Doctors’ strike out solid for pay and to save NHS
Resident doctors and their supporters were on the picket line at St Thomas’ hospital on the first day of their five days of strike...
Streeting announces 18,000 NHS sackings
THE LABOUR government announced 18,000 NHS staff sackings in England yesterday, with a deal with the Treasury signed off to hand the health service...
Remain MPs move to block no deal Brexit
AN AMENDMENT aimed at blocking any attempt to shut down Parliament to ensure that Brexit is carried out, was passed by a majority of...
‘THE TORIES MUST GO NOW!’ – insist striking radiographers
THERE was a lively and determined picket of members of the Society of Radiographers (SoR) King’s College Hospital in Camberwell, south east London on...
‘Free Palestine! We are not terrorists!’
ARRESTS were made as over 100 people protested outside the Home Office in Marsham Street, Westminster in central London yesterday in support of the...
BMA’s Nagpaul opposes PM’s plan to ease the ‘lockdown!’
‘THE Government has five tests it has said must be met to ease lockdown – the first of which is “making sure the NHS...
Starmer Joins Hammond For Anti-Brexit Coup!
LABOUR’S Shadow Brexit Secretary, Keir Starmer, yesterday welcomed Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond’s announcement on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that he will resign on...
FREE JULIAN ASSANGE! – demands Stella Assange outside High Court
‘DROP this shameful case. It is a shame on every democracy. Free Julian! I ask everyone to rally behind him,’ Stella Assange urged in...
NUJ and BECTU condemn the BBC plans to cut 2,000 jobs
THE NUJ and BECTU have condemned the BBC’s plans to cut around 2,000 jobs. The NUJ is urging the broadcaster to meaningfully engage workers and...
Fresh Rail Gourmet strikes called
TRANSPORT union RMT confirmed yesterday that Rail Gourmet staff at Edinburgh Waverley will be going ahead with a new phase of strike action in...
‘There will be absolutely no pay increases for doctors or nurses above 5%’ declare...
TORY Health Secretary Steve Barclay provocatively declared yesterday that there will be absolutely no pay increase for nurses or doctors above the 5% that...
Public ownership of energy – urges Unite
UNITE hit out yesterday at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that he would halt new gas and oil production in the North Sea...
‘We are meeting at the point of a worldwide explosion of capitalism’ – says...
‘WE ARE meeting today in a period where the world crisis of capitalism has reached the point of explosion,’ All Trades Unions Alliance National...
‘THIS IS STOP BREXIT WEEK!’ – says Sir Keir Starmer
MPs WILL seek to bring forward legislation to stop Brexit this week, Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said. He said the plan...
Court of Appeal finds for Bell Hotel asylum seekers!
THE COURT of Appeal has overturned a High Court injunction that would have forced asylum seekers to leave the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex. Giving...
Smash the Tory Anti-Strike Bill!
THE TUC warned yesterday that the right to strike of 1-in-5 workers in Britain is at risk because of the Tory government’s Strikes (Minimum...
Restore junior doctors’ 25% pay cut now!
TENS of thousands of junior doctor members of the British Medical Association (BMA) are holding a 72-hour strike from today until Wednesday. At the weekend...
Tories Refuse Additional Help To Gp Practices! – BMA
GP LEADERS are dismayed as the UK Secretary of State refuses to give additional help to GP practices. The Health and Social Care Secretary is...
Sixth Forms strike: ‘urgent funds now!’
A LONDON march and rally marking the fifth day of strike action in over 30 Sixth Form Colleges took place yesterday, with union leaders...
END OCCUPATION – demands the Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh
PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Mohammad Shtay-yeh yesterday called for a serious track to end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and establish the Palestinian...
115,000 postal workers out today!
115,000 postal workers are out today in a 24 hour strike for a ‘dignified, proper pay rise’, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said yesterday. Members...
Israeli Bombers Target Gaza Schools
ISRAELI forces have attacked five separate schools in Gaza in just eight days, killing dozens of people sheltering in them, according to Palestinian officials,...
‘Unions need to stand together to properly defend the NHS!’
