Iraqis March To Free Journalist!
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets yesterday demanding the release of the al-Baghdadiya TV reporter who called Bush ‘you dog’ and threw his...
UNLAWFUL! Law lords condemn Clarke’s terror plans
Home Secretary Clarke’s plans to give police powers to hold people for 90 days without charge has been condemned as ‘unlawful’ by Law Lord,...
Tories send refugee children into the hands of smugglers
‘LET me be clear, the decision to cancel the Dubs scheme after admitting only 350 lone refugee children shames Britain. It must not...
BEIS STRIKERS Demand Living Wage
STRIKING PCS members at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) were joined on the picket line early yesterday morning by their...
‘TRUST HAS BEEN BREACHED!’ – Ellwood demands ‘stock check’ on Johnson
SENIOR Tory MP Tobias Ellwood has called on fellow Conservative MPs to assess whether Boris Johnson is still fit to be leader of the...
REJECT JUNIOR DOCTORS CONTRACT! – says the Doctors’ Association
THE Doctors’ Association (DAUK) has refused to endorse the junior doctor contract deal agreed by the BMA and the government, warning that some members...
CIA Waterboarded Suspect 83 Times
INTERROGATION methods, including ‘dunking suspects in icy water’ and ‘smashing a prisoner’s head against a wall’ are included in a long-awaited US Senate report,...
Mobilise! For Gm Demo In Antwerp!
THE European trade union body, the Engineering Metalworkers Federation (EMF), has called for a mobilisation of GM workers in Europe on Wednesday, 23rd September...
Mass hospital closures! – Nuffield Trust warning
A DRAMATIC one in three hospitals face closure, the Nuffield Trust has warned MPs. Many hospital trusts face severe and potentially unsustainable financial pressures, warns...
May hands Parliament power to delay Brexit
TODAY a motion is to be put to Parliament where MPs will vote on the sequence of events leading up to Brexit. On the eve...
AVIATION ABANDONED! – Unite’s Graham demands meeting with chancellor Sunak
THE UNITE trade union has hit out at the Johnson government for once again failing to recognise the impact of Covid restrictions on the...
Riot Police Storm Ert Occupation
AT 4.15 local time yesterday morning, hundreds of riot police forcibly entered the building of the ERT (state TV and radio corporation) which has...
DON’T DEPORT OKAFOR-MEFOR – urge five trade union leaders
For the first time an alliance of General Secretaries of trade unions has come together in support of Alphonsus Uche Okafor-Mefor, a Nigerian refugee...
Tuc-Nus Joint Campaign Against Privatisation!
THE TUC and the NUS signed an agreement yesterday for joint campaigning by the trade union and student movements for the coming year. The partnership...
Southall Public Meeting: Quit EU on October 31! – October 24th, 2019
News Line & Workers Revolutionary Party Public meetings: Trade unions must act to make sure we quit EU on October 31st!
For a workers government and...
SLEEPING ON THE STREETS! – treatment of asylum seekers condemned
REFUSED asylum-seekers are eating out of bins and sleeping in parks, public toilets and phone-boxes because of government policy New reports show government...
‘RESIGN AT ONCE!’ – Grenfell Tower survivors tell Kensington Council
TORY council leader Elizabeth Campbell was called a ‘murderer’ and told to immediately resign by survivors of the Grenfell Tower tragedy after they pushed...
‘More Children Than Ever Are Homeless!’
THE homelessness charity Crisis said yesterday that what was already an emergency now risks becoming ‘a growing catastrophe’. Chief executive Matt Downie said: ‘The Scottish...
ASLEF Strike Action Today
TRAIN drivers belonging to ASLEF – the train drivers’ trade union which represents 96% of the train drivers in England, Scotland, and Wales –...
Greek Workers Vow To Bring Down Government
250,000 workers, youth and professionals demonstrated outside the Vouli (Greek parliament) in central Athens last Wednesday evening against the Austerities Measures Bill and demanding...
TUC warns nurses of huge wage ‘hit!’ – says Johnson will impose 3% ‘rise’
NURSES will suffer a huge wage ‘hit’ this year if the Government imposes a pay rise well below the soaring rate of inflation, unions...
Trump imposes new 12.5% tariffs
DONALD Trump has imposed fresh tariffs on more than 80 countries, replacing a blanket 10 per cent duty hours before it lapsed. The new levies...
