1,000 Teachers, Parents And Supporters March On Department For Education
ONE thousand teachers, parents and supporters marched through Westminster in the cold and rain, led by the National Education Union, (NEU) to demand that...
British Columbian longshore workers overwhelming strike vote
Longshore workers in British Columbia have overwhelmingly voted to authorise industrial action, raising the prospect of a strike at the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s...
IndustriALL union supports investigation into PPE tenders in SA
INDUSTRIALL Global union affiliates in South Africa are supporting the current probe by the country’s Special Investigating Unit into fraudulent activities in the awarding...
Egypt & Israel strengthen ties
THE British ruling class moved swiftly and ruthlessly yesterday to crush opposition to the election of Theresa May as leader of the Tory Party. Her...
Saint-Gobain Crystals in India sacks worker after exposing him to hazardous...
A FORMER Saint-Gobain Crystals and Detectors worker in Bangalore, India, Jayaraj Mathangi, was fired for absenteeism after developing severe health problems due to hazards...
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,...
Australia’s working poor – ‘Workers’ share in the national income...
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has released a new report that shows Australia is at risk of becoming an ‘Americanised society’ of...
Reports of PM Johnson reducing the private sector in the NHS...
BY RETIRED BMA MEMBER ANNA ATHOW THE main story on BBC news on Saturday, was that Boris Johnson was proposing to reverse the Cameron health...
Terrorists have gained from the ‘American Alliance’ says Syrian President Assad
PRESIDENT al-Assad has given an interview to the Chinese ‘PHOENIX’ TV Channel The following are excerpts from the interview: Question: You...
Massive Gaza funeral march
JERUSALEM – Thousands marched in the funeral procession on Sunday afternoon of 24-year-old Palestinian, Habib al-Masri, who was killed during night protests in the...
South Korean workers defy protest ban
SOUTH Korea’s umbrella labour unions are defying a government ban and have pledged to push ahead with organising another massive rally on December 5th,...
Cosatu Congress ‘a ticking time-bomb’ says NUMSA
THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is a ‘ticking bomb’ waiting to explode, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) deputy...
Mine disasters in Zimbabwe and South Africa –linked to the growth...
THE South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is ‘deeply shocked and saddened’ – its leaders have announced in a new statement – at...
US ‘deal of the century’ legitimises Israeli crimes against the Palestinian...
THE CONGRESS of South African Trade Unions is ‘perturbed’ by the US’s Middle East Peace Plan. In a statement issued by COSATU national spokesperson Sizwe...
‘Stand Together In 2014’ Canadian Workers Are Told By Ufcw!
‘BY STANDING together to campaign and defeat ultra-Conservative politicians and their corporate-only agenda, Canadians can make things better,’ UFCW National President Paul Meinema said...
Doctors and nurses warn cuts mean new winter crisis
DOCTORS and nurses slammed government cuts and warned of a new winter crisis in response to the latest NHS Digital performance figures released on...
Syrian local elections ‘prove the failure of our enemies’ – President...
SYRIAN president Bashar al-Assad said that holding local council elections on time proves the strength of the Syrian people and the state. In a speech...
French Farmer Gets 4-Month Suspended Sentence For Helping Refugees!
A FRENCH farmer hailed as a hero by campaigners for helping refugees enter France ‘illegally’ has been given a four-month suspended jail sentence, after...
Syria warns terrorists prepared to launch chemical weapons in Idlib
AN OFFICIAL at Syria’s Foreign and Expatriates Ministry affirmed at the weekend that all shouting and untrue, fabricated news about the use of chemical...
‘This is Jerusalem: Violence and Dispossession’ – report by B’Tselem Israeli...
ISRAEL’S policy regarding Palestinian neighbourhoods in occupied East Jerusalem is driven by its goal to take over as much land as possible and expand...
‘Jerusalem–the eternal capital of Palestine & nothing else’ says Mahmoud Abbas
IN A speech on Saturday evening, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas called Jerusalem ‘the eternal capital of the state of Palestine and nothing...
