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Sacked Greek Cleaning Ladies Stand Firm For Nearly A Year

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595 women cleaners of the Greek Ministry of Finance in Athens were sacked on 17 September 2013 and their jobs given to private contractors....

Hamas warns that Israel’s house demolitions will trigger ‘explosion’ of Palestinian...

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PALESTINIAN Islamic Jihad and Hamas resistance movement have warned that Israel’s house demolitions and its expansion of illegal settlements in al-Quds (Jerusalem) will trigger...

‘Force Uber to respect workers’ rights or get out of London!’–GMB...

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GMB, the union for taxi and professional drivers, on Monday joined forces with global consumer group SumOfUs to hand in a 100,000-strong mass...

Bangladeshi workers taking to the streets

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Unable to live on their wages, Bangladeshi workers are threatening to continue protests that have seen factories ransacked and led to violent clashes...

HUNDREDS OF DISPLACED SYRIANS QUIT RUKBAN CAMP – as conference of...

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HUNDREDS of displaced Syrians, who have now left al-Rukban camp, have just arrived at the crossing of Jleighem, in Homs eastern countryside. For the past...

‘Free, Free Palestine’ Demand Hundreds Of Workers And Youth

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‘FREE, Free Palestine!’ shouted a crowd of over 400 workers and youth demonstrating opposite the Israeli embassy on Saturday. The protest was part of the...

The BMA must unite with health unions to defend the NHS...

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THE Tory coalition is accelerating its onslaught on the NHS. Every structure that was good in our publicly provided NHS is being destabilised and...

Two Years Since Israel’s Invasion Of Gaza!

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SOME 900 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue to require medical attention as a result of permanent disabilities they sustained during Israel’s devastating 51-day...

Four Seasons ‘The Son Of Southern Cross’ Warns Gmb

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SEVENTY-ONE former Southern Cross Care Homes in the UK were being transferred to new operator Four Seasons on Monday (31 October 2011). These are the...

Junior doctors are determined to win their battle

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OVER 30 striking junior doctors picketing UCH Hospital in London’s Euston Road yesterday were joined by local residents and patients, to the continual sound...

Iran Assures Syria Of Continuing Support!

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PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Wednesday received the Chairman of the Iranian Shura Council’s Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security Alaeddin Boroujerdi...

Fury Over Ulster Unionist ‘sinn Fein Scum’ Jibe

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The Irish Political Journalist JOHN COULTER assesses the impact of the Stormont results on political stability in the North of Ireland. Ulster Unionist boss Tom...

‘IT’S TIME TO MAKE THE TUC CARRY OUT THE WILL ...

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TWO-HUNDRED workers, trade unionists, students and youth attended the News Line-All Trades Unions Alliance (ATUA) Conference at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, in Holborn,...

Quash convictions of 25 Cambodian factory workers! – demands Human Rights...

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THE Cambodian government should quash the convictions of 25 human rights activists, factory workers, and others for lack of evidence, Human Rights Watch has...

HSC bows to Brown’s ‘enforcement-lite’ demand

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‘The Health and Safety Commission says it is seeking “the right balance of enforcement and advice”, in line with the “enforcement-lite” approach sought by...

SA union wins victory against labour brokering

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THE Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, has ruled that an employer cannot employ a worker for more than three months without...

ASSAD MEETS RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER SHOYGU –both sides agreed on next...

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SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad on Monday received Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu and an accompanying delegation. The two sides discussed the Russian-Turkish agreements reached on...

CONSULTANTS OPPOSE NHS PRIVATISATION! –and call for the defence of District...

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The British Medical Association (BMA) Consultants Conference on Wednesday voted to oppose government targets, NHS privatisation and to promote district general hospitals. Delegates at the...

Doctors warn of worst-ever winter crisis!

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THE President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Katherine Henderson, has urged hospital boards to ‘take immediate action’ to reduce crowding in...

UK troops handed over Iraqis for torture

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The weekend’s release by Wikileaks of the Iraq War Logs reveals, for the first time, horrendous detail of the torture and ill-treatment of Iraqis...

General Strike call by protesters outside Parliament

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‘Ceasefire Now!’ demanded 5,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside Parliament on Wednesday night as MPs were voting on amendments to the King’s Speech over Israel’s genocide...

Iran exposed myth of Israeli invincibility in April 13 operation!

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A senior Iranian military commander has disclosed new details about Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israeli-occupied territories last month, and that 240 fighter jets from...

