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‘I would agree with a general strike’ says RMT’s Dempsey!

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THE RMT Deputy General Secretary Eddie Dempsey made the call for a general strike when he spoke out on the picket line at Euston...

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...

Rendition Case Proceeds

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THE Obama Administration cannot use state secrecy doctrine to block Binyam Mohamed’s litigation against aviation company, Jeppesen Dataplan, a US Federal Court ruled yesterday....

Israeli ground invasion of Jabalia – medics receiving pleas for help as soldiers shoot...

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THE Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics are receiving dozens of urgent pleas to evacuate casualties but are unable to respond because of...
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 ...

6.35 million need full-time jobs

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UNEMPLOYMENT in the UK rose by 28,000 in the last three months, to 2.67 million. Youth joblessness soared by another 16,000, with the...
Youth marching in London last October against any troops being sent to Syria or Iraq

BRITISH TROOPS FOR JORDAN! – Stop the War demands issue be put before parliament

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2,000 UK troops and a RAF spy plane are bound for Jordan to ‘combat ISIS’ it emerged yesterday. The UK will send the ‘specialist troops’...

SA miners continue with strike action! –ANC & Zuma are condemned

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SOUTH African platinum miners were yesterday continuing their strike, and their wives are occupying the entrance to the British-owned Lonmin Marikana mine. Lonmin has given...

IT’S ‘BAD FRIDAY’ FOR MILLIONS OF FAMILIES – facing over £2 billion coalition cuts

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‘THIS year’s holiday will feel more like “Bad Friday” for millions of families as they come to terms with over £2 billion of cuts.’ This...
RMT security workers lobbied the Mayor of London against the bullying of its members on Monday

Travel Safe workers take strike action

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‘The bullying and intimidation of our members’ representatives by STM Security, is utterly deplorable,’ said Bob Crow yesterday. He added: ‘It is the issue at...
FBU General Secretary MATT WRACK speaking to firefighters outside Euston fire station at the start of their strike last Saturday

FBU Steps Up Action!

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FBU General Secretary Matt Wrack has announced further London-wide strike action. The strike, which will take place from 10.00am on November 5th to 9.00am on...
One year after the fire there has been a lack of progress with no ban on cladding and survivors are still waiting to be properly rehoused

Grenfell Inferno–one year on!

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‘WE FEEL tomorrow is about remembering and honouring the 72 that died,’ Justice4Grenfell campaign co-ordinator Yvette Williams told News Line yesterday ahead of today’s...

Massive ASLEF vote for strike action over pay!

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ASLEF train drivers’ trade union members have voted overwhelmingly for more strike action, having not had a pay rise for five years. Mick Whelan, general...

‘ZERO CHANCE OF TRANSPORT DEAL’ – RMT warns Johnson government

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RMT WARNS there is zero chance of agreement to government plans to increase transport services on 11th May in the current climate, as a...

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...

Deeper Social Unrest Ahead

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ALMOST 13% of young people worldwide are out of work, and their situation is unlikely to improve for four years, a report by the...
Junior doctors demonstrate in the lead-up to their second strike. Their fourth strike takes place this week – they will not accept imposition

Legal challenge to Tory contract imposition

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THE BMA has launched a judicial review, challenging the lawfulness of the Tories’ decision to impose a new contract on the junior doctors. Junior doctors...

DAMN THIS DEAL! – says Cyprus Speaker

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‘THIS decision is painful for Cypriot people. This decision was a defeat,’ Cyprus Parliamentary Speaker Yiannakis Omirou said yesterday. He was referring to the deal...

‘Stop Israeli ethnic cleansing’ – demands Hamas

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HAMAS has called on the international community to take immediate action to ‘stop the crime of forced displacement, ethnic cleansing and massacres’ carried out...

Hunt announces EU coalition to patrol Gulf

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‘COBRA emergency meetings were held this morning and throughout the weekend. We must now take appropriate action to support the safe passage of vessels...

‘PAIN-INDUCING TECHNIQUES’ –used against young offenders

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A REPORT on ‘behaviour management and restraint of children in custody’ reveals that ‘pain-inducing techniques’ are in frequent use in young offender...

‘THE TORIES MUST GO NOW!’ – insist striking radiographers

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THERE was a lively and determined picket of members of the Society of Radiographers (SoR) King’s College Hospital in Camberwell, south east London on...

CORBYN WINS INQUIRY INTO UK’s ROLE IN ISRAEL’S GAZA GENOCIDE

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THE FIRST Reading of a Bill calling for ‘an independent public inquiry into the UK co-operation with Israel since October 2023’ was passed unopposed...
Over 150 RMT members demonstrated for train safety and the ending of Driver Only Operation outside Parliament yesterday

Keep Guards On Trains

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‘DOO Has to Go!’ chanted over 150 RMT members and their supporters from around the country outside parliament yesterday. On the national demonstration to mark...

‘Thousands will back tanker drivers!’

