FBU condemns Tories for ignoring Grenfell findings
THE Fire Brigades Union has written to the government to demand it rethinks its decision to reject a key Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendation, on...
Mass austerity protests called in France for September 10th
PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron gave his support to Prime Minister François Bayrou at a cabinet meeting yesterday, as France is bracing for fresh political turmoil...
Vote Anna Athow To Keep Chase Farm Open
A LIVELY North East London Council of Action monthly picket of Chase Farm Hospital won big support yesterday for its determination to keep...
4,600 Rolls Royce ‘jobs devastation’ – Unite & GMB
FOUR thousand six hundred jobs have been axed at Rolls-Royce which ‘will not only have a devastating impact on workers but also on the...
Greek Seafarers National Strike!
GREEK seafarers of the PENEN trade union (deck hands) staged a most important national strike last Thursday morning against a government Bill which wipes...
Bring down the Coalition! – the only way to defend the NHS
Health Secretary Hunt’s attempt to turn the report on the ‘breakdown in healthcare’ at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust into an attack on the NHS...
61,000 nursing posts at risk – says RCN nurses leader Carter
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) warned yesterday that the NHS is ‘sleepwalking into a crisis’, and demanded immediate action to stop trusts cutting...
DEEPCUT INQUIRY ‘A FARCE’ says father of dead soldier
The Surrey Police re-investigation into the deaths of recruits at the Deepcut army barracks ‘was a farce’ Private Geoff Gray’s father, also named Geoff,...
‘Part-time low-wage economy’
THE UK unemployment rate fell to 7.4%, from 7.6% for the three months to September, according to figures released by the Office for National...
Greek Revolution Statement
STATEMENT BY THE REVOLUTIONARY MARXIST LEAGUE Athens, Saturday 27/6/15 For a strong class ‘NO’ vote in the referendum! No to the austerity accords! Out of EU, IMF and...
Storms And Floods Batter Gaza!
HUNDREDS of displacement tents across Gaza were flooded from Thursday night into Friday morning as a powerful winter storm battered the besieged enclave, worsening...
Second referendum amendment defeated
AMENDMENT H calling for a second referendum was resoundingly defeated in parliament last night by 249 votes, with just 85 MPs voting for and...
NHS 50,000 Doctors Short!
THE NHS is 50,000 doctors short new British Medical Association (BMA) re-search released yesterday has found. The number of doctors in England has fallen even...
Sparks halt St Paul’s traffic
HUNDREDS of angry electricians halted the traffic for 20 minutes outside St Paul’s Cathedral in central London yesterday morning, during their latest demonstration against...
‘Angry At The Courts!’
Provocative actions by court officials have angered workers occupying the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight. Vestas workers said it has made...
Unite and GMB surrender to BA and mass sackings!
BOTH the Unite and GMB trade unions have given up the fight to halt the mass sackings organised by British Airways, centring on Heathrow...
RUN ON NORTHERN CONTINUES! – double digit inflation on the way says Greenspan
YESTERDAY morning frantic savers once again laid siege to Northern Rock bank branches, determined to withdraw their savings, following the scenes over the weekend,...
Woodley Postpones BA Cabin Crew Ballot
Unite joint general secretary Tony Woodley yesterday said the union has ‘postponed’ Tuesday’s ballot for further strike action at British Airways to consider a...
13-year-old Palestinian boy killed for letting off fireworks!
THE ISRAELI Occupation Forces (IOF) continued their genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank overnight on Tuesday and throughout yesterday. In...
Corona spreading through England’s school system!
DESPITE warnings from unions the Tories re-opened schools last week, and now coronavirus has begun spreading through the school system across England. Five teachers at...
Greek workers march against cuts and privatisation!
THREE thousand hospital workers, Metro workers, primary school teachers and pensioners marched through Greece’s capital, Athens last Wednesday. The day of strike action was against...
Eu Shares And Banks Crash
UK share prices crashed yesterday, wiping over £85bn off the London Stock Exchange, with the FTSE 100 index crashing 391 points or 7.85% to...
100,000 CIVIL SERVANTS OUT ON APRIL 24th
Over 100,000 Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), working across 10 government departments and agencies will be on strike at the...
