Roger Casement landed at Banna Strand in Kerry as...
San Francisco teachers hold their first strike in 47 years!
‘Thousands of public school teachers in San Francisco went on strike on Monday, the first public (state) school teachers strike in the city in...
Brazil Recognises Palestinian State
Israel says it is ‘disappointed’ by the Brazilian government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders. The Israelis accused Brazil of going...
‘Urgent and decisive action’ needed to tackle South Africa’s 43.7% unemployment...
The Congress of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (COSATU) on Tuesday demanded that the ANC-led government takes action to tackle the growing...
Damning report on public funds misuse by academies!
A DAMNING report, just released, exposes the misuse of public funds in privately run academy schools, the huge pay packets academy bosses receive while...
Strike threat at Manchester Met
A STRIKE threat has been issued at Manchester’s Metropolitan University – as students learned that in-person teaching was to resume in spite of the...
AMCU accuses mining company of ‘underhand tactics’ to end strike!
THE ASSOCIATION of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) have blamed bosses at Sibanye-Stillwater of trying to interdict its protected strike, insisting the company has...
More Than 100 Covid Cases At Napier Camp
ACTIVISTS threw fake blood at the gates of Napier Barracks last Thursday – in protest against the conditions in which hundreds of asylum seekers...
‘I Call On Youth – Take To The Streets Of The...
JAILED Palestinian Leader Marwan al-Barghouthi believes much must be carried out in 2013, starting with national reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas, the liberation of...
Abbas announces general elections
PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that the date for holding general elections had seen ‘significant delays – despite the multiple attempts to...
‘ALL WE WERE DEMANDING WAS JOBS’ – Al-Amarah youth speak out
THE recently aired videotape on satellite TV channels showing some British soldiers assaulting a number of unarmed citizens has stirred strong reactions among...
COSATU president celebrates Workers Day on May 1st
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) President Zingiswa Losi delivered a Workers Day Speech on May 1st. ‘My fellow South Africans, President Cyril...
Hotel workers unionising and striking across the USA – 2,000 on...
Hundreds more UNITE HERE hotel workers have walked off the job, as another wave of strikes hits the US hotel industry last Thursday. Nearly 2,000...
GAZA AIR STRIKES CONTINUE AS HUNGER STRIKERS ENTER 30th DAY!
ISRAELI warplanes early Saturday carried out several air strikes targeting different locations in the Gaza Strip, injuring Palestinians and causing destruction to Palestinian properties. A...
‘Save Ealing Hospital – Defend The Children’s Services!’
‘SAVE Charlie Chaplin ward – Don’t let it close! Save Ealing Hospital – Trade unions must act! Defend children’s services – Occupy now!’ demanded...
SAFTU plans mass actions for 2019
‘THE poor of our country are suffering! A human calamity is unfolding! The difference is that this is not making headlines because the poor...
The Fight Of The Greek ‘Stage’ Workers
By DINA ROVITHAKI, President of the ‘stage’ workers’ trade union at the Institute for Agricultural Development and member of the National Co-ordinating Committee of ‘stage’...
ENTRANCES TO UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA ARE BLOCKED! – after five...
Entrances leading up to the Unisa (University of South Africa) main campus in Muckleneuk, Pretoria are cordoned off with trees and vehicles this week,...
Bangladeshi workers suffer from lack of legal rights to organise!
The government must take steps to reform laws so they meet international standards for freedom of association and collective bargaining rights, said A K...
US union wins victory after ‘longest hospital strike in Rhode...
THE SEIU union in New England, US, reported that workers at Butler Hospital have officially ratified a new contract, ending the longest hospital strike...
Orgreave was a planned attack on the miners
‘I WAS ARRESTED on that day at Orgreave. It was a really terrible day. There were thousands and thousands of police, I was walking...
‘UK should examine its own destructive past actions in the Middle...
IRAN’S Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the United Kingdom needs to take a retrospective look at its past destructive actions in the Middle...
‘For many Gazans hunger has become the deadliest weapon’
One child is killed every 30 minutes in the Gaza Strip, in the ongoing Israeli genocide that started on October 7th, 2023. This is taking...
ISRAEL EXPLOITED WAR TO EXPAND ATTACK ON PALESTINIANS says Palestine Media...
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) were not distracted by their 34-day war on Lebanon to suspend their killing of Palestinian children, women and men,...
Numsa SA Workers Vow To Continue Their Strike!
South African Airways (SAA) workers have vowed to continue their strike until the company meets their demands. Numsa members embarked on a strike on Friday...
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...
Ashrawi condemns Pompeo for visiting Israeli colonial settlement!
HANAN ASHRAWI, member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)’s Executive Committee, has condemned the US top diplomat’s visit to an Israeli colonial settlement in...
RESEARCH FUNDING CHANGES AN ATTACK ON SCIENCE – says UCU
THE government’s changes to research funding threaten the future of science in Britain, leading experts are warning. According to Professor Donald Braben, Honorary Professor, Department...
Trump’s third war against Iran is defeated
MOHSEN Rezaei, advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has said the United States was defeated midway in what he called US President...