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Locked-out Gate Gourmet worker HARBINDER SINGH addressing the conference from the platform

Gate Gourmet workers support PCS strikers

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‘OUR conference will show the whole trade union movement that what the TGWU leadership has done to us is wrong,’ locked out Gate Gourmet...
London demonstration in May 2004 calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq

Hamas Landslide!

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Jubilant Palestinian masses were yesterday celebrating the historic election victory of Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas. The final results declared at 5pm yesterday saw Hamas take...

Support floods in for Gate Gourmet conference

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THE locked-out Gate Gourmet workers at Heathrow have stepped up their campaigning ahead of the News Line-Gate Gourmet conference in London this Sunday. On Wednesday...

Britain Accused Of Terrorism!

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The Iranian government yesterday accused Britain of organising and equipping bombers who killed eight people in attacks in the south-western city of...
Gate Gourmet locked-out worker Lakhinder campaigning before a meeting of TGWU busworker reps in Hillingdon

‘Our hardship payments must continue’ say Gate Gourmet pickets

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers are furious that their union leaders in the TGWU have ended their hardship payments. Lakhinder Saran told News Line yesterday: ‘We...

‘OUTSOURCING OF TORTURE’ condemned by Swiss MP Marty

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The Council of Europe’s interim report yesterday said it is ‘highly likely’ that European governments know of the secret transport by the CIA of...

Gate Gourmet pickets angry at TGWU leaders

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GATE Gourmet locked out workers were angry yesterday when they were told by the local union office that that they had received the last...

Gate Gourmet Pickets Join Terminal 5 Strikers

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WHILST out campaigning yesterday, Gate Gourmet workers, now locked out for almost six months, spoke out very angrily about the unsigned letter just received...

BLAIR ON THE ‘HIGH WIRE’ – ‘A significant number of my side are against’

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Prime Minister Blair yesterday admitted at his monthly press conference that the opposition to his schools ‘reforms’ made getting them through parliament ‘a...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers joined the Terminal 5 building workers’ picket line yesterday

Mass Picket A Great Success

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‘We want our jobs back! No to the Compromise Agreement! Kick out Gate Gourmet!’ shouted 150 locked out Gate Gourmet workers and supporters...

CHARGE POLICE – demand the Menezes family

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‘It could not have been more wrong what has been done to Jean,’ said a cousin of the young Brazilian man Jean Charles de...

Gate Gourmet Workers Join Terminal 5 Picket

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A DELEGATION of locked out Gate Gourmet workers joined the Terminal 5 building workers’ picket line at Heathrow Airport yesterday afternoon. Parmjit Bains, one of...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers joined the Terminal 5 building workers picket yesterday afternoon

Gg Workers Step Up Campaign

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers visited Hillingdon Civic Centre, the Uxbridge library, Uxbridge bus garage, Uxbridge tube and Brunel University yesterday, to campaign for...

Stop Post Office Wipe-Out!

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POST Offices are being wiped out, depriving the public of a vital service, leaders of the Communications Workers’ Union and the National Federation of...

DELIGHTED! – with caravan say locked-out Gate Gourmet workers

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LOCKED-out Gate Gourmet workers are delighted at last to have a shelter for their picketing. The TGWU ceased sending a tent as shelter for the...

BILLIONS WIPED OFF SHARES – after Japan stock market collapse

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Billions of dollars, pounds and euros were wiped off worldwide share prices yesterday as investors took fright at the abrupt collapse and closure of...
CHRIS KAVANAGH (right) with fellow fire alarm engineers, they called for the TUC to act to defend the NHS

Hounslow Campaign Goes Well For Gate Gourmet Locked-Out Workers

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THE campaign team of locked-out Gate Gourmet workers was in Hounslow yesterday working for their mass picket this Sunday and their conference in London...

Hewitt Prepares To Close Bart’S

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LABOUR’S Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said yesterday that London’s St Bartholomew’s Hospital could face closure. She was being interviewed about her decision to carry out...
Campaigning in Hounslow town centre for their mass picket and conference

Strong Picket Line At Gate Gourmet

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THERE were more than 20 locked out Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line yesterday fighting for reinstatement on their original terms and conditions. The...

Pfi Crisis Hits Bart’s & London

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‘Direct government investment is by far the cheapest and best way to build new hospitals,’ said a UNISON spokeswoman yesterday, in response to the...

Jerusalem To Vote!

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Israel yesterday conceded that the Arab residents of east Jerusalem shall vote in this month’s Palestinian election but said ‘under no circumstances’ would it permit...

GG– great support in Southall

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LOCKED-out Gate Gourmet workers were out campaigning at the weekend for their mass picket next Sunday and their conference in London on Sunday January...

Stop US Gp Take-Over

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The European arm of private US healthcare giant United Health is poised to take over two GP practices in Derbyshire covering 7,500 patients, one...

