Strikebreaking managers are acting as rail guards!
AS Northern and South Western Railway guards strike again this weekend, rail union RMT has raised new safety warnings with the regulator over the...
‘WITHOUT JERUSALEM THERE WILL BE NO PEACE’ says Qurei
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei warned Tuesday that, ‘without Jerusalem there will be no peace’ with Israel. ‘Peace starts in Jerusalem and ends there. Peace...
‘WE MUST RETURN TO DIEGO GARCIA’ say Chagos islanders
‘We will return to our islands,’ chanted over 150 Chagos islanders, British trade unionists and youth outside the House of Lords yesterday. The mass picket...
UK Torture Pay-Outs!
The BRITISH government is to pay millions of pounds in compensation to around a dozen British torture victims and former Guantanamo Bay detainees, it...
US unions split – as class struggle erupts in USA
The leaders of five of the largest unions in the AFL-CIO – the Teamsters, UFCW, UNITE-HERE, Laborers’, and SEIU – held a ‘Change to...
Kensal Rise library picket!
Save Kensal Green Library campaigners are maintaining their round-the-clock presence outside their local library. Outside the library yesterday morning campaigner Phil O’Shea explained: ‘This campaign...
Classrooms bursting!
SCHOOL classrooms are at bursting point, with half a million pupils squeezed into classrooms with more than 40 in a class. Labour Party analysis highlighted...
Inflation Up To 5.2%
inflation hit 5.2% in September, the highest rate since 1992, rising from 4.7% in August, according to the government’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures...
GLUM KING ADMITS TO SLUMP! – while EU rows over Greek euro exit
GOVERNOR Mervyn King announced yesterday that the Bank of England has cut its growth forecast to close to zero – from the 0.8 per...
Bradford Tower Block Evacuated!
A TOWER block in Bradford with 160 flats has been evacuated over ‘serious fire safety deficiencies’. All the residents at Appleton Point were told to...
Baha Mousa Atrocity!
‘THIS is torture by any definition of that word.’ That was the reaction of lawyer Phil Shiner, as he made public photographic and medical evidence...
Rolling Post Strikes Called
After days of indecision, the Communication Workers Union leadership yesterday announced a series of rolling strikes over two weeks, instead of the indefinite national...
Virgin to axe 3,150 jobs! – and permanently leave Gatwick
VIRGIN Atlantic is to cut a third of its staff in the UK and will keep its operation at Gatwick closed in response to...
‘No immunity for Grenfell companies’ – demands FBU member Lucy Masoud
‘NO ONE should be immune from prosecution. The firefighters certainly weren’t and the manufacturers of the cladding definitely should not be,’ Lucy Masoud FBU...
Defend Ealing Maternity
SOUTHALL families are unanimous that Ealing Hospital maternity and A&E departments must not close. Over the weekend, scores of tickets for tomorrow night’s meeting to...
Bombardier Workers Lobby Parliament
TWO hundred Bombardier workers and their supporters descended on parliament yesterday to urge the Tory coalition ‘to save British train manufacturing’. The government has already...
No to two-tier Maternity! – demand Charter Schools strikers
‘NO TO TWO-TIER Maternity!’ declare striking teachers at the Charter Schools Multi-Academy Trust in Southwark, south-east London, who begin a further three-day strike this...
Khan Elected Mayor!
IN an overwhelming victory for Labour, Sadiq Khan has become the new mayor of London yesterday. Londoners were glad to see the back of Boris...
Sri Lankan Troops Caught In Tiger Booby Traps
COLOMBO – TamilNet reports that last weekend more than sixteen Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troops lost their legs after being caught in...
‘DOCTORS WON’T TAKE IT ANYMORE’ – says BMA after 98% strike vote
JUNIOR doctors in England have voted by an overwhelming 98% for strike action in their fight for pay restoration. Almost every junior doctor who cast...
Houthis blockade the Red Sea
THE United States bombed Iran for a twelfth consecutive night early yesterday, and Iranian forces struck back across the Gulf, hitting American installations in...
CAMERON DEMANDS STRONG GOVERNMENT! – as pound sterling falls
URGENT talks began yesterday as Tory leader David Cameron demanded a ‘strong and stable government’ is formed ‘quickly’ to avoid ‘economic catastrophe’. This was after...
