GM Latin American workers meet in Sao Paulo!
WORKERS from General Motors plants across Latin America met in São Paulo, Brazil, last week to discuss and take action against workforce casualisation within...
17,070 Disabled People Have Died Before Receiving One Penny In Benefits!
IT NOW takes so long for claims to be processed that 17,070 disabled people have died before receiving a penny because they were still...
500% Increase In Bankruptcies In Ireland In 2014!
THERE has been a 500% increase in the number of people in Ireland who declared bankruptcy in 2014. More than one person was declared bankrupt...
Numsa Fighting For A Fair Deal For Workers Hit By...
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is demanding a fair deal for the 1,500 strong workforce after General Motors announced its...
Charge Ramaphosa for Marikana massacre – says Julius Malema
ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says his party will lay criminal charges against Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Lonmin directors and Police Minister...
Afl-Cio Leader Trumka Quits Trump’s Manufacturing Council
ON SUNDAY August 13th AFL–CIO leader Richard Trumka made his initial statement on the Charlottesville clashes between neo-Nazis supported by the Ku Klux Klan...
Stop Coalition Steamrolling Pension Cuts!
The Unite union has called for the rejection of the government’s final public sector pensions package. ‘The government is steamrolling through its final offer on...
Sadr Threatens To End Mahdi Army Ceasefire
Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad to the US-led occupation forces. Iraqi officials said three mortar rounds slammed into...
END THE SIEGE OF GAZA – Hamas condemns Blair-Israel manoeuvre
ISRAEL’S move to relax its four-year blockade of the Gaza Strip is simple propaganda, Hamas said Thursday. The Islamic movement ‘considers Israel’s decision to increase...
‘My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment’
Adults in the Room MY BATTLE WITH EUROPE’S DEEP ESTABLISHMENT Yanis Varoufakis Publisher: The Bodley head Price £20 Varoufakis was the professor of economics and expert at ‘game theory’ who...
Cosatu Gives Its Fullest Support To Numsa Strikers
ZWELINZIMA Vavi, General Secretary of COSATU, addressed the FAWU (Food and Allied Workers Union) Eastern Cape Regional Congress last Friday. He said: ‘We meet at...
FUTURE OF MEDICAL WORKFORCE IS AT RISK – says BMA
THE British Medical Association (BMA) is warning that the future of the medical workforce is at risk. This comes as a new survey of medical...
Israel ‘Guilty Of Multi-Dimensional Crimes’
THE PALESTINIAN resistance movement of Hamas has denounced the Israeli shooting of a Palestinian, Raed al-Salihi, who died later in detention as a ‘new...
Putin discusses with Abbas Israel’s illegal annexation plan – as Hamas...
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed on Wednesday his country’s principal stance in support of solving the Palestinian question based on the international legal norms. Speaking...
‘We Are Ready For A Long War Until We Defeat Them’
THE Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gadaffi has made a defiant 12-minute statement on the anniversary of the ‘1 September Revolution’ that was broadcast by Al-Ra’y...
‘Industrial Mercenaries’ Used Against Striking Queensland Miners!
‘BRINGING in industrial mercenaries shows just how little Anglo cares about their existing workforce,’ CFMEU (Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union) Queensland District President,...
Hezbollah marks 40 years of Iranian revolution!
THE SECRETARY general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has praised the outstanding achievements made in Iran, stressing that the Islamic Republic is now...
Kerry Visits Egypt On The Eve Of Mursi Trial
US Secretary of State, John Kerry says that there are indications Egypt generals intend to restore democracy. He says that the USA is committed...
95% of RCM members in north of Ireland vote for strike...
ALMOST 95% of RCM members in Northern Ireland who responded to a consultation about industrial action, including strike action, over pay conditions have voted...
ISRAELI LEGAL SYSTEM A SMOKESCREEN FOR WAR CRIMES says PCHR
ISRAELI forces opened fire at farmers in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, locals said. Witnesses said that Israeli troops stationed at a watchtower fired...
Palestinians want vote on statehood by end of year
US SECRETARY of State John Kerry left early Sunday for a series of meetings in Europe seeking to head off an end-of-year UN...
Burning of the US embassy in Honduras ‘a provocation’ says former...
A TEACHER has been arrested for allegedly setting the US embassy in Honduras on fire last Friday, following police repression of educators and doctors who are protesting against privatisations. A group...
