Britain must recognise state of Palestine!
THE 25th National March for Palestine assembled outside Green Park in Piccadilly in central London on Saturday morning, with 50,000 demonstrators chanting: ‘From the...
WAR CRIMINALS! –Scott Ritter compares Bush and Blair to Nuremberg Nazis
‘HE broke the law. He engaged in an illegitimate war of aggression that history has condemned,’ former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter said yesterday,...
Poisonous attack on immigrants
MPs AND peers yesterday launched a poisonous attack on people coming to live in the UK. A new report says that ‘migrants’ should be ‘obliged’...
PC Couzens will die behind bars – MP Harriet Harman calls for Met Commissioner...
PC WAYNE Couzens, who kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard was sentenced yesterday to a ‘whole life order’, which means he will never be...
Corbyn is to demand vote on Syrian intervention!
PRIME Minister May will go before the House of Commons today to try to explain why she ordered British cruise missile attacks on Syria...
Bank of England – Serious Fraud Office investigation!
THE Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating allegations that the Bank of England rigged the way that money was ‘auctioned’ to banks during the...
Homeless deaths up 25% Rough sleeping up 165%
THE NUMBER of homeless people dying on the streets of England has dramatically increased by 25% over five years, while the sheer scale of...
UNIONS MUST TAKE BROWN ON – says News Line-All Trades Unions Alliance rally
All the public sector trade unions must unite for action to bring down the Brown government and replace it with a workers government and...
‘Kettling Is Illegal!’
Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) yesterday commenced a legal case against the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. They are challenging the unlawful imprisonment, through kettling of...
Facilities Staff Battle On!
OVER 100 striking NHS facilities workers shouted ‘30p, No,no,no, ISS Shame on You’, as they marched along the quay at Canary Warf beating drums...
ISRAEL STEPS UP RAFAH BOMBING! – ahead of ground invasion
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...
‘Special measures’ against NHS
ELEVEN NHS hospitals are being placed under special measures because of major failings, Health Secretary Hunt announced yesterday. Hunt said the trusts,...
Armed Greek Riot Police End Occupation
At 8.00am on Thursday morning the armed Greek riot police invaded the building of the State Electricity Board (DEH) Computer Centre in Athens which...
Stop the Gaza slaughter! – Ambassador appeals to Security Council
ACCORDING to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 100 Palestinians have been killed and over 600 injured in Israel’s assault on the besieged coastal enclave. The Palestinian...
Greek Workers March Against Police
Throughout Saturday night thousands of youth attacked banks and department store buildings as well as police stations in Athens and in many other Greek...
Jerusalem To Vote!
Israel yesterday conceded that the Arab residents of east Jerusalem shall vote in this month’s Palestinian election but said ‘under no circumstances’ would it permit...
BUILD REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP – forward to a workers’ government
TWO HUNDRED trade unionists and youth attended the News Line-All Trades Union Alliance conference in Bethnal Green, east London, yesterday. Moving the main resolution, ‘After...
Cwu-Royal Mail Partnership Challenged
CWU representatives yesterday concluded a two day briefing in Bournemouth on the Business Transformation 2010 agreement reached between the CWU executive and Royal Mail. On...
Palestine ‘Day Of Rage’
FIERCE clashes erupted across the West Bank in Palestine during Friday’s ‘Day of Rage’ protests which were attacked by Israeli forces. Protesters marched in solidarity...
‘A general strike is the obvious next step’ – Trade unionists tell News Line
MORE than 20,000 trade unionists, workers and youth marched from Clerkenwell Green to Trafalgar Square on London’s May Day yesterday. The march was led by...
ROYAL FREE BED CUTS! – 100 beds and a number of wards to go
London UNISON health convenor Geoff Martin yesterday slammed plans by the Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust to slash up to 100 beds and close...
Hunt was Murdoch’s ‘cheerleader’
RUPERT Murdoch is to be questioned by the Leveson Inquiry today and tomorrow over the ‘appropriateness’ of his relationship with prime minister Cameron and...
