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GP practices being forced to shut down

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A GP practice in Herefordshire is being forced to shut down two of its branch surgeries because of recruitment problems, in a move the...
NHS Logistics workers picketing last tuesday night at Bury St Edmunds determined they will not work for privateer DHL

‘I WILL BE SEEKING A BALLOT FOR MORE STRIKE ACTION’ says UNISON NHS Logistics...

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‘I will be seeking a fresh ballot for more strike action,’ NHS Logistics UNISON Maidstone assistant branch secretary Dean Lane told News Line yesterday. ‘Personally,...
Queues outside Northern Rock bank after the 2008 collapse

Global economic crash looms!

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ALMOST half of UK stock market investors fear that markets are seriously overheating, raising fears that a major world wide economic crash is imminent,...

IRAQ INVASION BROKE UN CHARTER – says Blix

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‘WE visited 30 sites and found no Weapons of Mass Destruction’ in Iraq, but the United States was on a ‘military high’ and decided...

Parliament Square protest – ‘No extradition for Assange’

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‘THERE is only one decision! No Extradition!’ shouted supporters of Julian Assange outside London’s Supreme Court in Parliament Square yesterday. Nellie Arequipa was with her...

‘AN XMAS KICK IN THE TEETH FOR STUDENTS!’ – UCU & NUS condemn Brown...

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A ‘Christmas kick in the teeth’ for both staff and students is how the University and College Union (UCU) described yesterday’s slashing £398m...
Airline workers from France and Spain are supporting the BA cabin crew while Unite leaders are pleading for peace

Unite urges BA shareholders to make peace

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LEADERS of the Unite trade union were campaigning for ‘peace’ with British Airways management yesterday, as a lobby of the BA Annual General Meeting...

Universal Credit– McVey apologises!

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WORK and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has apologised to Parliament for making ‘inadvertently misleading’ statements about Universal Credit. She said she had ‘mistakenly’ told...

More Welfare Cuts And Tax Rises On The Way

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FURTHER welfare cuts and tax rises ‘must be on the cards’ to make the government’s numbers in the Autumn Statement add up, the Institute...
Greek transport workers demonstration led by a cavalcade of 200 motorcyclists in Athens

‘AN UPRISING OF THE WORKING CLASS IS COMING’ – say Greek transport workers

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ABOUT 2,000 Greek public transport workers took part in a magnificent demonstration last Tuesday afternoon in Athens, against the government’s Transport Bill which slashes...

‘FIGHT THEM!’ – Libyan forces launch counter-attack

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The battle for Libya continued yesterday with government forces launching bold counter-attacks on the counter-revolutionary ‘rats’ in the wake of Thursday night's call to...
The picket line yesterday morning at Chase Farm – there was a very good response to the proposal to occupy to stop closure

Occupy To Keep Chase Farm Open

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MATERNITY staff at Chase Farm Hospital joined the North East London Council of Action picket yesterday to demand paediatrics, A&E and maternity services are...
Unite leaders Woodley and Simpson alongside TUC General Secretary Barber marching with former CBI boss Digby Jones. The union leaders prefer to collaborate with the bosses and oppose occupations and nationalisation

GM defer Open Vauxhall choice – as GM Luton workers are kept in dark

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With just five weeks until the German elections, Chancellor Merkel yesterday expressed her anger and frustration at the failure last Friday of General Motors...
GPs demonstrating in Rugby against private polyclinics

Bma Slams Profits Before Patients

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The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday slammed pressures being put on GPs by private companies running out of hours services to cut down on...
Striking civil servants, school teachers and college lecturers on the march to defend pensions in June this year

‘Pensions Robbery’ – Challenge By Unions

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SIX unions have mounted a legal challenge on behalf of millions of public sector workers over what inflation index is used to increase their...

‘AN ACT OF WAR!’ – Olmert threatens the Lebanon

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ISRAELI prime minister Ehud Olmert yesterday called the capture of two Israeli soldiers on the Lebanese border by Hezbollah an ‘act of war’. Olmert threatened...
Carillion workers marching in Swindon – they have just voted 98.3% for industrial action

Carillion 98.3% Vote For Industrial Action

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WORKERS employed by privateer Carillion at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon have voted 98.3% in favour of industrial action over job losses, pay...

Opposition leaders meeting to stop Brexit breaks up! – Javid insists on 31st...

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LABOUR moved a step closer to forming a national government yesterday with the Scottish and Welsh nationalists, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens all...

Amazon ‘work till you drop!’

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AMAZON workers have their toilets breaks timed, are paid as little as 7p per item they pack and are working as much as 55...
WRP candidate JONTY LEFF (right) talking to students at Hackney Community College who were all determined to fight against the cuts to their college and get rid of all university fees

Hackney students support WRP’s Leff

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STUDENTS at Hackney Community College in Shoreditch, east London joined the campaign yesterday to elect Workers Revolutionary Party candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch...

Unite-Gmb Appeal To Tories To Save Workers’ Jobs!

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THE UNITE and GMB trade unions have appealed to the government to announce a bespoke financial package to save the beleaguered aviation industry. The two...
Junior doctors leader JEEVES WIJESURIYA (2nd left) joins SERCO strikers yesterday on the picket line at the Royal London Hospital

‘We are determined to win a pay rise!’ say SERCO strikers

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‘WE ARE determined to have a pay rise,’ Unite shop steward Melissa Manso declared at a lively morning picket line outside the Royal London...
RMT general secretary MICK CASH and his assistant STEVE HEDLEY were adamant that in the interests of its passengers the rail industry must be renationalised

RMT Protest At Rail Rip-Off Fares

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REGULATED rail fares will increase by 3.6% from January 2018 it was announced yesterday, as the Retail Prices Index (RPI) figure for July was...
Junior doctors from Remedy UK outside the High Court yesterday before the start of their judicial review over ‘MTAS’

ABSOLUTE CHAOS! – doctors training crisis continues

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JUNIOR doctors went to the High Court yesterday in a bid to get the online Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) ruled ‘unlawful’, warning...