Gate Gourmet Workers Battle On

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers were campaigning yesterday for their mass picket next Sunday 22nd January between 11am and 1pm and their conference in London...

Gate Gourmet Conference Campaign Going Well

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GATE Gourmet workers held a successful campaign yesterday for the News Line/Gate Gourmet-Locked-Out Workers Conference on the 29th January. They visited Greenford Council depot and...
Gate Gourmet strikers at Düsseldorf are maintaining  their picket in the heavy snow

£5.96bn TRADE GAP

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The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold at 4.5 per cent yesterday, as latest official figures showed Britain suffered a new record...

Heathrow workers back Gate Gourmet conference

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BRITISH Airways Terminal 4 workers yesterday gave great support to locked out Gate Gourmet workers campaigning at Heathrow for their conference on Sunday January...

MORE PRIVATISATION THREAT TO NHS – warn MPs

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Health unions yesterday welcomed MPs’ condemnation of the government’s plans to break up and privatise primary care services. A report published by the House of...

‘Summary Powers!’

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Prime Minister Blair yesterday unveiled his viciously anti-working class ‘Respect Action Plan’ at a press conference. Announcing his ‘ActionPlan’ Blair said: ‘Anti-Social Behaviour law imposed...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers campaigning at Heathrow for their conference to fight for their reinstatement

Gate Gourmet locked-out workers win support

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers, fighting for reinstatement on their original terms and conditions, had a successful day of campaigning yesterday for their...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers at Southall station winning support campaigning for their conference

Gate Gourmet campaign team at Heathrow

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A CAMPAIGN team was out fighting for the locked out Gate Gourmet workers conference yesterday. They visited Heathrow Airport and saw British Airways checking staff,...

SAFETY RULES BROKEN says RMT leader Bob Crow

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‘There was chaos on the Underground this morning,’ rail union RMT general secretary Bob Crow said yesterday. Commenting on the 24-hour strike by 4,000 RMT...

RMT OUT SOLID! – after LUL board scuppers peace formula

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‘We anticipate the London Underground strike will be solid as it was last time’, rail union RMT said yesterday. A RMT spokesman told News Line:...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers on the picket line at Heathrow yesterday

AIMING FOR VICTORY – say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers are campaigning every day for delegations to attend their conference in London on Sunday January 29, whilst at the same...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers on the picket line at Heathrow – want the TGWU leaders to fight to win their reinstatement

SAVAGE CUTS – coming to Norfolk County Fire Service

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Norfolk County Fire Service faces savage cuts as a result of the County Council being starved of cash in the Blair government’s ...

Gate Gourmet locked-out workers picket regional TGWU

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LOCKED OUT Gate Gourmet workers picketed the regional Office of the TGWU in Hillingdon near Heathrow Airport yesterday. The airline catering company, which sacked more...
The Palestinian town of Jenin which was occupied by a large force of Israeli troops for 78 hours from the morning of December 29

Strike! To Reinstate BA Shop Stewards!

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British Airways (BA) yesterday sacked a second Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) shop steward ‘for his involvement’ in the unofficial strike last August...
Locked-out Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line at Heathrow – demanding action from the TGWU leaders for their reinstatement and that of the sacked BA shop stewards

‘WE WANT ANSWERS!’ say furious West Virginia mining families

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US miners’ families’ relief turned to fury yesterday when they heard that only one of 12 trapped miners was alive when their bodies were...

‘We continue to picket, despite the cold!’

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Locked Out Gate Gourmet workers are calling on all trade unionists to attend their Conference in London on Sunday the 29th of January. More than...

NHS IS FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL! says the British Medical Association

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Public sector union UNISON yesterday again urged the government to stop the privatisation of the NHS. Commenting on a warning by Audit Commission chairman James...
Locked-out Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line at the Beacon roundabout near the factory yesterday midday

Come to our conference on January 29TH

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THERE was a determined picket of locked out Gate Gourmet workers on the Beacon Hill near Heathrow Airport yesterday. It is now nearly five months...

NHS Being Cut To Aid Private Sector!

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The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday expressed concern over the cancellation by an Oxford hospital of a routine heart procedure because of lack of...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers on the picket line yesterday

THE MAJORITY ARE STANDING FIRM – say locked-out Gate Gourmet workers

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers are on the picket line today, determined to win victory this year. The airline catering company at Heathrow sacked over 700...

2006 – A Great Year For World Revolution

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THE Editorial Board of the News Line, the daily paper of the Workers Revolutionary Party, sends its revolutionary greetings for the New Year of...
Locked-out Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line over Christmas – confident of victory in 2006

WE WILL WIN IN NEW YEAR! – say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers are calling on the whole trade union movement to support their conference in London on January 29th. On the picket line...