Special needs children face exclusion from school!
Children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are not getting the support they need and are at risk of being permanently excluded from...
Winter NHS ambulance meltdown LIVES AT RISK
THE GMB union has warned lives are being put at risk as new figures show 30,000 NHS patients were hit by delays of more...
Liberation of Ghouta a triumph for the Syrian state
SYRIAN Presidential Political and Media Advisor Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban has said that the liberation of Eastern Ghouta has shown that the Syrian state...
Safe routes needed for refugees to reach UK
THE UK government ‘needs to pay much more attention to establishing safe and regular routes for people to reach safety and their loved ones...
Zimbabwe Trade Unions Are To Call A General Strike Against...
THE MOTHER of all strikes is imminent – as Zimbabwe’s massive union, ZCTU (the Zimbabwe Confederation of Trade Unions), mobilises other unions to avert...
NHS trade unions ‘strongly oppose local pay’
On Thursday, NHS trade unions declared they ‘strongly oppose’ local pay. NHS trade unions warned that a move to local pay for NHS staff would...
150 workers die each day in the USA – from injuries...
ONE hundred and fifty workers die each day in the United States as a result of injuries at work or occupational diseases. The American Federation...
Trump Pushing Anti-Union Measures In Usa
THE Trump administration in the USA has asked Congress to approve – as part of its fiscal 2020 budget – legislation that will make...
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...
Trade unions must take action for 15% – demand NHS staff
‘WHAT DO we want? 15%! When do we want it? Now!’ rang out on the Nurses March through London on Saturday afternoon. More than 1,000...
SAUDIS PREPARED TO WORK WITH RUSSIA OVER SYRIA! says Deputy Foreign...
SAUDI Arabia will work together with Russia to find a solution for the crisis in Syria and settle the issue of Syrian refugees, a...
‘A revolution that will bring Platinum industry to its knees!’
A REVOLUTION that will bring the platinum mining industry to its knees and cripple SA’s economy is imminent, says Joseph Mathunjwa, president of...
Israeli Warplanes Shell Gaza
ON SUNDAY Israeli warplanes shelled a location north of the Gaza Strip while the Israeli army declared a full closure of both Beit Hanoun...
SA union wins victory against labour brokering
THE Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, has ruled that an employer cannot employ a worker for more than three months without...
Israeli troops lethal use of force is ‘extrajudicial execution’ says Addameer
THE Palestinian Civil Liaison on Sunday informed the family of Mohammed al-Rimawi, who was killed due to the excessive use of force by Israeli...
Sri Lankan students battle against privatisation of the universities – Report...
UDARA Sandaruwan, Acting Convenor of the Inter University Students Federation has issued an appeal to trade unions and human rights organisations of the world to...
‘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...
Swindon Day Of Action To Keep Honda Car Factory Open
ON SATURDAY thousands of Swindon football fans showed their determination to fight to keep the Honda car factory open, which is an absolute life...
Teachers Hostility To Government Policy Has Soared
Teacher hostility to the government and its policies has increased dramatically in recent months, according to a YouGov survey of 804 teachers, which was...
Stop Forcing Academies Onto The Communities Say Teaching Unions
THE National Union of Teachers has condemned the wholesale forced academisation of state-run education measures contained in the Tory government’s Education and Adoption Bill. Kevin...
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...
Companies at London Arms Fair supplying countries accused of committing ‘war...
THE WORLD’S biggest arms companies have set up shop at Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI), one of the world’s largest arms fairs, taking...
‘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,...
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...
Turkey, do not violate our sovereignty–warns Syria
DEPUTY Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr Faysal Miqdad said on Friday that the Syrian people, who are confronting terrorism with epic steadfastness, have the...
‘Resistance means freedom and independence’ says Iranian military advisor Rahim...
A TOP military adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the Muslim world as a future power that...
Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan stops drinking water after 57 days
PALESTINIAN prisoner in Israeli jails Khader Adnan, who has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 57 days in protest at being detained without...
BDS has hit back after Pompeo’s ‘anti-Semitic’ slander
THE PALESTINIAN-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has criticised and firmly rejected US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s labelling of its movement as...
‘Palestinian State Must Have Jerusalem As Its Capital!’
‘A PALESTINIAN state without Jerusalem as its capital will not be accepted,’ Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokes-man for President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Tuesday. He...
Israel demolishing homes of accused Palestinians
ISRAELI authorities on Thursday handed the families of two Palestinian suspects – whom Israel accused of being involved in an attack against Israeli soldiers...
Hamas & Plo Condemn Saudi Attack On Palestinians
THE Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) have censured the latest comments by Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief and ambassador...
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....
Israel Bars Gaza Christians From Holy Sites This Xmas In...
CHRISTIANS from the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy sites in Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, the so-called...
Thousands of West Virginia teachers on indefinite strike
THOUSANDS of public school teachers across West Virginia have been on strike for more than a week in protest over their pay and benefits....
‘Force Uber to respect workers’ rights or get out of London!’–GMB...
GMB, the union for taxi and professional drivers, on Monday joined forces with global consumer group SumOfUs to hand in a 100,000-strong mass...
Ramaphosa is under fire for sacking twenty-two farm workers!
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa might soon find himself embroiled in a Labour Court battle as Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) is set to take...
Millions Strike For $15 An Hour In The Usa
MORE than 1,000 low-wage workers from the fast food, retail, healthcare and delivery industries marched to McDonald’s at 82 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn...
3,000 to be sacked at the Trump Taj Mahal casino
THREE thousand jobs are set to disappear after the owner of the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has announced that...
Arab writers appeal to world
ARAB writers convening at the First Palestine Forum for the Arab Novel appealed on Wednesday to world governments to intervene to end the suffering...
MI5 ‘unlawfully retaining innocent people’s data for years’ says Liberty
THE British security and snoop service MI5 has been unlawfully retaining innocent people’s data for years,’ alleged rights organisation Liberty. ‘It has also failed,’ Liberty...
ISRAEL IS A TERROR STATE! – boycott Israel say protesters
‘FREE, free Palestine! Occupation no more! Israel is a terror state!’ chanted workers and youth at a 3,000-strong protest outside the Israeli embassy in...
Ufcw Fighting For Permanent Jobs At Phillips Seafood
THE United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) returned to leaflet customers of US Phillips Seafood restaurants in support of The International Union of...
‘Unilateral’ ceasefire in Idlib
Russia says Syrian government forces have suspended their operations against foreign-backed Takfiri militants in the northwestern province of Idlib as part of a ‘unilateral’...
Secondary teacher recruitment crisis Teacher trainee census 2018-19
‘WE are at a crisis in secondary teacher recruitment,’ said Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, commenting on the...
FRENCH ECONOMY EXPECTING ‘BRUTAL SHOCK’ says Finance Minister Le Maire
THE FRENCH economy is expected to shrink 11 per cent this year because of the coronavirus crisis, much worse than the government’s previous forecast...