‘Don’t use Marikana victims for political gain’ says AMCU
The victims of the Marikana massacre should not be used to mend relations between the ANC and the Economic freedom Fighters (EFF), Association...
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....
‘THE ARAB NATION MUST SHOULDER ITS RESPONSIBILITIES’ – demands Hamas over...
Hamas leaders on Monday rejected as ‘blackmail’ Western demands that the Palestinian resistance movement recognises Israel’s right to exist and renounces violence against the...
‘The Land Belongs To The Palestinian People! The Occupation Will Vanish...
ISRAELI forces on Friday shot and killed 18 Palestinians as they assaulted rallies that set out to commemorate Land Day on many...
Palestinian prisoner kept in solitary confinement for eight years!
A PALESTINIAN prisoner who has been in solitary confinement for eight years in Israeli jails has recently been suffering a psychological and neurological disorder,...
Ramaphosa will unleash ‘a jobs bloodbath’ – WARNS AMCU TRADE UNION
LONMIN billionaire Cyril Ramaphosa could favour mining bosses’ agenda of restructuring to revive profits and unleash a renewed jobs bloodbath, the Association of Mining...
Syria is determined to recover the Golan ‘through all available means’
SYRIA has strongly condemned the controversial Israeli plan to double the settler population in the Golan Heights, warning against the ‘unprecedented and dangerous’ uptick...
VOTE WRP ON DECEMBER 12! BREAK WITH THE EU! FORWARD TO...
THE DECEMBER 12th election is a crisis election, in a situation where the worldwide crisis of capitalism is deepening rapidly to explosion point. Eleven...
Health workers throughout Europe are defending jobs and services!
HEALTH workers across Europe are fighting to defend their jobs, conditions of employment and the services they provide to millions of workers and their...
Dale Farm Community Standing Firm And Defiant!
DESPITE conditions at Dale Farm being really harsh now, following Basildon Council’s brutal multi-million pound attempted eviction which began on October 19th, the community...
Iran will spare no efforts to maintain Syria’s territorial integrity
IRAN’S Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has warned of extra-regional countries’ plots to sow discord in Syria, vowing the Islamic Republic’s full support...
REJECT WOODLEY’S ROTTEN ‘COMPROMISE’ DEAL! – Don’t sell your rights for...
ON August 10 2005 Gate Gourmet locked out and dismissed over 700 workers in a pre-planned operation designed to secure the introduction of their...
SAFTU demands expropriation of the land without compensation! 72 per cent...
TUESDAY 6th April, marked the 369th anniversary of the arrival of Dutch settlers in South Africa. The first settlers aimed at establishing trading posts...
US McDonald’s workers strike for $15 an hour
McDonald’s cooks and cashiers in 16 cities went on strike last Wednesday, the day before the company’s annual shareholders meeting, to demand the burger...
Teachers join mass public sector strike in Abuja – in Kenya...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Monday directed all primary and secondary school teachers in Abuja to join the ongoing strike initiated by...
Writers Guild Of America Takes Indefinite Strike Action
HOLLYWOOD writers took to the picket lines on Monday to begin their first strike against the US film and television industry in nearly two...
SA Working Class Summit to unite workplace and community struggles
A NEW chapter in the history of the South African working class was opened in Soweto on 21st-22nd July 2018, when representatives from...
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...
‘EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE FUTURE OF SYRIA IS A 100% ISSUE...
‘EVERYTHING related to the destiny and future of Syria is a 100% Syrian issue. The unity of Syrian territory is self-evident and not up...
Pirapaharan Pays Tribute To Tna Mp Sivanesan
TAMILNET reports that the leader of the Liberation Tigers, Velupillai Pirapaharan, on Saturday, paid tribute to the slain Jaffna District Tamil National Alliance MP...
South African Workers Taking Action Over Jobs & Wages
WORKERS at South African Airways (SAA) are threatening to go on strike if their salary increase demands are not met. The workers are calling for...
