Jenin general strike after Israel massacres 6 citizens

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A GENERAL strike took place yesterday in the Palestinian city of Jenin in mourning for the six citizens killed in a massacre committed by...

Royal Mail Xmas Strikes Against Mass Sackings

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NEW Christmas strikes have been called against the destruction of postal workers’ livelihoods Following further attacks on the terms and conditions of postal workers, the...

GPs ANGRY OVER PENSIONS CAP!

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A JUDICIAL Review sought by the British Medical Association to challenge the government’s decision to cap the pensions of GPs will take place in...

Rebekah Brooks to stand trial

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Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie, plus four others, were yesterday charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Charlie is a chum...

Energy Profit Margins Set To Double!

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‘SOMETHING must be wrong’ when profit margins for the big six energy firms are set to double over the next year while families are...

‘GROSS INJUSTICE’ – PCS slams benefits cap

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‘It is a gross injustice that hard-pressed households are being punished for economic problems caused by greedy bankers and politicians by having their benefits...
Marchers in London in September 2005 against the war on Iraq condemn Bush and Blair as war criminals

‘THE WAR WAS ILLEGAL!’ – the opinion of all Foreign Office lawyers

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ELIZABETH Wilmshurst yesterday, appearing at the Chilcot inquiry, deplored the fact that Lord Goldsmith was asked formally about the legality of the Iraq war...

Duncan Smith Condemns The May EU Elections!

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FORMER Tory Party leader Iain Duncan Smith called for Prime Minister Theresa May to quit before the European elections in May. Appearing on Sky’s Sophy...
A strong picket line at Middlesex University yesterday saw the students union supporting members of Unite and the UCU who were striking to defend their jobs

Strike Action To Defend Uni Jobs

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STRIKE action took place yesterday across the three campuses of Middlesex University with lecturers and staff picketing every entrance against the threat of 300...

Capital City lecturers strike

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STRIKING Capital City College Group (CCCG) lecturers rallied outside the CEO’s office in Victoria yesterday on the second day of their eight-day strike. The strikers...
Athens University administration workers and their children marching on Saturday

7th week on strike for Greek admin workers

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ADMINISTRATION workers at eight Greek universities are continuing their strike for the seventh consecutive week against the government’s plan to sack some 1,500 of...
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...
Junior doctors, NHS workers and supporters outside Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital on the second day of strike action

‘Strike until we win!’ – Junior Doctors strike solid

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THOUSANDS of junior doctors, NHS workers, trade unionists and supporters took to picket lines across the country yesterday, as the junior doctors took their...

‘Staff May Strike Again This Summer’ Warns RCN

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ROYAL College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary and chief executive, Professor Nicola Ranger yesterday warned staff may strike again this summer unless the government...
Lecturers and students marching from Kings College in central London last May against job cuts and tuition fees

Graduate Tax Robbery!

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The cost of a university degree will rocket under proposals from business secretary, Vince Cable, to tax university graduates, according to figures released yesterday...
Greek youth march against government attacks on education

Greek General Strike Called For Next Wednesday

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THE Greek right-wing government have intensified their ‘reforms programme’ as trade unions are preparing a general strike set for next Wednesday 12 December. Last...

‘We need a general strike’ – the Tories have to go!

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‘WE NEED collective action and a general strike. This Tory government has to go. It’s spent the last ten years looking after the bosses...

Claimant Count Rises To 1.58 Million

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UNEMPLOYMENT benefit claimant numbers soared in October with the number of people claiming benefit rising by 10,100, the largest increase since September 2011, the...

Saudi’s Aim Is To Buy Nukes From Pakistan

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SAUDI officials are trying to strike a deal with Pakistani Prime Minister Pervez Ashraf to buy nuclear weapons from Pakistan. The recent meeting between King...

Israeli government committing genocide

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A GROUP of lawyers representing Palestinian victims of Israeli attacks on Gaza have filed a complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC), arguing that...
Gate Gourmet workers marching on May 1 – yesterday TGWU leader Tony Woodley admitted that their struggle was not over

PCS NATIONAL STRIKE THREAT – ‘You can’t tell Brown and Blair apart’ – Serwotka

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‘THE government could face a national strike by civil servants in a matter of weeks,’ PCS leader Mark Serwotka told a pre-TUC Congress press...

NHS staff facing £845 pay cut during 2021-22 – as a result of soaring...

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AN ANALYSIS by the Health Foundation shows that soaring inflation means NHS staff face an average pay cut of £845 during 2021-22 and will...

Watson and Starmer move against Corbyn

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DEPUTY Labour leader Tom Watson and Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer, along with union leaders, are pushing for a second referendum in a move...
Demonstration in east London in July against the sell-off of GP surgeries

Halt NHS Privatisation!

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THE Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which Unite says places the NHS at ‘unique risk of being irreversibly privatised’, will not exclude healthcare,...
Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line earlier this week and looking forward to their demonstration on Sunday

END TORTURE FLIGHTS! – Liberty demands of Straw and police chiefs

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Yesterday human rights group Liberty called on Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to seek assurances in the next 14 days from the USA that it...

