BLAIR ‘BREAKING’ ARMY – chief of staff urges withdrawal from Iraq

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The Blair government was yesterday paralysed in the face of a mutiny by Britain’s Chief of the General Staff who demanded...

PROTECT OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS – demand unions

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Workers who lost their pensions when their firm went bust gave a cautious welcome to a second High Court victory yesterday. The court rejected an...

£4bn claim against RBS – taxpayers will have to pay bill

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THOUSANDS of investors have launched a joint compensation claim for more than £4.0bn against Royal Bank of Scotland, claiming the 82% state-owned bank deliberately...

NHS registration fee – 18% hike opposed

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A 38,000-STRONG petition was handed in to the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) in Kennington, south London at midday yesterday, protesting at the...
Seafarers with their union banner calling for a ‘block to fascism’ at the head of Thursday’s march in Kokkinia, Athens

Greek Teachers Vote For 5-Day Strike

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GREEK teachers voted on Thursday by clear majorities for another five-day national strike starting Monday. The final decision will be taken by the OLME (teachers’...
Young Socialists lobbying the TUC on Sunday demanding jobs for youth with trade union rates of pay

Co-ordinated strike action – unanimous vote at the TUC Congress

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DELEGATES at the TUC Congress 2012 in Brighton yesterday voted unanimously for composite Motion 1, which calls on the TUC to give its full...

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...
Ealing residents pictured here with Charlie Chaplin (back, left) fought really hard to stop the closure of Ealing Hospital’s Charlie Chaplin Children’s ward in May 2016 – children’s departments are threatened across the country while doctors face ‘burnout

Children’s doctors face burnout

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EXTREMELY sick children will not receive the treatment they need if Scotland does not recruit over 100 extra consultants, the Royal College of Paediatrics...

Theatre Nurses Picket St Thomas’ Hospital!

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THEATRE nurses, members of Unite, were yesterday picketing on the second day of their current strike action at St Thomas’ hospital by Westminster Bridge. Some of...
Demonstration outside parliament yesterday celebrating the twenty fifth birthday of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) which was set up to support disabled people with the highest levels of support need to live in the community instead of being confined to

Coalition Cuts Target Disabled

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‘DISABLED people are getting into debt to pay for essentials. What’s the government’s response? It is cutting the very financial lifeline designed to help...

A breach of human right

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THE TORIES’ ‘right to rent’ checks are a breach of human rights, the High Court ruled yesterday. These are rules which force landlords to do...
Junior doctors rallying to defend the NHS – they have now proven to Health Secretary Hunt that their defence of the NHS is serious

Victory to Junior Doctors! – 98% vote for strike action

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JUNIOR doctors yesterday overwhelmingly voted in favour of taking strike action to defeat the government’s intent to impose a new junior doctor contract in...

BUDGET DAY STRIKE VOTE! – PCS votes 61% in favour

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CIVIL Servants have voted by a massive 61% majority in favour of strike action in their fight for a pay rise of £1,200, or...

Assad requests Russia’s assistance –anti-IS air strikes begin

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THE Russian Federation Council has unanimously granted permission to President Putin to use the nation’s military force in Syria, Kremlin chief of...

CARNAGE! – workers lose fingers at Katsouris fresh foods

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Following two industrial accidents since July when two workers lost fingers at work, the GMB union is holding a mass meeting of food workers...

Palestinian hunger striker wins his freedom! Kayed Fasfous is to be released December...

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PALESTINIAN prisoner Kayed Fasfous has won a decisive victory and ends his hunger strike after an agreement was reached to end his administrative det-ention...

Osborne War On Benefits

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‘WITH this abhorrent proposal, the Chancellor is saying that some children will be marked out from birth as second class citizens with their lives...
Greek hospital workers marching in Athens – remain defiant in their opposition to EU austerity

Bankers ‘don’t trust’ Greece

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A EUROGROUP (eurozone’s finance ministers) marathon meeting on Greece ended on midnight Saturday without a decision as the French and German ministers fell out. The...
UNISON delegates yesterday in a standing ovation to Thabitha Khumalo, Zimbabwe fraternal delegate

REJECT PENSIONS SELL-OUT call at UNISON Conference

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UNISON leaders came under fire from angry delegates at the union’s National Delegate Conference yesterday, over their decision to call off the local government...
PCS strikers and their supporters on the picket line at the National Gallery on the first day of their indefinlte strike against privatisation

National Gallery indefinite strike

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NATIONAL Gallery workers were out in force on the first day of their indefinite strike against privatisation and victimisation yesterday. On the picket line outside...

Secret Two-Tier NHS Plan Exposed!

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NHS SCOTLAND has secret plans to introduce a two-tier health service in which the wealthy can pay for their treatment and the poor are...

Hamas Condemns Bahrain Conference

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A HIGH–RANKING member of the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, said yesterday that the Palestinian nation vigorously rejects US President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for...
Museum of London strikers with Prospect members and their banner outside the Central Hall yesterday afternoon

FIGHT PAY CUTS! – call from public service rally

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GIVE us a date for strike action and we’ll do it, the leader of the Prison Officers Association (POA) – whose members are banned...