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...
Australia’s working poor – ‘Workers’ share in the national income...
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has released a new report that shows Australia is at risk of becoming an ‘Americanised society’ of...
UCU Members At Bath And Bristol Are Set To Walk Out
MEMBERS of the University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Bath and the University of Bristol are joining the latest wave of...
48-Hour Strike By Health Workers In Germany
HEALTH workers in in the Ver.di trade union in Germany have been out on a 48-hour strike which started on Tuesday which and continued...
Starbucks workers mass walk- out in 34 cities of the USA
THE Starbucks workers’ union said on Thursday that hundreds of new union baristas are walking out of their jobs in 34 cities, joining the...
Israel Reoccupies Gaza ‘Buffer Zone’
IGNORING international outcries for restraint and diplomacy, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) overnight Thursday reoccupied a belt of the northern Gaza Strip, called it...
US Embassy in Baghdad ‘a command centre conspiring against the Iraqi...
IRAQ’S anti-terror group Kata’ib Hezbollah says the United States has turned its embassy compound in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad into a...
Greek Teachers Occupy!
ATHENS – Greek state secondary school teachers threatened with the sack occupied the private office of the Reforms Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis last Thursday in...
Israel escalating ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in West Bank
Acceleration of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians must spur global action to halt West Bank annexation, says rights group Amnesty International. The international community’s tacit or...
Cairo Students March On Anniversary Of Mohamed Mahmoud Street Clashes
EGYPTIAN university students marched from Cairo University to Tahrir Square in mid-afternoon Monday, to mark the anniversary of the last year’s Mohamed Mahmoud Street...
US unions slam ‘Fast Track trade policy’
THE AFL-CIO trade union federation considers that the Fast Track trade policy has has helped depress wages for America’s workers over the past...
‘Massacres by Israeli army indicate plan to empty land and eliminate...
‘THE MASSACRES that are being committed on the ground by the Israeli army indicates that there is a plan being implemented at an unprecedented...
US REFINERY INDUSTRY MUST LEARN FROM PAST DISASTERS – insists USW...
The United Steelworkers (USW) Union on Monday said that the US refinery industry has failed to learn from past disasters. The USW said that...
‘Don’t dismantle US healthcare system’ – warns Sanders
‘IT didn’t take long. During the first week of 2017, the new Republican Congress has begun efforts to dismantle America’s health-care system,’ says Bernie...
Algerians Boycott Presidential Election
On 12 December Algerians went to the polls to elect a new president – or did they? Millions boycotted the election, which they saw...
Israeli Guards Attack Palestinian Prisoners!
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has published a ‘A Communiqué from Arab Prisoners of War In An-Naqab Desert Prison. ‘Demanding to put the...
END THE OCCUPATION! VICTORY TO PALESTINE! 120,000 march through central London
OVER 120,000 marched and rallied in central London on Saturday against Israel’s onslaught on Gaza as the Palestinian death toll reached over 1,000. Workers and...
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...
South Africa honours the 65th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre!
THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) said on Friday that it joins millions of South Africans in honouring the 65th anniversary and...
Wells Fargo employees ballot for union recognition
In a remarkable series of events, Wells Fargo employees from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Bethel, Alaska, are spearheading the bank’s first-ever union elections. This historic...
No Cuts In Medicare To Finance Tpp Deal!
A DIFFICULT road for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in the House of Representatives got much worse on Monday, when trade unions and pensioners...
‘Stand up against the South West Pay Cartel’ –and stop pay...
UNISON is calling on MPs from the South West of England to give their backing to local health workers including nurses, therapists, porters, and...
Government Cuts Forcing Closure Of Children’s Hospices!
NHS and local council cuts are hitting lifeline care for seriously ill children, a survey of 27 children’s hospices in England carried out by...
Striking South African social workers barricade
STRIKING South African social workers have barricaded the entrances to care centres and are vowing not to leave until their demands – an immediate...