Iran makes no distinction between Israeli regime and Takfiri terrorists

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in the Syrian capital on Sunday to reaffirm Tehran’s firm support for Damascus amid the surprise offensive by...

US backs Israeli threat to second Freedom Flotilla

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ORGANISERS of the second Freedom Flotilla say that an administrative complaint has been filed against the US Boat to Gaza, claiming that the vessel...

‘A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR HARD WORKING AUSTRALIANS’ – ACTU...

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Last Thursday’s pay rise for minimum award wage workers, the lowest in ten years, is below the rate of inflation and means the living...

Children’s rights have ‘regressed in many areas’ of the UK

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NINETY children’s charities have warned the United Nations that children’s rights have deteriorated in England and ‘regressed in many areas’ since 2016. On Wednesday 9th December, the Children’s...

Protests in London and Toronto against the repression of students in...

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A SERIES of protests have been organised outside the British Prime Minister’s Office in 10 Downing Street, since last Monday to condemn the repression...

Turkish Leaders Meet With Pkk Leader Ocalan!

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TURKEY’S spy chief has assured the imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during a secret meeting last week that the...

Khadija Saye: Breath is Invisible

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Khadija Saye 1992-2017 236 Westbourne Grove W11 2RH Until August 7th BY LUCY LAVER WITH THE reconvening of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on Monday and the...

Canadian Workers Struggling Against Privatisation

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LONDON Ontario’s first strike by inside civic workers in 36 years entered its sixth week on Monday, after mediated contract talks over the...

END THE OCCUPATION! VICTORY TO PALESTINE! 120,000 march through central London

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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...

‘MARKET FORCES’ WILL DETERMINE SERVICE – under NHS Bill plans

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IF the government’s proposed changes go ahead, ‘private companies would be entitled to run much of the NHS’ and ‘market forces would determine the way...

‘WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO RESISTANCE AND THE RIGHT TO RETURN’...

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‘We have been occupied for 40 years, we have the right to resist’, Farouq Khaddoumi, told a public meeting in London on Monday evening. The...

‘WE MUST DEFEAT THEIR PLANS FOR BRUTAL BUTCHERY’ –Trade union lobbyists...

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THERE was an angry and determined mood among the 10,000 trade unionists and youth who travelled from all over the country on Tuesday to...

Nuj Demands Official Investigation Into Police Misconduct!

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THE NATIONAL Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called for an official investigation into the reporting of police misconduct cases. The Times newspaper has alleged that...

US government tottering after 40 days of shutdown

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A deal aimed at ending the United States government shutdown was passed in the Senate on Sunday, paving the way for the record-breaking impasse...

As Gaza genocide intensifies thousands of Palestinians are being detained

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AS THE genocidal attack on Gaza intensifies and Israel expands its crackdown, thousands of Palestinian civilians, including medical workers, labourers and journalists, have found...

‘WE WILL DEFEAT THE ENEMIES’ – Gadaffi call to arms

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TRIPOLI – Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi on Thursday evening appealed to people in Tripoli to capture and kill the ‘rats, street by street, house...

Stop the closure of Ealing maternity!

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‘ONCE we know we are ready it will take just six weeks to close the maternity at Ealing,’ Pippa Nightingale, Head of Midwifery, Imperial...

SIGN ‘SECURE HOURS–BETTER FUTURE’ TO END ZERO HOURS AND ‘IF...

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MANDATE Trade Union members on Tuesday called on all TDs to sign the ‘Secure Hours – Better Future’ charter which would end zero-hours and...

AFL-CIO ‘hope to work with President-elect Trump’

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released the following statement on the results of the 2016 presidential election in which he declared his willingness to work...

Israel will not end administrative detentions – as thousands join hunger...

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An Israeli military court has refused an appeal by long-term hunger-strikers Thaer Halahla and Bilal Diyab to end their detention without charge, prisoners groups...

‘Return retirement age to 60’ says French CGT union

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‘WHILE more than 2 million of us took to the streets on January 19th, a new day of inter-union mobilisation is scheduled for Tuesday...

Safety must be mandatory! – Australian maritime workers step up action...

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ON Wednesday, 18 June, Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) members will take action in Sydney to draw attention to the safety crisis in stevedoring. The...

‘TODAY YOU WILL HEAR OUR WORDS, BUT TOMORROW YOU WILL SEE...

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HAMAS has vowed revenge for the Dubai killing of Abdul Mabhuh, at a Gaza rally attended by tens of thousands of people on Thursday...