Rogue Detectives Had ‘Virtual Immunity’

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THE SCANDAL involving police corruption deepened yesterday after the Independent newspaper revealed the existence of a secret investigation, ‘Operation Zloty’, that uncovered dozens of...
Unite members outside parliament yesterday demanding the right to work

‘NATIONAL EMERGENCY!’ – TUC condemns 1.97 million unemployed

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THE Trades Union Congress (TUC) warned of a ‘national emergency’ yesterday as the latest unemployment figures were published, showing that UK unemployment rose to...

‘THEY WANT TO STEAL LIBYA’S OIL’ says Chavez

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THE Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused the US of preparing to invade Libya to steal its oil. ‘A campaign of lies is being...
BA strikers confident of victory on the first day of their strike action on March 20th

Cabin Crew – 20 Days Of Strike Action

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UNITE, Britain’s largest union, yesterday announced a new round of strikes over 20 days at British Airways. This follows the third overwhelming vote by Unite’s...
Young Socialists marching in Cambridge last month against slave-labour wages

952,000 18-24’s OUT OF WORK

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‘AFTER falling for two successive months, today’s rise in youth unemployment is disappointing,’ said TUC leader Brendan Barber. Paul Kenny GMB General Secretary commented:...

Corbyn is to demand vote on Syrian intervention!

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PRIME Minister May will go before the House of Commons today to try to explain why she ordered British cruise missile attacks on Syria...

Fallon Wants Lawless Army!

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UK DEFENCE Secretary Michael Fallon yesterday called for withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph he...

Southall FBU Sending Delegation

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers have been getting tremendous support for their campaign for their march through Southall demanding the reinstatement of all the...
UAL students are in indefinite occupation opposing the Elephant & Castle gentrification

University Of Arts London Occupied!

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STUDENTS at University of Arts London (UAL) are in indefinite occupation of London College of Communications (LCC) in Southwark to oppose Elephant & Castle...

JOHNSON STAYS AWAY FROM COMMONS – no Labour Party call for his resignation

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LABOUR refused to demand Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation yesterday, following the revelation that he held a party in his Downing Street garden...
Support staff facing compulsory transfer to the private sector and their supporters during strike action at Caxton House yesterday

PCS Votes For National Strike Action

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MEMBERS of the PCS civil service union yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of national strike action in a consultative ballot against job cuts, pay...
Gate Gourmet sacked workers from Heathrow and Gate Gourmet strikers from Dusseldorf picket theTexas Pacific office in central London on March 24th 2006

TEXAS PACIFIC SELLS GATE GOURMET – Private equity on the run

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PRIVATE equity raider, the Texas Pacific Group has sold airline catering company Gate Gourmet to bankers Merrill Lynch. Gate Gourmet, which is based in the...

‘Kill The Bill’ Demos Nationwide!

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‘KILL the Bill’ mass demonstrations took place against the Tory government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in cities around the country on Friday...
Demonstration outside the US embassy in London  last February calling for the immediate release of Binyam Mohamed

US ORDERED BINYAM TORTURE –accepted by Washington District Court

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‘THIS puts another nail in the coffin of the British government’s attempts to cover up its role’ in Binyam Mohamed’s treatment, Clive Stafford Smith,...

Hunt dissolves Mid-Staffs Trust!

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HEALTH Secretary Hunt announced yesterday that he is to dissolve the trust that runs Stafford General Hospital, with services set to be downgraded or...
Barnet council workers and service users demand no cuts and defend all jobs

100,000 Jobs To Go After Xmas!

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‘Public sector job losses are coming thick and fast. Councils in particular are bringing forward job losses in order to cope with the deep...
The WRP-YS contingent led the call for a general strike

500,000 WILL STRIKE ON MAY 10 – says Serwotka

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Half a million workers will be taking strike action on May 10th, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka told the mass rally at the end...
Demonstrators  in central London yesterday showed their support for the Strangers into Citizens campaign and condemned the government’s draconian anti-immigration and asylum laws

AMNESTY! –We are all citizens says march of over 25,000 migrants and refugees

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OVER 25,000 people took to the streets to demand citizenship for migrant workers and refugees fleeing persecution to seek asylum in Britain, in a...
Teachers marching against the Tory government’s attacks on state education

Teachers 60-Hour Week ‘Unacceptable!’

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‘TEACHERS working 60 hours a week is totally unacceptable and is exacerbating the teacher shortage,’ warns Kevin Courtney, General Secretary of the National Union...
A number of the sacked Gate Gourmet workers outside their Employment Tribunal in Reading yesterday morning

STAFF ‘LOCKED IN THE GATE GOURMET CANTEEN’ – sacked shop steward tells Employment Tribunal

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THE Gate Gourmet locked out workers’ employment tribunal in Reading continued yesterday with the case for the sacked workers. First to appear was Sajit Sandu,...
Yellow Vests protesters out in force last week – after winning a victory the biggest ever protest is expected tomorrow

Macron Calls Off Fuel Hike

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FRENCH President Macron has been forced to completely back down and abandon his hated fuel tax hike. Spurred on by their victory the...