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PEOPLE'S fuel lobby leader Andrew Spence yesterday said: ‘Thousands will back a Unite tanker driver members strike’. He told News Line: ‘It’s not just truck...
Railworkers defy the bosses and the government and demand renationalisation

Forward To The World October!

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New Year’s statement by the News Line Editorial Board THE News Line Editorial Board sends its warmest revolutionary greetings for the New Year of 2017...
McDonald’s restaurant strikers from Cambridge and Crayford take their demand for £10 an hour to Parliament yesterday

First UK McDonald’s strike in history!

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WORKERS at McDonald’s went on strike on Monday for the first time since the burger bar came to the UK in 1974. About 40 workers from...
Grenfell firefighters form a Guard of Honour for the silent march – the community supports them 100 per cent

Grenfell Tower ‘a highly combustible deathtrap’ – –Seaward representing FBU tells inquiry

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THE LONDON Fire Brigade (LFB) and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) gave evidence on Day 11 of the Grenfell Inquiry, answering media slurs at...

‘I want to campaign for Remain!’ says Shadow Chancellor McDonnell

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SHADOW Chancellor John McDonnell was asked by the BBC’s Andrew Marr yesterday morning: ‘When is Jeremy Corbyn going to come out for a new...

Netanyahu Bans Al Jazeera

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IRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet voted unanimously to close Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel yesterday. Netanyahu announced the decision on X. ‘The government, headed...
Protesters on Saturday’s “Tories Out’ march demand ‘Justice for Grenfell’

Flammable cladding No sprinklers! In tower blocks across UK

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CLADDING on 181 tower blocks in 51 areas of the country have now failed fire safety tests. Meanwhile it also emerged yesterday that there are...
Gate Gourmet pickets on the hill at Heathrow yesterday determined to defeat mass sackings

‘We’ve been sold out’ – say Gate Gourmet workers

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ANGRY Gate Gourmet workers were on the picket line yesterday after Wednesday’s sell-out deal between the Transport and General Workers’ Union leaders, TUC leaders...
CWU members and their families in Corby fighting the Labour government’s attempt to privatise Royal Mail – they are now poised to take on the Tory-led coalition

DEFEND ROYAL MAIL! – against Tory-Lib Dem rush to privatisation

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‘THIS IS a match-fix for privatisation,’ the leader of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) said yesterday, after the Tory-Lib Dem coalition announced it was...

‘COME AND TALK TO LABOUR PARTY’ – Watson urges May!

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DEPUTY Labour Party leader Tom Watson yesterday urged Tory leader May to ‘come and talk to the Labour Party’. ‘If she cannot get...

Call for worldwide Gaza solidarity action

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THE Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued to carry out intensive deadly strikes targeting civilians in different areas of the Gaza Strip, mainly in Gaza...

Miliband Hits Out At Unions

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LABOUR Party leader Miliband hit out at the trade unions yesterday, accusing Unite leadder Len McCluskey of being ‘wrong’ to oppose a public sector...
RMT rally outside Clapham Common Tube yesterday morning insisted that Glen Hart will be defended against any attempt at victimisation by management

Tube workers rally to defend RMT activist

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AN RMT demonstration outside Clapham Common underground station yesterday called for the dropping of disciplinary charges against RMT member Glen Hart. Speaking to News Line...

Mortgage Crisis Grips!

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UNISON yesterday called on the government to build more council houses as First Direct became the first major bank to stop lending to house...
HENGRIDE PERMAL (centre) leader of the Chagos Islands Community Association lobbying the House of Lords in October 2008

Chagos Fury – Over Cable Betrayal!

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THE Chagossian community in Crawley have reacted with fury after an offer from the coalition government and Vince Cable to allow the islanders...

May Returns To ‘No Deal Is Better Than A Bad Deal!’

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AFTER PM May’s Chequers deal was blown out of the water by the EU on Thursday evening, yesterday May ‘addressed the nation’ and said...
The raising of the pension age hits the most needy says the TUC

‘DON’T RAISE PENSION AGE’ – urges TUC leader O’Grady

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‘THE government should abandon its plan to raise the state pension age in light of the new evidence on projected life expectancies,’ TUC General...

‘Shoot-to-kill’–law change!

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PRIME Minister Cameron has ordered a review into the use of guns by police in England and Wales following the Paris terrorist attacks. The review...
Firefighters and other workers condemning bankrupt and corrupt capitalism – they are demanding no bail-out for the bankers

Massive Irish Strike Action

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‘We’re expecting a big turn out tomorrow for the nationwide demonstrations,’ an Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) spokesman told News Line yesterday. He added:...
London FBU members lobbying against fire service cuts

FBU Condemns Strike- Breaking Force!

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‘London Fire Authority are paying £12m over five years for what is in effect a strike-breaking force. ‘We are unequivocally opposed to it, it’s a...

OCCUPATION PAYS! say Visteon workers

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‘It’s a massive victory from the situation on March 31 when Visteon sacked us with nothing,’ Piers Hood, Unite deputy convenor at the...