THERE were three sets of NHS workers on strike at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel yesterday, the domestic and catering workers, the pathologists...
British Gas engineers strike as bosses carry out ‘fire & rehire’
FORTY striking pickets gathered at the Gas Training Centre in Dartford yesterday, to protest against the ‘Fire and Rehire’ policy of Centrica, who now...
Cotton Goes – Savage Fire Cuts In Surrey
LONDON Fire Brigade Chief Dany Cotton is to leave the service four months early. Cotton, 50, previously announced she was standing down from the London...
ASDA takeover – 100,000 at risk
THE GMB union has demanded assurances from the new owners of Asda over the future of over 100,000 workers as the supermarket chain was...
‘We need a general strike!’ – strong call from picketing nurses
THE TORY government issued a calculated insult to thousands of striking nurses yesterday as the Royal College of Nursing held national strike action for...
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GLOBAL MOBILISATION! – Hamas calls Friday-Sunday action against genocide
THE HAMAS Movement has called for intensified global mobilisation to Israel’s genocide and starvation war against the Palestinian people referring to the ongoing Israeli...
Shapps makes ‘disgraceful threats’ to rail workers jobs
TRANSPORT secretary Grant Shapps threatened rail workers’ jobs yesterday by saying: ‘Rail strikes will drive passengers away and threaten rather than protect rail workers’...
Sunak Is Silent Over Procurement Scandal
AT PRIME Minister’s Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons yesterday PM Sunak sought to divert questions away from the developing Tory PPE procurement...
Hamas Approves New Ceasefire Deal
‘WE RESPONDED positively to a new proposal over Gaza,’ Hamas chief in Gaza Khalil al-Hayya said on Saturday, adding that his movement had approached...
70th anniversary of Chinese Revolution!
CHINA has celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding with a massive military parade in Beijing showing off some of the world’s most advanced...
Pm Starmer Meets With Zelensky In Downing St
PM KEIR Starmer yesterday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street as Zelensky continues his diplomatic efforts to secure European backing for...
One million march for Palestine – Forward to a General Strike!
ONE MILLION workers, students and youth marched from Hyde Park Corner in central London to the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south west London...
CGT warns French fascists will attack the trade unions
‘ON THE EVE of a crucial election for our Republic,’ the CGT French trade union federation warned of the ‘alarming consequences for our freedoms...
Energy Bills Are To Rise By 54%!
THE AVERAGE household’s energy bill will rise by £693 annually after a 54% increase to the price cap announced yesterday which will undoubtedly plunge...
‘General strike for Palestine!’ – urges London May Day march
OVER 5,000 workers, trade unionists and youth marched from Clerkenwell Green to Trafalgar Square on May Day yesterday. ‘General strike for Palestine’, chanted the Workers...
Global Amazon protests and strikes!
PROTESTS took place worldwide outside Amazon buildings on ‘Black Friday’ yesterday, in the US, UK and across Europe. Black Friday is the busiest online shopping...
Iran Will Fully Defend Itself
IRAN will ‘irreversibly’ destroy vital energy and fuel infrastructure across the region if the United States attacks power plants inside the country, Parliament Speaker...
BEIS indefinite strike!
OVER 20 PCS catering workers at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), working for contractor Aramark, walked out on indefinite strike...
2nd wave more deadly than first! Labour pledges to push through Johnson’s national lock...
DEATHS from coronavirus will be twice as high this winter than in the first wave of the pandemic, Tory PM Boris Johnson told Parliament...
New York Amazon Unionised!
WORKERS erupted in celebrations across the US on the news that Amazon workers forced the tech giant to recognise a trade union in America...
‘We demand a pay rise’ – Nurses, midwives & NHS staff rise up against...
OVER 500 angry NHS workers marched from St Thomas’ Hospital to Downing Street on Wednesday evening to demand a 15 per cent pay rise. ‘Enough...
Johnson declares sanctions war on Russia with Starmer’s support
TORY PM Boris Johnson and Labour leader Keir Starmer came together yesterday in their sanctions attack on Russia – the only disagreement being that...