No agreement in talks between UK’s Truss and Russia’s Lavrov – while PM Johnson...

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THE MEETING between the UK foreign minister and her Russian counterpart yesterday was ‘like the mute talking to the deaf’, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
Unite members with their banner on the ‘Save Our NHS’ march against privatisation

Unite ‘reassures members’ over NHS pay claim!

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UNITE national officer for health Sarah Carpenter said yesterday: ‘A story appeared in The Guardian today (Friday 9 March) about an impending pay deal...

Doctors welcome Tory pensions concessions!

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DOCTORS have welcomed a series of concessions by the Treasury, altering the effect on them of punitive pension rules which are in fact forcing...
Manchester students show their solidarity with lecturers’ trade unions during their recent strike action

‘Low paid student graduates deep in debt’ says NUS President

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The National Union of Students (NUS) commented on figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency yesterday which show the average graduate salary to...

Corbyn launches election: ‘Remain in EU an option’

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn, in launching his party’s election campaign yesterday, reiterated Labour’s plan for Brexit which means renegotiating another deal with the European...

US Prison Ships Used Diego Garcia

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‘The US government must reveal information about prison ships used for “terror suspects”,’ the legal action charity, Reprieve said yesterday. In June 2005 the UN’s...
Junior doctors in Norwich taking strike action – many are looking to the TUC to take action with them on October 5th

Tories Busting NHS!

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NHS leaders in England say they have reached a ‘tipping point’ and cannot maintain standards for patients on the funding they are getting. Chris Hopson,...

15-Year-Old On Work Experience Lost In North Sea

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‘We are all deeply shocked by this terrible tragedy,’ Amicus Regional Officer, Graham Tran, said yesterday. Tran was commenting on the deaths of seven men...
Gate Gourmet sacked workers outside Hillingdon TGWU office on Friday insisting that their dispute is still on and that they need their hardship pay

Gmb Shop Stewards Decide On Strike Action Ballot At Asda

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The GMB trade union shop stewards at a meeting yesterday in Manchester voted unanimously to ballot for a national strike in Asda Wal-Mart. The GMB...
Family of Jean Charles de Menezes visit site of their son's murder

‘The whole airport must come out’ demand Gate Gourmet workers

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‘THE whole airport must come out to win our jobs back and to defeat the victimisation of BA workers who took sympathy strike action...
Junior doctors out in force on a demonstration three days before their last strike on February 10th – this time they are out for 48 hours

Junior doctors 48hr strike today

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‘OTHER trade unions should take action to support us and defend the NHS and I really hope we are all going to come together...
The banner of the Coordination of Trades Unions at last Friday’s Athens demonstration. It reads ‘Down with the government and with any government that carries out the orders of the IMF-EC-Capital’.

Eu Jackboot Over Greece

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THE Greek government of Prime Minister Yiorghos Papandreou won the confidence vote in the Vouli (Greek parliament) with a margin of just three last...
Relatives who lost loved ones at the hands of the British army and Sinn Fein MEP, Bairbre de Brun, and West Belfast Assembly member Jennifer McCann at the press conference

‘CALL OFF BRITISH ARMY PARADE THROUGH BELFAST’ by John Coulter

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Sinn Féin MEP Bairbre de Brún and MLA for West Belfast Jennifer McCann were joined by family members, who have lost loved ones at...

Assad gives orders for a peaceful transition in Syria

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PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad left office in Syria yesterday after giving orders for a peaceful transfer of power, as ISIS terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al...
Part of the Norwich protest against the closure of Remploy factories. GMB official Glenn Holdom is 3rd from left

‘Disgusting plans’ to close Remploy factories

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The GMB and Unite, the unions for Remploy workers, held a demonstration in Norwich town centre on Saturday against the government’s plan to shut...

NHS WHITE PAPER – BMA leader writes to GPs and students

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BMA Council Chairman, Dr Hamish Meldrum, wrote to doctors and medical students yesterday, following publication of the health White Paper for England, which proposes...

Thousands mourn Saif al-Arab

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ANGRY Libyans chanted Muammar Gadaffi’s name in Tripoli yesterday, as they gathered for the funeral of his son 29-year-old Saif al-Arab and three grandchildren,...

‘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...
Sacked Stead McAlpin and Birtwistle workers outside John Lewis offices in London yesterday

‘WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK!’ – McAlpin sacked workers tell John Lewis

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A COACHLOAD of sacked workers from Stead McAlpin and J H Birtwistle factories, formerly owned by John Lewis, yesterday lobbied the John Lewis Partnership...

‘Unite Must Call All Of Its Members Out!’

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‘CALL the airport out!’ striking worker Carlos Rodriguez said at the rally outside the union Unite’s headquarters on the outskirts of Heathrow Airport yesterday. 4,000...
Sacked Visteon workers picketing outside the company’s Basildon plant

Unite Refuses To Represent Belfast Visteon Occupiers

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THE legal attempt to remove sacked workers occupying the Visteon factory in west Belfast has been adjourned until Friday. ‘Whatever happens on Friday we won’t...

‘Heathrow sits on mountain of cash while sacking 4,000’ says Unite as strike ballot...

