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Bank Raised Rates To 3% Predicts 2-Year Slump & Double Unemployment

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THE Bank of England has warned the UK is facing its longest recession since records began, as it raised interest rates by the most...

REINSTATE OUR STRIKES! – CWU members tell leaders

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THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) sent out a letter to its branches yesterday, declaring that Royal Mail was prepared to impose ‘change’ on the...
CWU strikers on the picket line at the Wimbledon Delivery Office

Cwu-Royal Mail Talks

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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has been in ‘intermittent’ talks with Royal Mail for weeks, CWU London Regional Secretary John Denton confirmed to News...
Junior doctors battled to defend the NHS against Health Secretary Hunt – now fighting for the proper agreed conditions of work

Bma Wins £200,000 Back Pay For Junior Doctors!

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The BMA has secured more than £200,000 in back pay for junior doctors, after their rotas failed to provide sufficient rest. It has now...
ATE bank workers on indefinite strike march through Athens with their  banner stating ‘Hands off the bank!’

‘TIME TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT’ – chant Greek workers

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IN temperatures of 42 Celsius in the shade, over 1,000 striking bank workers of the Agrarian Bank (ATE) and of the Postal Bank (TT)...
Riot police attacking villagers with tear gas in Skouries, northern Greece. Photo left.gr

Riot police attack villagers! – under orders from Syriza

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HUNDREDS of mineworkers armed with wooden sticks, employed at the Skouries gold mine in the Khalkidiki area of northern Greece, on Sunday morning supported...

Death toll from Israel’s genocidal war has now reached 48,329!

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DURING the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 14 martyrs, who had been reported missing during the war,...

Bectu ‘No’ To Bnp Broadcast

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MEDIA and entertainment union, BECTU, has today insisted that the BNP should not be given airtime to promote its racist politics. The union’s statement...
‘Rail Against Privatisation’ demonstration on April 30 last year condemns the Public-Private Partnership of the Underground network

WHITEWASH! – families denied access to press conference

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Yesterday Geoff Gray refused to accept the conclusion of the ‘independent review’ into four deaths at Deepcut barracks, that his son committed suicide. Gray, whose...

Cameron-Heseltine-Tuc Unholy Alliance

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The TUC has welcomed the government’s announcement that it will adopt most of Tory former deputy prime minister Heseltine’s plans for the privatisation...
Workers who have lost their company pensions which were recommended by the government outside the House of Commons yesterday were demanding that Chancellor Brown pay up

BROWN SEES NO CRISIS! – while Cameron demands election

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A tense Chancellor Brown yesterday announced a £36bn increase in the sale of public assets (including Student Loans) and a two per cent Corporation...
Sacked Lindsey workers and their supporters marching on Tuesday in a 2,000-strong show of strength

LINDSEY VICTORY! – all 647 sacked men to return to work‘It’s a good deal,’...

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‘It’s a good deal,’ sacked Lindsey oil refinery worker Dave Pritchard told News Line yesterday. He was responding to the agreement reached on Thursday night...

University fees & loan hikes rushed through!

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LEGISLATION has been raced through Parliament before it breaks up for the general election which allows universities to raise tuition fees every year until...

CALL THE WHOLE AIRPORT OUT! – to defend jobs, pay and conditions

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‘CALL the whole airport out to defend all jobs, pay and conditions,’ striking Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) worker, Jarnail Singh, said yesterday ahead of...

Busworkers launch a national health & safety campaign

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A POWERFUL busworkers march and rally was held in central London yesterday to launch a national campaign for better health and safety as well...

BA Boss Cruz Sacked

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ALEX Cruz, the author of the notorious BA ‘fire and rehire’ policy, has been sacked as chief executive and chair of British Airways with...

Disabled cutting back on food and heating

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THOUSANDS of disabled people are cutting back on food and heating as a result of the Bedroom Tax, says a group of leading charities. The...

Joint enterprise case quashed

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THE FIRST person to have a joint enterprise murder conviction quashed was released from prison yesterday in a landmark ruling against the controversial...
The Chagos Islands Community Association AGM in Crawley on Saturday

‘WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETURN’ – insists Chagos Islands Community Association AGM

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OVER a hundred Chagossians attended the annual general meeting of the Chagos Islands Community Association in Crawley last Saturday afternoon and early evening. They re-affirmed...

Locked-out workers ‘disgusted’ with TGWU leaders

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‘I am hurt very badly when I see that report in The Guardian,’ locked-out Gate Gourmet worker Parmjit Bains told News Line. ‘The union refused...

CALL A DAY OF ACTION – to defend the NHS says PCS civil servants

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‘A National Day of Action by all trade unions would be a good starting point’, a PCS spokesman told News Line yesterday. He was responding...
Ritzy and Curzon cinema workers marching to City Hall yesterday afternoon demanding the London Living Wage of £8.50 an hour

Marching For A Living Wage!

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RITZY Cinema workers, on their ninth day of strike action, marched with 200 supporters and trade unionists from the British Film Institute (BFI) yesterday. What...
BOB CROW (right) with Thames watermen. He warned that a ‘dilution of safety’ would be met with industrial action

‘NO DILUTION OF SAFETY’ – Crow warns of Thames Waterway industrial action

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‘There must be no dilution of safety and if we find that our members are put in danger then there will have to be...

