Thousands Of Tamil Families Are Denied The Right To Return
CIVILIANS uprooted from Valikaamam in Vadamaraadchi 20 years ago by the occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA), who converted their lands into a High Security...
Greek Workers Defy Riot Police And Condemn Merkel
OVER 60,000 workers and youth, in angry and militant mood, defied the riot police and demonstrated at a rally in front of the Vouli...
An inflation-busting pay rise is needed to keep key NHS staff...
FOUR out of five NHS staff say pay is the main reason they would quit their jobs. An exclusive poll of NHS staff yesterday revealed...
South African unions reject ANC budget and IMF; ‘Divorced from...
THE South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) on Wednesday rejected the budget of the ANC led coalition for a second time. SAFTU stated: ‘SAFTU...
US Teachers Defy Strike Ban
US school teachers are on strike in Washington state, defying a strike ban. Pasco Association of Educators have been on strike for two weeks. The...
‘REMEMBER THE DEAD, FIGHT FOR THE LIVING’ – Workers Memorial Day...
We are gathering to ‘remember the dead and fight for the living’, RMT leader Pat Sikorski said at the rally at City Hall on...
NATO war criminals used depleted uranium weaponry in Libya!
JAMAHIRIYA NEWS has reported on NATO war crimes in Libya including deformities in new born babies due to the use by NATO of...
WOODLEY INSULTS SACKED GATE GOURMET WORKERS – says they are ‘vulnerable’...
GATE Gourmet locked-out workers were accused by TGWU General Secretary Tony Woodley in his speech to delegates on the opening day of their union’s...
Amazon working through the tornado ‘inexcusable’ says US Retail, Wholesale and...
THE RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union) has issued a devastating ‘Statement on the Amazon Warehouse Collapse,’ after at least six workers were...
Rising Food And Fuel Prices Intensify Poverty In Jordan
THE 4,000 people of Fifa village in northwestern Jordan rely on seasonal agricultural work in the Jordan Valley, sheep-breeding, and cash and material assistance...
‘Get Ready For A Stayaway!’ Zimbabwe Trade Unions Instruct Their Members
‘Get Ready For A Stayaway,’ the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) General Council has instructed its member organisations. In a statement last Saturday, ZCTU...
30,000 displaced in Lebanon by Israeli strikes
THE United Nations said on Tuesday that at least 30,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon as a result of Israeli airstrikes and shelling...
Teachers Vote To Strike Over Pay!
THE ANNUAL Conferences of the two main teachers unions, the National Education Union (NEU) and the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of...
Britain stabs Palestine in the back as UN motion to end...
BRITAIN stabbed the Palestinian people in the back on Tuesday evening when it abstained on the vote at the UN Security Council supporting Palestinian...
Drastic cuts and rocketing stress levels are becoming the norm –...
DRASTIC cuts, staff restructuring and rocketing stress levels are becoming the norm in UK schools, according to a survey of school support staff published...
British Trained Forces Run Amock In Basra
WHILE British troops are sheltering in their heavily protected barracks, the puppet army and police forces that they have trained in Basra are running...
‘Neither party addresses the real pain facing working people!’ ‘Neither party...
‘IT IS clear that the economic struggle working-class people are facing is causing real pain and neither party has sufficiently addressed it,’ says AFL-CIO...
Put Iran First Says Iranian Newspaper
A FOREIGN Ministry spokesman said in Tehran last Sunday that the allegations being made by US General David Petraeus were baseless. Petraeus said...
Israel Supports Al-Qaeda Against Syria
SYRIAN TV has carried a report on the Al-Nusrah Front and Israel’s position on it, conducted by anchors Wa’il al-Tawil and Alisar Mu’alla...
LEGAL AID CHANGES ARE UNLAWFUL –finds leading QC Michael Fordham
A legal opinion by a leading QC has found that the Government’s proposed changes to legal aid – for which the consultation closed this...
Drop the charges against Gambian journalists
CHARGES against two journalists detained after they applied for permission to hold a peaceful protest over the executions of nine death row inmates must...
US approves $125m sale of missiles to Lithuania – Putin slams...
THE US State Department has approved the sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Lithuania in a $125 million deal amid escalating tensions between Russia...
Chagossians Demand Right To Return!