LABOUR WILL VOTE TO REVOKE ARTICLE 50 – rather than accept ‘No Deal’
THE LABOUR Party would ‘consider very, very strongly’ voting to revoke Article 50 to block a no-deal Brexit this Friday, Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca...
‘RESTORE OUR HARDSHIP PAY!’ – Gate Gourmet locked-out workers urge TGWU executive
‘WE are lobbying the TGWU national executive today to demand that it immediately restore our hardship pay, which has been stopped by Tony Woodley,...
Gate Gourmet Sacked-Workers’ Lobby Tgwu Biennial Conference
A COACHLOAD of sacked Gate Gourmet workers is lobbying the TGWU’s Biennial Conference in Brighton this morning. They are currently taking forward a large...
South African Strike Wave Spreads
THE strikes that have halted work at seven of South Africa’s gold and platinum mines have spread to the chrome sector. It emerged yesterday that...
THE POLICE ACTED LIKE ARMED ROBBERS – they will do it to another family...
THE two brothers released without charge after the massive state terror operation in Forest Gate told a press conference yesterday how they thought they...
Bosses to get £1,000 for keeping workers on for 3 months after furlough!
FEARFUL of workers’ fury at mass unemployment when furloughing ends, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a plan to try to persuade bosses to keep...
Speaker blocks vote on Brexit deal – Parliamentary Committee to investigate his impartiality!
AS EXPECTED, the Speaker of the House John Bercow yesterday blocked Parliament from voting on the new Brexit deal with the EU. Announcing his judgement...
‘Unsafe for patients’ – Junior doctors confront Hunt
‘DOCTORS working unsocial hours must not have their pay cut,’ was the demand in a letter to Tory health secretary Hunt signed by...
Five surgeons resign over £20bn NHS cuts!
The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) is to review surgical services at Barts and Royal London hospitals, east London after five surgeons submitted their...
Haiti Rises Up!
PRESIDENTIAL candidate, Rene Preval, has condemned the ‘gigantic fraud’ during last week’s elections in Haiti, where an insurrection is taking place by his poverty-stricken...
Greece mass rallies on Sunday!
THE Greek government’s spokesperson Gavriil Sakelarides stated yesterday morning that ‘he was optimistic of a deal’ with the European Commission by this Sunday. He said...
‘A DAMNING INDICTMENT’ – of Labour’s social care system
‘This is a damning indictment of a social care system that is failing older people’, Age Concern’s Director General, Gordon Lishman said yesterday. He was...
CWU pickets call for a general strike
‘I’m 100 per cent for a general strike,’ Communication Workers Union (CWU) Capital Branch Assistant Secretary and BT Tower rep Darren Weller said yesterday...
‘Trump Wants Coup’– Maduro
PRESIDENT Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure of Venezuela’s embassy and consulates in the US after Washington threw its weight behind opposition leader...
Savage attack on disabled planned!
THE PCS union, which represents JobCentre workers, yesterday denounced as ‘appalling’ planned savage cuts to social security for sick and disabled people. It was commenting...
Grenfell – Schmidt says not his priority to understand fire safety tests!
CLAUDE SCHMIDT, president of Arconic that made the Grenfell Tower cladding, has said it was not his ‘priority’ to understand fire safety tests and...
Catalonia Declares Independence!
CROWDS outside the Catalan parliament erupted in celebration, letting off fireworks as Catalonia declared its independence from Spain yesterday afternoon, after a vote of...
‘On the frontline fighting for the homeless’ says Unite leader Sharon Graham
OVER 100 striking St Mungo’s workers and other trade unionists lobbied City Hall yesterday lunchtime demanding better pay and conditions. There will be a further...
Go to work tomorrow! says Johnson – but don’t use public transport
‘WE SAID you should work from home if you can and if you can’t work from home not to work. We have now changed...
Prosecute companies who exploit graduates
‘ASKING students to work for free is exploitation. Companies which are employing young graduates for free must be threatened with legal action against them,’...
Dire warnings for Europe!
BILLIONAIRE financial speculator George Soros warned yesterday that the German economy is going to totter in the Autumn, when the crisis will ‘come to...
66% Of Students Refused Grants
Two-thirds of university entrants in England and Wales who applied for maintenance grants – designed to assist poorer students – were turned down, according...
Walk-Out At Unison Health Conference
The UNISON Health Conference in Brighton yesterday gave environment secretary Hilary Benn a heated reception. He was booed and heckled when he tried to defend...