Cosatu Backs Ramaphosa To Be Sa President
SOUTH African trade union federation COSATU has endorsed Cyril Ramaphosa to become the new leader of the ANC to replace Zuma. Former leader of...
‘We will defeat TPP’ says Trumka
‘THE hardworking families of the AFL-CIO will join with our allies to defeat the TPP,’ says Trumka. After the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
‘Tearing up the Human Rights Act would be a giant leap...
‘TEARING up the Human Rights Act would be a giant leap backwards. It would be the single biggest reduction in rights in the history...
Clashes in Argentina as laws passed to extend working hours and...
IN A marathon session that lasted until after 4.00am on Thursday, the Argentine Senate approved the interim motion for labour reform proposed by the...
600 Kansas workers are on strike against low pay and...
AROUND 600 Frito-Lay workers in Topeka, Kansas, have been on strike for over three weeks, since Monday 5th July, against low pay and forced...
Israel will be hit by 2,000 missiles if war is declared...
ISRAEL will be hit by 2,000 missiles a day in a future war with Hezbollah an Israeli general has said. A high-ranking Israeli military commander...
Ontario nurses win 11.5% wage increase
THE Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) in Canada has welcomed the arbitration decision that includes the most significant wage increase for registered nurses (RNs) and...
French policy responsible for terrorist killings in Syria says Assad
‘THE policy of France, that started from day one, to support the terrorists in Syria, is responsible directly for the killings in our country,’...
Starbucks Workers Fight Victimisations!
Starbucks the coffee chain has brought back founder Howard Schultz to lead the effort to defeat a union drive that is still spreading across...
Recognise Palestine – End the occupation! – is the way to...
PALESTINIAN Authority security forces plan to crack down on acts of terrorism carried out by Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank, an...
‘We will never stop fighting for Detroit and its workers’ –...
AMERICAN Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees union (AFSCME) leaders have pledged to ‘continue the fight for Detroit and its workers.’ In Detroit last...
OCCUPATION IS THE PROBLEM – troops out of Iraq, demands 50,000-strong...
50,000 workers and youth marched through London last Saturday, as part of the many demonstrations worldwide to mark the third anniversary of the war...
CIVILIAN CATASTROPHE IN WEST MOSUL says Amnesty
IRAQ: Battle between US-led coalition, Iraqi forces and Islamic State creates civilian catastrophe in west Mosul, says Amnesty International. The main findings of its report...
HEWITT MUST GO! say junior doctors
THE British Medical Association (BMA) Junior Doctors Conference in London on Saturday called for the immediate resignation of health secretary Patricia Hewitt and health...
No pay rise! A slap in face for NHS staff
‘ENOUGH is Enough,’ chanted a rally of 500 angry NHS workers outside Downing Street on Wednesday night. They are angry that they have been excluded...
‘They have crashed into a mountain of granite!’
THE Libyan leader has vowed not to surrender and to fight till the end. He urged the ‘masses’ to march on the rebel-held areas...
Breast implants: private sector wrecks women’s bodies – NHS to pay...
FORTY thousand women are affected by the industrial-grade silicone breast implant scandal in Britain alone, and now recriminations are flying between the government, the...
Dubai Police Seek The Arrest Of Netanyahu
Israeli officials remained silent in the wake of a Dubai police decision to seek the arrest of the Israeli prime minister and the head...
Manufacture In Recession!
MANUFACTURE is now in recession! GMB union responds to the latest ONS ‘damning’ figures which shows the start of a major slump. GMB,...
SAFTU fights to end two-tier health regime
THE South African Federation of Trade Unions stands fully in support of the long-overdue introduction of a national health insurance (NHI) system, and welcomes...
‘MASSIVE UNREST LOOMING’ says Unison
‘TIME to care for those who care’ or face the prospect of massive industrial unrest is the message behind UNISON’s evidence to the NHS...
The class struggle in South Africa and the crisis in...
A STATEMENT by National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) National Office Bearers on Sunday outlined the union’s views ‘on the state of...
