Tories on collision course with nursing staff
‘THE government is setting itself on a collision course with nursing staff,’ the RCN (Royal College of Nursing) has warned. The RCN, which represents over...
Grenfell Tower management sacked – after meeting between survivors and May
THE Tenant Management Organisation which manages Grenfell Tower is to be stripped of its responsibilities for the west London estate, Tory Prime Minister Theresa...
Ex-soldiers disgusted by Syria war
OUTSIDE Downing Street yesterday, special forces veteran Ben Griffin read out a message on behalf of disabled veteran Dave Smith. Griffin said: ‘Dave Smith can...
Area Curfews!
HOME Secretary Theresa May yesterday announced plans for a National Crime Agency, training more riot police and area curfews. In a speech to an audience...
Bakers union demands £10 min wage – as Living Wage increase declared
‘£10 AN HOUR is the bare minimum that the trade union movement should demand as a minimum wage’, the Bakers Union said yesterday, as...
‘Welfare Reform Kills!’
UP TO one hundred trade unionists, disabled campaigners and their supporters demonstrated yesterday outside Maximus, the company who have taken over the work-capability assessment,...
Gates Hints At Earlier US Pull-Out Of Iraq
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday hinted at the prospect of a faster withdrawal of US troops as he urged Iraq’s Arab and...
Nursery heads march on Downing Street!
NURSERY heads marched on Downing Street yesterday, furious at the desperate lack of funding which is now so bad that nurseries are threatened with...
NO PAY RISE FOR YEARS! – end exploitation of rail cleaners say RMT
MORE than 50 members of the RMT rail union demonstrated outside the headquarters of Network Rail at Euston yesterday morning, before picketing the Association...
Cameron ‘Bounty Hunters’ Condemned!
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) yesterday condemned the coalition government’s decision to use ‘bounty hunters’ to tackle alleged benefit fraud. The charity was commenting...
‘I will never give up my home’
200 RESIDENTS and their supporters took part in an all-day picket and protest at West Hendon housing estate in north west London yesterday, where...
‘IN A QUEUE TO DIE!’ – South Africa’s nurses work in fear and exhaustion
NTHABELENG, a 28-year-old nurse on the front line of South Africa’s Covid-19 pandemic, is exhausted and afraid. Each day, she begins her shift haunted by...
TAKE ON GM! – urges ATUA National Secretary
The 900 Vauxhall Ellesmere Port workers told yesterday they are being sacked in August have been abandoned by their trade union leaders and the...
Artificial heart saves 13-year-old – Royal Brompton must not close!
THIRTEEN-year-old Chloe Narbonne would have died if it wasn’t for a revolutionary pioneering operation that gave her a new artificial heart, all thanks to...
NUT strike is on!
TODAY’S NUT 6th form college strike is on! The Tory government took the NUT to the High Court yesterday in an attempt to rule...
WE’LL STRIKE ON PENSIONS! say the rail trade unions
TENS of thousands of rail workers in dozens of infrastructure and operating companies are to be balloted for strike action. This is after employers...
France rises up against Macron – Doctors, nurses lawyers and teachers join 36th strike...
FRENCH doctors, nurses, lawyers and teachers were among the millions on the march yesterday joining the 36th day of transport workers strike action, bringing...
‘SHOCKING VIOLENCE’ – against firefighters
THREE members of the Fire Brigades Union were hit and hurt by speeding vehicles driven by strikebreakers on Monday. A statement by the FBU said...
GATE GOURMET SACKINGS ‘PREMEDITATED’ – union pfficial confirms
APPEARING at the Gate Gourmet sacked workers employment tribunal yesterday was Brendan Gold, TGWU national secretary for civil aviation transport. He was also responsible at...
End Croke Park talks–call a general strike!
THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has warned that it will pull out of the corporatist Croke Park talks if the Government does not...
Forces of Donetsk Peoples Republic are in full control!
‘AS of May 27, 2022, the forces of the DPR and the LPR supported by the Russian army’s firepower, liberated and established full control...
HARSH AUSTERITY MEASURES TO BE IMPOSED says Ex-BoE governor Mervyn King
AUSTERITY measures set to be imposed on the working class by the collapsing Tory government will be harsher than those endured for the past...
Young Socialists Summer Festival [Postponed] – August 3rd, 2019
Postponed a week until Saturday, 3rd August 2019 – Doors open from midday Near Hoxton Market at St. John’s Church, Pitfield Street, N1 6NP Great bargains Live...