Greek Tuc Scabs On General Strike Action
THOUSANDS of Greek workers and students took part in rallies and demonstrations last Thursday in a one-day general strike called by several trade unions...
STUDENTS’ ROBBERY! – to repay twice their fees and loans
The University and College union (UCU) yesterday welcomed findings by the BBC, which it said shone a light on the real level of debt...
Johnson imposes local lockdowns!
TORY PM Johnson announced severe restrictions to be imposed on Liverpool yesterday to try to tackle the coronavirus crisis. He said he supported the Metro...
BMA rejects NHS privatisation
ALMOST every single doctor voted to oppose the introduction and imposition of an insurance-based healthcare system into the UK. The almost unanimous vote...
Gate Courmet Campaign
‘It’s shameful the way Gate Gourmet workers have been treated by both the company and the union,’ Hounslow local government UNISON assistant branch secretary...
GREEK RADIO & TV HAS BEEN OCCUPIED – General strike called and Greek riot...
TENS of thousands of Greek workers and youth rushed to the state Greek TV and Radio corporation (ERT) building on Tuesday afternoon following the...
BRITISH TROOPS FOR JORDAN! – Stop the War demands issue be put before parliament
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’...
Tens Of Thousands To March Against Fees!
TENS of thousands of students and youth are taking to the streets of London today to protest against £9,000 tuition fees and the savage...
Herts FBU – Two Eight Hour Strikes
HERTFORDSHIRE fire crews have given seven day’s notice of two eight hour blocks of industrial action on 15 and 20 May. They said late proposals...
‘WE WON’T ACCEPT PAY CUTS’ – say PCS strikers
There was widespread disruption across Jobcentres, benefits offices, the Pension Service and Child Support Agency (CSA) yesterday. Staff working for the Department for Work and...
FRESH JUNIOR DOCTORS STRIKES ARE LOOMING! – as Tories exclude them from ‘pay award’
THE BMA is to survey junior doctors on possible action to take following massive anger over their exclusion from the NHS ‘pay award’. The BMA...
Forced labour for ex-Calais children
REFUGEE children sent from the demolished ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais are being used as forced labour in fruit farms, a charity has claimed. So far...
NHS CRISIS–‘LISTEN TO DOCTORS WARNINGS’ urges BMA
JUNIOR doctors at Portsmouth Hospital were used to interpret tens of thousands of X-rays without proper training and as a result cases of...
Burston marchers call for a general strike!
LABOUR Party leader Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the contribution of refugees and overseas workers in the NHS when he addressed a 1,500-strong Burston Strike...
40 Bus Workers Picket Ash Grove
FORTY bus workers had a very lively picket yesterday morning, at Hackney’s Ash Grove bus depot in east London, as they staged the first...
Action Is Needed To Defend Royal Mail Jobs And Pensions
CWU members working in Royal Mail are facing the greatest threats to their jobs and conditions in the entire history of the postal service. With...
HORRIFIC INJUSTICE! – Alder family will not give up
LIBERTY this week asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to determine if Christopher Alder’s death in police custody has been properly investigated...
COUNCIL WORKERS 2% PAY INSULT – as inflation rises to 4.6%
COUNCIL worker unions angrily rejected a 2 per cent wage cut pay offer yesterday, as inflation hit 4.6 per cent, the highest in 16...
SCRAP THE HEALTH BILL SAY GPs – No to a two-tier NHS
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), the UK’s largest medical Royal College, yesterday wrote to Prime Minister Cameron calling for the complete withdrawal...
Hunt agrees to talks!–as junior doctors call to scrap new contract
HEALTH Secretary Jeremy Hunt took a step back yesterday and said he is willing to pause the imposition of the junior doctors’ contract in...
BMA ‘WHITE PAPER’ CRISIS! – ditches its unconditional support
THE mounting anger of GPs and consultants over the Lansley NHS White Paper has forced the British Medical Association (BMA) Council to retreat from...
‘The Solution–Revolution’
MORE THAN 25,000 students marched through London yesterday against the Tory led Coalition’s £9000 tuition fees and its plans to privatise education. Marchers proudly...