World leaders spectacularly failing 21 million refugees says Amnesty
WORLD leaders are spectacularly failing refugees, says Amnesty International UK in its latest report Tackling Global World Refugee Crisis – from Shirking to Shared...
EGYPTIAN PORT WORKERS REACH AGREEMENT TO RETURN TO WORK –...
AIN Sokhna Port workers and DP World have reached an agreement to resume work in the Egyptian port, which has been shut down for...
Qantas Staff At Adelaide Airport Directed To Continue Working Despite Coronavirus...
Qantas staff at Australia’s Adelaide Airport were directed to continue working after it was discovered they had been exposed to the coronavirus, the Transport...
INDIA-SRI LANKA TALKS – while Fonseka is stripped of military rank
An official visit of a three-member top level delegation of the Government of Sri Lanka to India is scheduled to leave Colombo on August...
Bin anti-union Commission report say Aussie unions
THE Royal Commission report into Trade Unions should be relegated to the dustbin of 2015, along with Abbott and Co,’ said Australian Construction, Forestry,...
Irish Teachers Set For Strike Action
SCHOOLTEACHERS in Ireland are set to strike over a number of issues, including the 10% pay cut that has affected as many as...
South Korean unions angry at the death of a young worker!
THE KPTU (Korean Federation of Public Services and Transportation Workers’ Unions) has issued the following statement on the measures announced by the South Korean...
Stonethrowers Charged With Attempted Murder By Israeli Police
SUNDAY marked two years since five boys from the northern West Bank village of Hares were arrested over an alleged stone-throwing incident that saw...
Palestinian hunger strikers home raided!
ISRAELI authorities raided the house of Samer Issawi, a Palestinian prisoner who engaged in one of the longest hunger strikes in history, on Sunday. Authorities...
ISRAEL HOLDS 7,000 POLITICAL PRISONERS – Israeli military courts prosecute 700...
‘THE incarceration and torture of political prisoners is an outright breach of International Humanitarian Law,’ says Palestinian ambassador to the UK, Manuel Hassassian. ‘Israel acts...
FBU is battling to defend the service & defend jobs
‘DON’T think of this as your own personal job – you’re only looking after it for the next person. This is one of the...
Cases Against Rajapaksa Continuing
CIVIL cases against Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Shavendra Silva, an ex-army commander and currently Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN)...
Scrap Work Capability Assessments say disabled! –while Lewisham residents insist their...
DISABLED people and supporters demonstrated outside the Norwich offices of ATOS last Friday, 11 January, to demand an end to the Work Capability Assessments...
‘RISE UP’–US workers push forward
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has spoken about the importance of the struggle of the US trade unions. ‘Today, thousands of workers embraced a union future....
‘WE WILL REBUILD’ – Bedouin villagers defy Israeli bulldozers and demolition
Israel’s Civil Administration on Tuesday demolished a Bedouin village for the fourth time. The Al-Araqib village was razed two weeks ago for the third time,...
AIRSTRIKES ON GAZA! – Palestinian woman killed
ISRAELI forces on Sunday morning opened fire on Palestinian farmers in southern Gaza Strip, local officials said yesterday. Local residents added that Israeli forces...
Billions Of Dollars Of Aid For Gaza Is Being Blocked Say...
SIX months after donors pledged billions of dollars for devastated Gaza, most of the money remains blocked, and reconstruction efforts are painfully slow, a...
‘TEACHING ON THE CHEAP’ is selling children short – says ATL
TEACHING on the cheap is selling children short: schools use teaching assistants and cover supervisors to teach children says the ATL teaching...
Mass Street Protests Throughout Morocco
A NEW revolutionary uprising has erupted in Morocco, with mass street protests spreading around the whole country. The uprising began in ‘The Rif,’ a...
Israeli authorities raze land and demolish housing!
ISRAELI authorities on Thursday razed land and demolished a greenhouse and water well in Beit Ula, a village located northwest of Hebron, according to...
US Workers Fight For Permanent Jobs And Against Massive State Cuts!
WORKERS in Ohio have spoken out about their struggle earlier this year which saw them go from being unrepresented temporary agency workers to direct...
South African miners–hundreds of coronavirus cases
SOUTH Africa’s mining companies have recorded hundreds of Covid-19 cases, with most not complying with government measures – and also not complying with requirements...
‘WE WON’T BE ROBBED OF OUR HOSPITAL! – residents and staff...
THE NORTH EAST London Council of Action won big support yesterday at the picket of Chase Farm Hospital with its demand that the...