OVER 400 people attended the Chagos Islands Community Association rally in central London on Saturday evening, to demand the Chagossians’ right to return to...
College lecturers vote to condemn proscription of Hamas!
COLLEGE lecturers at the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (Conel) on Thursday 10th March voted to condemn the Tory government’s proscription...
Israel is conducting violent raids in Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarm
THE Israeli regime has ramped up its aggression on the occupied West Bank by conducting violent raids on several areas in Nablus, Jenin and...
NUMSA considering legal action against MAHLE Bher after striking worker shot...
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) (which is affiliated to the IndustriALL Global Union) is considering taking legal action against employers...
15,000 Greek Workers March Against Syriza Coalition!
OVER 15,000 workers and youth marched last Saturday in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on the opening of a trade fair, demanding an end to the...
French workers demand a Gaza ceasefire!
WORKERS and youth throughout France are demonstrating today for a ceasefire in Gaza, following a call by the CGT trade union federation. A union statement...
25 YEARS SINCE THE PRINTERS’ STRIKE – Part 1: Eddie Shah,...
‘THAT courage is required for a turnout, often indeed much loftier courage, much bolder, firmer determination than for an insurrection, is self-evident.’ ‘It is,...
An Innocent Man Died After Being Assaulted By Police –...
Legal charity INQUEST has produced a comprehensive briefing on the death of Ian Tomlinson. News Line is pleased to reproduce the following excerpts:– INQUEST is working...
Youth Uprising In Bobigny Suburb Of Paris
''I''M NO HERO,’ insisted 16-year-old Emmanuel Toula after he rescued a child from a burning car set alight during last Saturday night’s...
‘FULL CLEARANCE OF DALE FARM IS NOT ENFORCEABLE’ – say campaigners...
MONDAY saw the conclusion of one of the two legal processes challenging Basildon Council’s planned eviction of the Dale Farm community. ‘The case, which halted...
Canadian Workers Struggling Against Privatisation
LONDON Ontario’s first strike by inside civic workers in 36 years entered its sixth week on Monday, after mediated contract talks over the...
CWU will not stand forLabour Party betrayal over Royal Mail privatisation
THE Communication Workers Union will collect petitions and raise public awareness of the threats to privatise Royal Mail when it descends on Corby Town...
AFL-CIO opposes US-Colombia trade deal – Colombian workers are being denied...
The AFL-CIO, along with labour and human rights advocates from around the world have opposed the United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement, arguing that Colombia...
Public sector decimated by Tory austerity agenda says TUC
TUC delegates at their annual Congress in Brighton on Tuesday voted unanimously to defend public services and pay. Composite Motion 06 Campaigning for public services...
Down with the junta of the IMF!
• No to the destruction of the state pension system • Down with the junta of the IMF-European Commission-Papandreou! • For an indefinite Political General Strike! Statement...
Probe drugging of Palestinian prisoners – demands Hamas
THE Hamas Movement has appealed to the Palestinian authority and the international groups in the occupied Palestinian lands to investigate news reports saying that...
1,700 GPs quit in six years
THE NHS’ latest GP workforce data for England has shown a drop of more than 1,700 full-time GPs – in the last six years. And...
150,000 Workers March Through Athens
Trade unionists estimated that some 150,000 workers and youth participated in the two separate marches in Athens on Thursday. The GSEE (Greek TUC) stated that...
Niger Expels French Ambassador!
Niger’s military rulers on Friday revoked the diplomatic immunity of France’s ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the African country. A letter sent...
Iran urges hand power in Sudan to civilians
IRAN’S Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged Sudan to address the people’s demand in the country and immediate transition of power to civilians. The ministry’s spokesman...
US unions sit-in, strike and recruit!
Amazon workers at JFK8, the company’s Staten Island warehouse that voted to unionise earlier this year, held a sit-in, strike on Monday after a...
250 million strong India strike!
OVER 250 million workers staged a day-long general strike in India last Wednesday, and demonstrated their opposition to the government of Narendra Modi. Banking and...
EUROPEAN CORPORATIONS ARE ‘TWO FACED’ ON WORKERS RIGHTS says AFL-CIO...
EUROPEAN corporations are two-faced when it comes to respecting working people’s freedom of association and workers’ rights, argues a new report by the AFL-CIO...