Dozens Of Palestinians Wounded In Clashes With Israeli Troops
DOZENS of Palestinian worshipers were wounded and dozens were detained after clashes broke in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday morning with Israeli forces...
We are going to the Security Council to seek full UN...
THE PLO will in September approach the UN Security Council to seek full membership in the global body, President Mahmud Abbas said on Wednesday. ‘We...
‘There must not be any cooperation between Volkswagon and yellow unions’...
THE head of the German union (IG Metall) representing automotive workers has spoken out against Volkswagen working with anti-labour groups at its plant in...
Universal Credit–a weapon for attacking the disabled and their families
UP TO half a million (450,000) disabled people and their families – including children and disabled adults living on their own – will be...
Thousands Of Calais Refugees To Be Evicted By Police And Troops
THOUSANDS of refugees living in the southern part of the camp in the French port of Calais known as the Jungle have been ordered...
THREE FIRE STATIONS THAT RESCUED APOLLO THEATREGOERS ARE TO CLOSE IN...
THREE of the eight fire stations that sent engines to the Apollo Theatre last night are set to close in less than three weeks,...
Iran Won’t Back Down In The Face Of Ever-Increasing Demands!
LEADER of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on Iranian authorities not to back down in the face of the United...
Brown refuses to meet Chagossians
The News Line is pleased to publish two important letters. These concern the decision of the Court of Appeal to uphold the decision of...
Tories step up war on refugees
THE MIGRANTS’ Rights Network (MRN) is deeply concerned about the Home Office’s proposed condemnation and treatment of so-called ‘illegal’ migrants. Tory Home Secretary Priti Patel...
‘US-UK Hands Off Assange’ – say human chain protesters
‘US-UK Hands off Assange!’ said demonstators in Parliament Square before several thousand made a human chain around the Houses of Parliament on Saturday. ‘There’s only...
Free Egyptian Journalists
THE IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) has strongly condemned a 10-year prison sentence handed out to researcher and investigative journalist Ismail Alexandrani in Egypt....
Israeli Forces Storm Al-Aqsa Compound
THE Israeli occupation forces have stormed the historic Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, injuring 12 Palestinian worshippers. The Palestinians suffered the effects of tear-gas inhalation...
‘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...
Academies are ‘managing out’ pupils!
THE ‘MANAGING out’ of pupils in order to ‘game’ government league tables is rife among academies, Education DataLab revealed on Wednesday. ‘The NUT has long...
CHILDREN’S HEALTH GIVEN LOW PRIORITY – as paediatric training recruitment worst...
THE low priority given to children and young people’s health threatens prosperity, argues an expert writing in The BMJ Today. Professor Russell Viner at University...
‘REJECT NORMALISATION AGREEMENT’ – Palestinian Minister tells Arab League
PALESTINIAN Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Malki, called on the Arab League to reject the United Arab Emirates-Israel normalisation agreement. ‘Otherwise, our meeting...
TALKS WILL NOT STOP PLANNED STRIKES ‘ Money needs to be...
PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak is facing calls from senior Tories, including members of his own government, to tackle the crisis in the NHS and...
Peru protesters demand resignation of President Boluarte
PROTESTS are continuing throughout Peru demanding the resignation of President-designate Dina Boluarte, the closing of the Congress, the advancement of elections in 2023, and...
Cosatu plans October 7 ‘national shutdown’
THE CONFEDERATION of South African trade unions (Cosatu) is planning a nationwide shutdown next week, and has announced that its affiliated workers will not...
Nationalise Reserve Bank to protect workers – NUMSA
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has demanded the nationalisation of the Reserve Bank under workers’ control in a strongly worded...
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...
US to begin automatic draft registration! – while Israeli defences are...
THE United States will begin automatically registering draft-eligible men with the Selective Service System later this year, abandoning decades of self-registration. The automatic registration was...
‘IT’S A DISGRACE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO CONDEMN THE...
Tens of thousands of people across the UK took part last Saturday in demonstrations against the murderous Israeli bombardment of Lebanon. Eleven rallies...