Doctors will not be ‘border guards’
AS OF yesterday, doctors, nurses and NHS staff are required to demand documentation from patients to prove that they are eligible for free...
Quit the EU! Forward to a workers government! – WRP MAY DAY MANIFESTO
THE News Line Editorial Board sends its May Day greetings to the working class and the poor of the world. We send our revolutionary greetings...
One in six Gaza children severely malnourished!
‘ONE IN SIX children under two years of age are acutely malnourished in northern Gaza,’ Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organisation (WHO) representative said yesterday. ‘This...
Conference to defend the NHS
THIS Sunday, 23 September, NE London Council of Action have called a Conference to discuss national action to defend the NHS. It is being...
‘WORST FIRE SINCE BLITZ’ –Congress discusses Grenfell inferno
DELEGATES at the Trade Union Congress in Manchester yesterday voted unanimously for Composite Motion 3: Grenfell Tower. The motion condemns the tragedy where...
Unite union claims partial BA U-turn – draft agreement to be put to ballot
UNITE union said yesterday that it welcomes what it has called British Airway’s ‘partial U-turn on fire and rehire’ but warns issues are ‘not...
‘We’re marching to save Ealing Hospital’
‘WE ARE marching on Saturday 2nd May to defend Ealing Hospital A&E and Maternity Departments,’ Scott Dore, Workers Revolutionary Party candidate for Ealing Central...
‘We will not be silenced’ say Diego Garcia Islanders
‘WE will not be silenced’ is the message from Diego Garcian islanders who will be marching to Crawley Town Hall today, to protest against...
Doctors dangerously tired! BMA launches ‘Sleep Charter’
DOCTORS must have at least 46 hours rest after a string of night shifts in order to combat fatigue at work, according to a...
Corus 10% Wage Cut Plan
One hundred Community, GMB and Unite trade union representatives from Anglo-Dutch steelmaker, Corus, were meeting in London yesterday to discuss company demands for a...
UNIONS MAKE TERMINAL 5 DEAL – but refuse to reveal the details
Trade union officials were yesterday giving out mixed messages about a new staffing levels agreement with British Airways for the move to Terminal 5...
Saudi’s Aim Is To Buy Nukes From Pakistan
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...
THE GREAT PENSIONS ROBBERY! –But Labour leader Miliband opposes strikes
FINAL salary pensions will be scrapped and public sector workers forced to work for longer, under plans unveiled yesterday by John (now Lord) Hutton. The...
MACRON OUT! – demands 287,000 workers
MORE than 287,000 people attended marches and clashed with police across France again on Saturday, wearing yellow vests to oppose tax rises on fuel...
NO CONFIDENCE IN MELDRUM! – London BMA demands huge campaign to smash Health Bill
BMA chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum has been rocked by a ‘no confidence’ vote at last week’s meeting of the London Region of the BMA. ...
METROLINE PROVOCATION! – Boss advises workers to look for other jobs
The arrogance of Metroline’s boss in talks with the Transport and General Workers Union, coupled with the failure to move sufficiently on pay, means...
Sacked Tesco drivers protest
FORMER drivers, who used to work on the Tesco distribution contract in Doncaster, staged a demonstration yesterday at the Tesco AGM in London, protesting...
Emergency Consultants Quit Over Cuts Policies
SAVAGE cuts policies are continuing to tear the heart out of the NHS! The entire consultant team, of four emergency consultants, running Accident and Emergency...
‘Genocide Joe Has Got To Go!’ Says US Working Class
TENS of thousands are mobilising to surround the White House on June 8th in protest against Biden’s complicity in the Israeli genocide in Gaza,...
Call a Day of Action to defend jobs and services!
GATE GOURMET locked out workers joined the Amicus and TGWU campaign to save Peugeot jobs at the International Motor Show in Docklands, east London...
Labour Pledges Repeal Of Health & Social Care Act!
THE NHS ‘cannot survive a second term of Tory-led government,’ the Labour Party’s Chair of General Election Strategy, Douglas Alexander, said yesterday. He was echoing...
DON’T PRIVATISE ROYAL MAIL – CWU tells Labour Party conference
Hundreds of angry postal workers are lobbying the Labour Party conference in Brighton today against government plans to privatise Royal Mail. Communication Workers’ Union (CWU)...
