Shocking homelessness & mass evictions this Xmas
SHOCKING new figures show housing charity Shelter received a call for help every 22 seconds in the run up to Christmas last year, and...
SA education unions demand suspension of schooling – as 10,000 schools...
LESS than two weeks after schools re-opened in South Africa, there have been growing calls to suspend schooling as many schools have recorded positive...
‘ACTIONS AGAINST GAZA SIEGE WILL CONTINUE’ – declares Anonymous
The Israeli army and intelligence agencies’ websites were offline on Sunday, two days after hacker group Anonymous warned it would ‘strike back’ in retaliation...
‘We want those at the very top in central government held...
THE FIREFIGHTERS’ union’s submission to the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry demands that cuts to the fire service must be examined to establish the impact...
Yarl’s Wood indefinite hunger strike
The women from Avocet and Dove units, along with a few men on the family wing, are refusing food and are planning further protests....
More Than 40,000 Nursing Vacancies
‘OUR NURSING workforce is in a state of crisis, with more than 40,000 vacancies in England alone across our health service, from A&E to...
US fast food strikers demand $15 an hour!
FAST food workers walked out of their restaurants all around America last week for the seventh time in nearly two years – to demand...
‘Insecure Work Is The Biggest Issue Facing Australian Workers’
Australia is a global pacesetter in the creation of various forms of insecure employment, leaving only 60% of the workforce in standard, secure work,...
Israelis Impose Curfew On Jerusalem’s Shuafat Refugee Camp!
ISRAELI armed forces on Wednesday imposed a curfew on Jerusalem’s Shuafat Refugee Camp after cordoning off the area, in an apparent prelude to punitively...
United Farm Workers Slam Trump For Plans To Slash Farm Workers’...
PRESIDENT Trump’s proposed H-2A rules would harm not help, US farm workers and reduce protections for both domestic and foreign field labourers, warns the United...
‘South Africa is the worst country in the world in terms...
Albert Einstein is widely credited with saying, ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results,’...
‘We want a system that is accountable and meets the needs...
THE TALIBAN ‘seeks to build a political system and government in Afghanistan that would be approved by its people and accountable to people once...
Trump steps up war on people of South America
MILES of barbed wire has been installed by US troops on the US/Mexico Border, while over the weekend camps opened to hold thousands of...
Senior Sri Lankan commander has war crimes evidence
Tamils Against Genocide (TAG), a US-based activist group, claimed in a press release issued last Saturday, that it has obtained a 100-page long sworn...
Reject The ‘reform’ Of Agenda For Change
ON 21st March 2018, Jeremy Hunt announced the government was offering NHS staff on Agenda For Change (AfC) a new pay offer. ON 21st...
French rail strikes continue against EU-directed privatisation
TRAIN services were hit in France once again on Monday morning due to the latest two-day rail strike. The rolling two-day strikes, which began on...
Saftu Urges Full Support For Bus Workers
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has come out in full support of the rejection of the latest offer from the employers...
Palestinian Cabinet decides on West Bank only elections
THE PALESTINIAN cabinet decided on Tuesday to hold municipal elections on May 13 only in the West Bank with the exclusion of the Gaza...
Special Unit Set Up By Netanyahu To Force Feed Palestinians
PALESTINIAN hunger striker Mohammad Allan was forcibly removed from Soroka hospital in Beersheba and taken to the Barzilai Medical Centre in Ashdod, by Israeli...
French mayors oppose ‘forced march’ to reopen schools!
MAYORS representing the Ile-de-France region, which includes the city of Paris, have called on President Emmanuel Macron to delay the reopening of schools until...
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....
Assad Refuses To Break With Iran And Hezbollah!
A LEBANESE lawmaker affiliated to Hezbollah says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has recently offered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad huge sums of money...
Iran rebuffs US false allegations of drone attacks
IRAN has rebuffed US accusations that it launched the drone attack that cut Saudi Arabia’s oil output in half, as a senior Islamic Revolutionary...
Telegraph appoints spin doctor Coulson
THE decision of the Telegraph Media Group (TMG) to appoint former Cameron spin doctor Andy Coulson to provide PR advice to the company has...