Brutally beaten Palestinian-American teen under house arrest!
AN Israeli court on Sunday placed under house arrest a Palestinian-American teenager who was filmed being brutally beaten by police during clashes in Jerusalem. Tarek...
‘Monopoly capitalism causing job loss bloodbath’ –warns South Africa’s NUMSA union
‘MONOPOLY capitalism is plunging the country into a catastrophic crisis, which will inflict misery upon millions of workers and the poor,’ the National Union...
Sustained Campaign Of Industrial Action! – In 67 Unis To Start...
A SUSTAINED campaign of industrial action by members of the University and College Union (UCU) in 67 of the UK’s best-known universities will start...
UN releases database of companies supporting illegal Israeli settlements
THE Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has welcomed this week’s release of the United Nations database of companies involved in supporting Israeli settlements. ‘We welcome the...
FORWARD TO SOCIALISM IN 2020! – urges the SAFTU federation
THE News Line is pleased to reproduce the Christmas and New Year statement by the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), edited for...
East Jerusalem ‘Must Be Placed Under International Protection’
THE Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Palestine Martina Anderson has called for East Jerusalem to be placed under immediate international...
‘UPROOT VIRUS OF OCCUPATION–SANCTIONS NOW!’ – urges the Palestinian Ambassador Husam...
‘IT IS TIME to get serious. It is time to go all the way and uproot the virus of occupation. We demand sanctions on...
Trade Unionists Killed At Guerrero Mine!
THE United Steelworkers (USW) union has called on the Canadian government to intervene after violence flared last Saturday in a labour dispute at a...
‘Deal of the Century’ does not meet the minimum level of...
‘THE PALESTINIAN leadership is committed to achieving a political solution of the Middle East conflict, based on the creation of an independent Palestinian state...
Russian Right Wing Works To Split Medvedev From Putin
Putin’s attack on a mining company has given Medvedev a chance to show who’s boss, Russian Gazeta.ru news website said last weekend, looking to...
OBAMA PRESSED NETANYAHU TO AGREE TO EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL – after the...
THE ceasefire has taken hold in and around Gaza after a week of cross-border violence between Israel and Palestinian militants that killed more than...
ISRAEL ANNOUNCES PLANS TO BUILD 1,000 NEW SETTLER HOMES IN THE...
ISRAEL is inviting bids to build over 1,000 settler homes in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the housing ministry said on Sunday, ahead...
1,000 schools providing free school meals are facing the biggest cuts!
NEW research by NUT and the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) using DfE data shows that, under current government school funding policy, the 1,000...
Nurses Are Undervalued Both In Status And In Pay
Nursing is undervalued both in status and pay and until both are enhanced the UK will continue to experience severe nursing shortages, according to...
Bangladesh garment workers slam minimum wage as a ‘cruel joke’
Garment workers’ unions in Bangladesh have rejected an increase in the minimum wage, describing it as a ‘cruel joke’ and a ‘slap on the...
Palestinian Hunger Strikers Hospitalised
ISRAELI authorities have hospitalised three Palestinians on hunger strike, an Israeli prison services spokeswoman said last Friday. Ayman Sharawna, Jaafar Azzidine and Tareq Qaadan were...
‘US INVOLVED IN WAR ON PALESTINIANS’ –says Sha’th after US resupplies...
The United States has confirmed that it is supplying new ammunition to the Israeli occupation army. The US decision has angered the Palestinians and Palestinian...
Netanyahu to visit Putin – after Russia delivers S-300 missiles...
ISRAELI Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says he will soon meet President Vladimir Putin amid tensions over the downing of a Russian aircraft during Israel’s...
Bus Workers March Through Johannesburg
DESPITE the urging of the Cosatu trade union federation to end their bus strike, thousands of striking bus drivers marched...
Israeli Jets Pound Gaza
ISRAELI jets pounded Hamas positions in Gaza overnight after Palestinians staged a cross-border raid into southern Israel, the military said early on Sunday. ‘Israel...
There will be no peace without a Palestinian state – says...
ISRAEL is up to its old tricks, which does not make anyone optimistic about seeing an end to the Middle East conflict, says an...
Syrians In Occupied Golan Burn Israeli Election Ballots!
SYRIANS in the occupied Golan Heights have demonstrated and burned Israeli election ballots in a symbolic dismissal of local council elections and ‘a policy...