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‘HEATHROW’S cash mountain should be used to help low paid staff threatened by “fire and rehire”,’ Unite said yesterday. Heathrow workers are currently being...

STOP NHS PRIVATISATION! – NHS Logistics strike today

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UNISON members at five NHS Logistics sites – supplying 43,000 items from beds to surgical supplies to hospitals and GPs across England – will...

‘WE WON’T INTERFERE IN UKRAINE’–Lavrov

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RUSSIA’S Foreign Minister Lavrov, said yesterday that Moscow will not interfere with affairs in Ukraine. The Kremlin has reacted with barely-disguised anger...

Unite-Gmb Appeal To Tories To Save Workers’ Jobs!

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THE UNITE and GMB trade unions have appealed to the government to announce a bespoke financial package to save the beleaguered aviation industry. The two...

BABY BUTCHERS! – 1,091 infants killed by Israel since October 7th 2023

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ISRAELI occupation forces killed 1,091 Palestinian infants in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including 238 who were born and killed during the ongoing Israeli...

UK Torture Pay-Outs!

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The BRITISH government is to pay millions of pounds in compensation to around a dozen British torture victims and former Guantanamo Bay detainees, it...

‘Make Your Mark On History’ By Voting For Strike Action!

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MORE than 300,000 members are receiving ballot papers in the post from yesterday launching the RCN’s biggest strike ballot in its 106-year history. You can...

Fierce battles rage around Jabalia Refugee Camp!

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Fighting between Palestinian resistance forces and Israeli troops raged in Gaza on Friday after the Zionist genocidal regime intensified its ground invasion. Fierce battles raged overnight...

Corbyn Not Pledging To Deliver Brexit!

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LABOUR leader Corbyn gave himself room for more manoeuvres when he told The Andrew Marr Show yesterday: ‘We will table a motion of no...

Tories hold May to no-confidence vote

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‘SIR Graham Brady has confirmed that he has received 48 letters from Conservative MPs so there will now be a vote of confidence in...

Ealing strikers in high spirits

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THERE were high spirits on the parking services workers’ picket line outside Ealing Town Hall in west London yesterday morning, with dhol drummers keeping...

Scotland Votes For Boycott Of Israel!

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SCOTLAND’S Parliament has voted to impose an immediate and comprehensive boycott of Israel and companies linked to its genocide in Gaza, passing a landmark...

ISRAEL STEPS UP RAFAH BOMBING! – ahead of ground invasion

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AT LEAST 20 people were killed in Israeli strikes on homes in Rafah overnight yesterday, including nine members of the Abu Taha family. It was...

BRING DOWN THE TORIES! – TUC must call a general strike

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‘EVERY major union is supporting this march. We welcome this opportunity for people to take to the streets to protest at this government. ...
FBU demonstration in London against Fire Service cuts

NORTH KEN FIRE HORROR!– FBU – ‘It should not be possible for a fire...

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EYEWITNESSES, local people and neighbours of the residents of Grenfell Tower who perished in the fire yesterday morning, reported that ‘within five minutes it...

Super-exploitation in Covid-infected meat factories!

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THE LINK between outbreaks of Covid-19 at meat processing plants and the sector’s widespread exploitation of migrant workers on low pay and insecure contracts...
Southampton council workers demonstrating their determination to defeat the attempts to slash their wages

NO PAY CUTS! Southampton strike continues

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PUBLIC services staff in Southampton have rejected a revised pay proposal by the Tory city council and voted to continue their programme of rolling...

BROWN – ‘We’re going to change the way we govern’

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Prime Minister Brown, flanked by Chancellor Darling, told a press conference yesterday that, ‘the changes I have announced in the cabinet and in the...

Council executives in luxury while: WORKERS STRUGGLE!

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PLAID Cymru Assembly Members have accused the Labour-led Welsh government of supporting the huge salaries of council chief executives. The chief executive of Wales’s biggest...

RBS BANK CRASHES! – from £5bn pfofit down to £802m loss

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The Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday revealed a half-year net loss of £802 million, the second biggest in British banking history. This was after...
Defiant junior doctors at Downing Street on February 6th are determined to beat Health Secretary Hunt’s attempt to dictate their contract

Junior Doctors Will Not Accept Imposition!

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‘JUNIOR doctors cannot and will not accept a contract that is bad for the future of patient care, the profession and the NHS as...
WRP leader Gerry Healy leads the Wigan Builders Action Committee march through central London in February 1975 to free the Shrewsbury Two

‘Shrewsbury Conspiracy’ debate

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BLAYDON Labour MP Dave Anderson has secured a parliamentary debate on behalf of the Shrewsbury 24 campaign this Thursday, 23 January, over the government’s...

‘A CHILLING ATTACK ON THE PUBLIC SECTOR’ –Prentis condemns government cuts

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‘Prime Minister Cameron’s plans to slash public spending will hit the poor and the vulnerable,’ TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber warned yesterday. Commenting on ...
Syrians hold a vigil outside their embassy in London last Thursday to commemorate the Syrian government leaders who died in that day’s terrorist bombing in Damascus

Military prepare for war over Syria

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‘External intervention’ in Syria is becoming more likely, says a leading UK-based military think tank. Planning for possible intervention is already under way...