MORE GAZA MASSACRES! – as Israel intensifies bombardment

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Israel early yesterday ignored a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for an ‘immediate, durable and fully respected cease-fire, leading to the full withdrawal...

US Vetoes Resolution For Gaza Ceasefire!

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THE US veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip is unjustifiable, says Zhang Jun, China’s...
Outside the Vouli on Thursday evening – young workers stand their ground against the riot police

40,000 Workers Defy Greek ‘police Terror’

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OVER 40,000 workers and youth congregated in the central Athens square outside the Vouli (Greek parliament) on Thursday night despite the riot police terrorist...

Britain Wants To Legalise ‘indefinite Internment’

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GOVERNMENTS around the world will be watching the House of Lords proceedings on 29-31 October which will determine whether they can...
Marchers in London in April demanding an end to privatisation in the NHS

PFI ‘drives cuts and closures’ says BMA

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The Private Finance Initiative ‘will burden local health economies for decades’ and drive forward cuts and closures, the British Medical Association (BMA) warned this...
100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

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Sunday November 12, 2-8pm The Camden Centre, Bidborough Street,WC1H 9AU Rally • Films • theatre • art exhibition
The head banner of the Coordination of Trades Unions at Thursday’s march. The Main banner reads ‘With our hands to overthrow government, troika, capital’

Athens Workers March & Defy Eu-Greek Junta

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OVER 1,500 workers, militants, trade-unionists and youth marched through the Athens city centre to the Vouli (Greek parliament) on Thursday evening against the visit...

Birmingham Bin Strikers Stand Firm Against Up To £8,000 A Year Pay Cuts!

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AHEAD of talks with Unite negotiators aimed at ending the long-running binworkers strike yesterday, Birmingham Council Leader John Cotton claimed: ‘We’re in a position...

14,350 children killed by Israel in Gaza over 6 months

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Israeli occupation forces kill an average of four children every hour in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported yesterday, the...
On last Saturday’s TUC demonstration there was a great determination to defend the NHS. Picture shows a disabled campaigner  who blocked the road at Marble Arch to show her anger at the way disabled people are being treated by the coalition

GPs ‘stunned and angry’ at imposed contract changes

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GPs are angry that the government intends to impose changes to their contracts. There are huge implications in the Department of Health’s proposed imposed changes,...

Irish Gross National Product Shrinks By 2.2%

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The continued austerity programme is costing jobs and making recovery almost impossible, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions said yesterday. Official figures released yesterday showed...
Trade unionists in chains outside the House of Commons yesterday afternoon demanding support for the Trade Union Freedom Bill

Bbc Unions To Go For Strike Ballot

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BBC journalists, technicians and production staff and electricians will be balloted for strike action if the BBC proceeds to call for ‘voluntary redundancies’ today,...

‘Government is in chaos’ – says Corbyn

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‘THE GOVERNMENT is in chaos,’ Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told Parliament yesterday, responding to Tory PM May’s speech attempting to defend her Brexit capitulation...
Bailiffs cutting their way through the chain binding occupier Hank Roberts to a pole

Bailiffs invade Brent occupation

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THIRTY policemen and 20 bailiffs invaded the Wembley Park Sports Ground anti-academy occupation at 6.30am Friday morning and used grinding equipment to remove Hank...
Postal workers lobbying the Stock Exchange at 7am Friday morning angrily opposing the sell-off of Royal Mail

Strike to stop Royal Mail robbery

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POSTAL workers were very angry when they demonstrated outside the London Stock Exchange at 7.00am yesterday morning, on the day that Royal Mail shares...

Tories scrap Leeds leg of HS2 – trade unions must take action

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THE TUC, Unite, RMT, GMB, Aslef and TSSA all said yesterday that the Tories scrapping of the Leeds leg of the HS2 was a...
Engineers at Immingham successfully defended their jobs through mass action and forced the bosses and government back

Nationalisation To Defend Gm Jobs!

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GENERAL MOTORS, owned by the US government, is falling out with the German government about who is going to buy GM Europe. The...

UCL Condemned For Going To The Law Courts!

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‘UCL Stand for Justice’ has condemned the north London university for going to the courts and smearing its campaign in support of Palestine and...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers campaigning at Heathrow airport yesterday

Support mounting for Gate Gourmet meeting

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MANY Heathrow Airport workers, most of them Transport and General Workers Union members, bought their tickets yesterday for the Gate Gourmet locked-out workers pre-Tribunal...
NEU joint general secretary MARY BOUSTED (centre) leads a delegation of six unions, parents, pupils and councillors to present a petition demanding proper funding for Special Educational Needs and Disability pupils to the Department of Education

Children with special needs: savage cuts to SEND funding!

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PARENTS, councillors and education unions descended on the Department of Education yesterday to demand that children with special needs are not left high and...