Colleges Going Bust!

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SIXTH Form Colleges ‘cannot survive on starvation rations.’ One third say that they will go bust and shut down by 2020 if the massive...

GAGGED! – ex-soldier who exposed Labour’s lies on rendition

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‘As of 1940hrs 29/02/08 I have been placed under an injunction preventing me from speaking publicly and publishing material gained as a result of...

General strike needed to support hunger strikers!

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THE hunger strikers are ‘losing the ability to speak and stand’, according to Prisoners for Palestine, with the four remaining hunger strikers adding additional...
Business Secretary Mandelson with a manager at GM Luton  – he is now presiding over a shutdown of industry

Gas and grit rationing!

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GAS for industry and grit for the roads were being rationed yesterday as British industry began to shut down. Vauxhall, Ellesmere Port, Jaguar Land Rover,...
WRP candidate Arjinder Thiara and a group of his supporters are determined to defend the NHS and keep Ealing Hospital open

Mobilise unions to save Ealing Hospital – says WRP’s Arjinder Thiara

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THE VOTE Arjinder Thiara Workers Revolutionary Party for Ealing Southall campaign team got great support from Ealing Hospital workers and patients yesterday morning, following...

INDUSTRIAL ACTION BACK ON AGENDA OF SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND – one-off payment of £1,000...

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INDUSTRIAL action in English schools is back on the agenda after three education unions – the NEU, NAHT and ASCL – decisively rejected the...

Grenfell residents give evidence to the Inquiry – ‘We were treated as sub citizens’...

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THE GRENFELL Tower fire Inquiry heard from the residents themselves yesterday including Lee Chapman the secretary of the leaseholders association who had repeatedly raised...
Teachers at the NUT confrence demand Gove’s resignation

Nut Opposes Gove Plans

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NATIONAL Union of Teachers (NUT) leaders yesterday opposed government plans for unannounced school inspections and taking state schools out of Birmingham City Council’s control...

Heathrow strike vote!

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THERE has been a strike vote over ‘punishing’ working patterns at Heathrow. International airlines flying from Heathrow Airport face major disruption to the supply of...
Determined postal workers on the picket line during strike action across Royal Mail last year against pay cuts and attacks on their conditions of service

Take Action Against Post Privatisation!

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The CWU postal workers union yesterday slammed a call from government appointed regulator Postcomm to privatise Royal Mail. CWU general secretary Billy Hayes said: ‘This...

GAZA CITY MASSACRE! – 29 killed and 80 missing

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‘A MASSACRE with the full meaning of the word,’ took place in Gaza City’s Shujayea district yesterday, when Israel carried out an attack that...
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:...

Sri Lankan governor and cabinet resign! – as masses defy curfew and protest

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THE CRISIS in Sri Lanka escalated yesterday as wild protests broke out on the streets over spiralling fuel and food prices, and daily blackouts...
Teachers on the march to defend their national pay agreements and pensions – they are determined to defeat the coalition

Nut Strike Ballot Against Local Pay

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The National Union of Teachers (NUT) Annual Conference in Torquay yesterday voted unanimously to ballot for strike action against any government move to attack...

Record Unemployment!

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UK unemployment rose to 2.261 million in the three months to April, the highest since November 1996, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said...

HEALTHCARE WORKERS RISKING LIVES! – without ‘death in service’ benefits guaranteed says BMA

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THE BMA (British Medical Association) said yesterday that ‘frustration grows’ over the government’s failure to guarantee that the families of healthcare workers who lose...

Stock Market Falls Continue

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FRIDAY saw stock markets around the world collapse further, following on from the dramatic slump in shares on Thursday, triggered by fears that the...

‘EXTEND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP’ – LP Conference rejects Starmer line

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A MOTION from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite was passed at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton yesterday calling for ‘extending public...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers picketing TGWU office at Hillingdon yesterday demanding after 10 months that their dispute be made official and that they receive dispute pay

Gate Gourmet Workers Picket Tgwu Office

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GATE Gourmet locked-out workers picketed the Transport and General Workers Union Regional Office in Hillingdon west London yesterday. They are going to their employment tribunals...

STUDENT NURSES ANGRY – at Tory-imposed tuition fee debt

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STUDENT nurses and midwives are furious that under new proposals to scrap bursaries, they could potentially be burdened with £65,000 worth of debt for...

Suffolk Fire Crews Strike Tomorrow

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Suffolk Fire Brigades Union Brigade Committee yesterday called for a national demonstration next Thursday, 11 August, in support of tomorrow and this Friday’s strike...
Yesterday’s picket of Chase farm Hospital with Unison Regional officer DEREK HELYAR (at left of banner)

Unison picket at Chase Farm Hospital

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Unison – the biggest health workers union – yesterday staged a picket of Chase Farm Hospital against the threat to close the hospital’s A&E,...