No Protection For Police Spies
CRUCIAL parts of an inquiry into undercover police spies who spent years embedded in political movements are to be heard in secret in order...
£512 billion propping up banks!
Banks are relying on the taxpayer for £512 billion support this year, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee reported yesterday. The parliamentary...
UK forces fighting in Syria ‘illegal’ – warns Stop the War
UK Special Forces have been fighting on the frontline in Syria despite explicit assurances to parliament from Cameron that there would be ‘no...
Darzi Is Rejected!
The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday angrily rejected health minister Lord Darzi’s claims that they are ‘lagging behind’ and resistant to innovation to...
DON’T SHORT CHANGE WORKERS! – UNISON warns council chiefs
Public sector union UNISON has warned councils in England not to short change workers when they plan their budgets for 2008. ‘Our members won’t settle...
Labour Government votes for disability cuts!
THE WELFARE Bill, slashing benefits from the disabled and mentally ill, was passed by 335 votes to 260 in the House of Commons yesterday...
NEW ‘MEDICAL TRAINING DISASTER’ – warning from BMA
‘Unsatisfactory’ government proposals mean a new junior doctors ‘medical training disaster’ is looming, warned the British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday. Commenting on the proposals to...
Hague Sued Over US Drone Attacks
Foreign Secretary Hague is being sued over the alleged UK policy of handing over GCHQ-sourced intelligence to the CIA to aid US drone...
FIRST NHS TAKE-OVER – Heart of England Foundation Hospital swallows up Hood Hope NHS...
This Sunday April 8th will mark the first takeover by a foundation trust hospital of a ‘bankrupt’ NHS hospital. Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust...
Blacklisters trial!
A HIGH Court hearing took place yesterday to seek compensation for 122 GMB members blacklisted by Carillion and other construction employers. GMB said: ‘The High...
HAITI 200,000 DEAD! – one million people homeless
ESTIMATES of the death toll in Haiti rose to more than 200,000 yesterday, with warnings of more people dying of hunger and disease following...
‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ condemns Washington’s role in Israeli genocide
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), a US-based advocacy group, has unequivocally condemned Washington’s role in Israel’s genocidal violence against Palestinians. In a series of pointed...
Israel disregarding ceasefire agreement!
THE Hamas Movement yesterday accused the Israeli occupation government of disregarding the ceasefire agreement and ignoring diplomatic efforts aimed at maintaining calm, warning that...
Greek Default – 250,000 Jobs Under Threat
AS European Commission officials and European leaders prepare a Greek default, Greek ministers have outlined barbaric plans for the wholesale destruction of public services...
VISTEON ADJOURNMENT – as Belfast occupation continues
A legal attempt to remove workers from the Visteon plant in west Belfast was yesterday adjourned at the High Court for the second time...
‘Southern Are Bullies!’
‘WE HAVE been forced to go on strike by an intransigent management that has not been prepared to negotiate with us. Southern are bullies,’...
Greek journalists 48hr strike
GREEK journalists employed in newspapers are on a national 48-hour strike this Thursday and Friday, while journalists on radio and television are staging their...
Southern bailout stinks!
‘THIS STINKS of another multi-million pound taxpayer subsidy to bail out the failing Southern rail part of the Govia Thameslink franchise,’ Mick Cash general...
Trust Boss Quits Over Dangerous Targets
The British Medical Association yesterday repeated concerns about government targets that ‘compromise patient safety’, in the wake of the resignation of United Lincolnshire Hospitals...
HONDA – 500 JOBS TO GO –wage cuts used to finance redundancies
Honda announced 500 job cuts at its Swindon factory yesterday, just months after union leaders agreed to pay cuts in a deal to save...
STOP THE THEATRE CLOSURES! – actors to march today from Piccadilly
ACTORS will demonstrate in the centre of London today against a wave of threatened theatre closures. Actors in white masks will take part in today’s...
‘Call off strikes or be sacked!’ – Southern rail managers declare war on staff
IN AN unprecedented attack on the right to strike, Southern rail managers have given the RMT union the following ultimatum: call off all...
‘Drop commitment to Trident and save £205bn’ – McDonnell urged!
THE Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) yesterday supported the call by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell for ‘an emergency Budget for our public services’. The...