Parliament undermined – after British pilots bomb Syria

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BRITISH personnel have already conducted air strikes in Syria, despite the government’s assurance that there would be a vote in Parliament before any such...
RCN London Board Chair CYNTHIA DAVIS addressing nurses protesting outside the Department of Health in Whitehall yesterday

Scrap the 1% cap! – 30 nurses” protests nationwide

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‘SCRAP the cap! Fair pay for nurses! Now!’ chanted over fifty nurses and Royal College of Nursing (RCN) officials outside the Department of...

Government rides roughshod! – Cameron excludes health professionals

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‘DON’T you dare lie to me!’ angry pensioner June Hautot shouted at Health Secretary Lansley as she confronted him at the entrance to Downing...
Locked-out Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line at Heathrow last week determined to win their fight for reinstatement

We Are Fighting Until We Win

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LOCKED OUT Gate Gourmet workers received their monthly hardship payments of £228.80 from the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) yesterday. ‘We received it today...

PC Monk gets 8 years for Taser death – Dalian Atkinson’s family speaks out

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POLICE officer Benjamin Monk has been jailed for eight years after being sentenced yesterday. He was convicted of the manslaughter of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson...

State navies should break Israel’s siege of Gaza – says UN’s Albanese

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THE Israeli occupation forces (IOF) yesterday hijacked at dawn the Gaza-bound aid ship Madleen and kidnapped the activists on board. The vessel, operated by the...
Part of the mass lobby of the law courts by 100 firefighters midday yesterday to stop Mayor Johnson’s savage cuts

100 firefighters picket courts! – to stop closure of 10 London fire stations and...

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OVER 100 firefighters picketed the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday against the decision to close ten fire stations in London and cut 552 jobs...

Youth Rise Up Against Capitalism

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A THOUSAND school youth walked out of classes yesterday to join the mass protest in Parliament Square, furious at how capitalism is destroying the...

Tory Crisis Deepens As Parliament Returns

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LIZ TRUSS returns to Parliament for the first time as Prime Minister today, amidst a bubbling rebellion of MPs and economists who are aghast...

London Bombings Linked To Iraq War

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Former Labour cabinet minister Clare Short yesterday insisted she ‘had no doubt’ the July 7th London bombings were linked to Iraq and Palestine. Short...
Exiled Chagos Islanders began a five-day sit-in at Trafalgar Square yesterday morning, demanding the right to return to their homeland

Chagos Islanders occupy Trafalgar Square

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OVER 50 exiled Chagossians living in the UK camped out in Trafalgar Square yesterday, the first day of a five-day occupation. ‘Help us to go...
CWU pickets in Luton yesterday morning

PCS Offers ‘full Support’ To Royal Mail Strikers!

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THE PCS General Secretary and National President sent a message of solidarity to striking CWU members in the Royal Mail yesterday. Their message, to CWU...

MAY’S WAR ON MIGRANTS! – condemned by Institute of Directors

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‘WE MUST work to control immigration and put Britian first,’ Tory Home Secretary Theresa May said yesterday, stepping up her war on refugees. The economic...
Teachers union leaders with the front banner on the huge London march during last November’s pensions strike

Teachers’ pensions hit again

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‘THIS is just the latest blow to hard-working teachers and other public sector employees already reeling from a raft of changes to their pensions,’...

Fight Honda Sackings

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THE Unite union yesterday called Honda’s decision to cut 800 jobs at its Swindon plant a ‘hammer blow’ to UK manufacturing and the local...

Turkish invasion escalates! – condemned by 13 UK unions

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ON THE SECOND day of the Turkish invasion of Syria, after a massive bombing raid striking northern Syria over 180 times, killing at least...

Leff team wins big Hoxton support

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A TEAM campaigning for Workers Revolutionary Party candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch, Jonty Leff, won big support on Saturday in Hoxton Market from...

Students begin occupying UK universities in support of Palestinian Revolution!

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PRO-Palestinian students have occupied several university campuses in the UK, to protest against the Israeli war on Gaza. Students in Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol, Sheffield, Manchester,...
May Day Poster 2019

The May Day March – May 1st, 2019

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May Day March Victory to world revolution! Quit the EU Now! Kick the Tories out! For a workers government & Socialism! End Israeli occupation of...
Sacked Visteon workers outside the Enfield factory yesterday

Angry Visteon Workers Reject Offer!

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‘WE ARE deeply insulted and more determined than ever to carry on the fight,’ Enfield Visteon factory Unite convenor Kevin Nolan told News Line...
Student nurses demanding bursaries are restored – the number of applicants is down 10%

Student nurse numbers plummet again

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THE TORIES axing of the student nurses and midwives bursary has caused numbers applying to plummet even further, this time by 10%, meaning that...

STOP THE AIRPORTS! – smash the strikebreaking bosses

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YESTERDAY the Gate Gourmet picket lines were buzzing with the latest revelations concerning the way that the bosses had provoked a strike in order...