NO SICK PAY FOR 3.3m AUSTRALIAN WORKERS
Casual workers and those in insecure jobs have been left cruelly exposed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, says the...
Sri Lanka doctors strike against privatisation
A STRIKE by doctors over private medical universities gripped Sri Lanka on Friday. The country-wide strike action was launched by the Government Medical Officers Association...
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Visits North Western Iraq As Syrian Troops...
THE COMMANDER of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani has been pictured with the pro-government...
Huge Increase In Teenagers Going Hungry!
THERE is a huge increase in the number of teenagers going hungry during the summer holidays, a National Education Union (NEU) poll finds today....
Millions of US workers fighting for $15 an hour!
AIRPORT and fast-food workers are expected to be joined on picket lines by child care workers, home care workers and graduate assistants, who are...
Striking Greek workers join with protesting pensioners
THOUSANDS of striking electricity, industrial and hospital workers met up with protesting pensioners in the streets of Athens last Wednesday, as they all marched...
NO GUARANTEES GIVEN ON CAPABILITY DISMISSALS – FBU leader Wrack reveals
FBU General Secretary Matt Wrack wrote a letter on Wednesday to all FBU members about pensions. He wrote: ‘There have been a number of developments...
‘SYRIA IS OWNED BY THE SYRIANS’ –INSISTS PRESIDENT ASSAD –...
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad stressed in Damascus that Syria is owned by the Syrians and that the peace is two things. First, fighting terrorists...
‘Workers on legally protected strikes shot and detained!’ – SAFTU
AROUND 150 workers from Dis-Chem and Blue Ribbon Bakeries, as well as union officials, marched to Cape Town central police station last Wednesday to...
Numsa Takes To Streets Fighting Anti-Union Laws
ANGRY members of IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), took to the streets of Johannesburg protesting...
Air France workers – more strike action – ‘future of airline...
TRADE unions representing Air France workers have threatened to ground more flights in September as a pay dispute with the airline’s bosses continues. Air...
Almost A Third Of Fire Safety Inspectors Have Been Cut!
ALMOST a third of fire safety inspectors have been cut by this Tory government, a new report revealed, leaving buildings which are potential fire...
Hyundai workers vote for strike action!
Korean workers are rising up in militant struggles, with unions at the motoring giant Hyundai voting overwhelmingly to strike for a 5.3% pay increase....
‘Hezbollah Missiles Can Strike Any Position In Israel’
HEZBOLLAH deputy secretary general says there is nowhere in Israel outside the range of the Lebanese resistance movement’s missiles. ‘There is not a single...
Report Alleges Orange Participates In Violations Of Palestinian Rights!
THE global telecom company Orange participates in systematic violations of Palestinian rights, according to an investigation published this week by a coalition of French...
Three Numsa Shop Stewards Killed In Targeted Shooting
THREE NUMSA shop steward leaders were gunned down late on Wednesday 6 August 2014 in the KwaZulu-Natal province. A National Union of Metalworkers of South...
Firefighter Numbers Cut By 25% In 10 Years
THE NUMBER of firefighters has been cut by nearly a quarter over the past decade, a newly released Home Office report has shockingly revealed...
IHRA seeks to ‘silence criticism of Israel’
PALESTINIAN civil society groups issued a statement on Wednesday urging the UK Labour Party and trade unions to reject the ‘biased, anti-Palestinian’ International...
ISRAEL DEHUMANISING! Ben Deri sentenced for murdering unarmed Palestinian Nadeem Nuwara
IN RESPONSE to the sentencing of Israeli border policeman Ben Deri who murdered unarmed Palestinian teenager Nadeem Nuwara in cold blood on May 15th,...
New illegal Israeli settlement outposts in Hebron
ISRAELI settlers on Sunday began levelling a large tract of land in central Hebron in preparation for the construction of a new Jewish settlement...
South Africa–Massive State Fraud Exposed!
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has released a full statement saying it is ‘outraged’ by accusations that Public Protector Thuli...
NOMZAMO WINIFRED MADIKIZELA-MANDELA A TIRELESS FIGHTER AGAINST APARTHEID says SAFTU
‘The South African Federation of Trade Unions lowers its flags in honour of Comrade Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the great revolutionary icons of the...
US Waging Economic Terrorism Against Iran!
IRAN’S foreign minister says the US is waging ‘economic terrorism’ against the Islamic Republic by employing restrictive measures that are troubling the relief efforts...