GMM Luton–decision within 6 weeks
A decision is to be made by GM within the next six weeks on whether the Luton GMM plant is to be closed in...
‘Today we set out to transform Britain’ says Corbyn
AT THE party’s manifesto launch in Bradford yesterday Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: ‘Today we set out a vision to transform Britain for the...
Locked-out US steel workers lobby UK AGM
REPRESENTATIVES of United Steel Workers (USW) trade union members who are locked out in Massachusetts, USA, by National Grid, lobbied the parent company’s AGM...
‘WE WANT THE HEALTH BILL SCRAPPED’ – Prentis tells Lansley
Unison general secretary, Dave Prentis, yesterday pledged the union will ‘fight and fight’ until the Health and Social Care Bill is defeated and the...
USDAW delighted at Tory defeat!
SHOPWORKERS trade union leader John Hannett is delighted with the House of Commons vote that defeated the government and removed Sunday trading changes...
NHS contracts to be imposed
NHS England Medical Director Keogh has announced that hospitals are to be forced to change the consultant contract and institute so-called ‘seven day working’...
TGWU leaders still pushing ‘compromise agreement’
LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers were very angry on the picket line at Heathrow Airport yesterday when letters from the TGWU solicitor advising them...
Teachers 60-Hour Week ‘Unacceptable!’
‘TEACHERS working 60 hours a week is totally unacceptable and is exacerbating the teacher shortage,’ warns Kevin Courtney, General Secretary of the National Union...
Russia, Ukraine & US are set to talk in the UAE as the war...
RUSSIAN, Ukrainian and US negotiators are set to hold talks in the United Arab Emirates, marking the first meeting involving all three countries since...
Tata Steel – pension cuts and no jobs guarantees!
THE DEAL, struck between unions and Tata Steel, which guarantees no compulsory redundancies at Port Talbot for five years and accepts the end of...
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...
Greek General Strike Called For Next Wednesday
THE Greek right-wing government have intensified their ‘reforms programme’ as trade unions are preparing a general strike set for next Wednesday 12 December. Last...
Police take full responsibility for unlawful killing
THE Metropolitan Police has apologised to the family of Ian Tomlinson and reached an out-of-court settlement over his ‘unlawful killing’ by a police officer...
SAVE OUR POST OFFICES – CWU announces week of actions
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) yesterday announced a week of action against the closure of Post Offices. The week of campaigning by the ‘Future for...
UCU members to strike next week at 16 colleges
STRIKING staff at Abingdon and Witney College will be on picket lines outside both the Abingdon and Witney campuses from 8am on Tuesday...
Petrol Prices Rocketing!
SOARING fuel and domestic energy prices led to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rate rising from 2.7% to 2.8% in February, the Office...
Trade unions must draw up their own cost of living index
YESTERDAY the UNISON trade union pointed out what most health workers know from hard experience, that; ‘Huge increases in the basics of life eat...
BA Pilots Ready To Strike
The British Airlines Pilots Association (Balpa) has advised its members at British Airways (BA) to set aside £25,000 each to prepare for a long...
Time For Real Wage Rises
YESTERDAY’S soaring inflation figures led trade union leaders to warn the government that members are demanding action against the wage-cutting three-year pay settlements. The Consumer...
‘Don’t underestimate workers strength of feeling!’
TUC leader O’Grady has cautioned new PM Truss not to underestimate the strength of feeling among workers who have endured pay stagnation and real...
Warrington NHS Trust Cancels ‘Privatisation From Within’ Plan
THE WARRINGTON and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been forced by an enormous outburst of mass anger to cancel a scheme allowing patients...
STOP THE UNION BUSTERS! – Irish Congress of Trade Unions calls Day of Protest!
The General President of Irish trade union SIPTU yesterday welcomed the decision by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Executive to back his...
Special forces attack Athens seafarers
HUNDREDS of Greek Coast Guards’ special forces and riot police raided striking seafarers’ pickets at the port of Piraeus at 3.30 Wednesday morning. During the...