Locked-out Gate Gourmet workers angrily lobbying a member of the TGWU National Executive at their meeting yesterday

Woodley Refuses Gate Gourmet Workers Hardship Payments

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‘WOODLEY said “You can stand outside the T&G office for as many years as you want to, it’s not going to change anything’’,’ Gate...
School chair of governors Laws was unable to convince the young strikers to give up their action opposing an Academy

No Academy Here!

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YESTERDAY students at Crown Woods School in Eltham were on strike against management’s decision to turn the school into an academy. Students gathered outside the...

‘We will Brexit October 31 despite Benn Act’ – Johnson

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TORY PM Johnson said yesterday that he believed there was ‘a good chance’ of a Brexit deal with the EU, while also insisting that...
Delegates gave Unison leader Prentis a standing ovation after he declared that 9,000 employers were going to be informed of the Unison members’ strike ballot to defend pensions

4 MILLION TO BE BALLOTED FOR PENSIONS STRIKES – Congress calls for immediate...

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OVER four million public sector workers are set to strike over pensions this November, after trade union leaders announced at the TUC congress yesterday...
Jubilant Hampstead postal workers walked out on strike together at 9.00am Saturday

‘We Will March On Postal Executive’

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‘We walked out at 9am today as we said we would,’ Hampstead Delivery Office Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) Unit rep John Cotier said on...
BA cabin crew strikers march defiantly at Heathrow airport on the last day of their strike action, June 9

BA strike ballot cancelled – BASSA website is blacked out

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UNITE has cancelled its strike ballot of BA cabin crew stating that a new deal is now on the table, and the dispute could...

21 firefighters leave UK to help fight Greek wildfires

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TWENTY-ONE firefighters from the UK left yesterday evening for Greece to assist firefighters out there, in an international effort to tackle the raging wildfires. Tony...

More Leaving Than Joining Nursing

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RESPONDING to the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) figures showing more nurses leaving than joining the profession, Janet Davies, Chief Executive and General...
Gate Gourmet pickets on the hill at Heathrow yesterday determined to defeat mass sackings

‘We’ve been sold out’ – say Gate Gourmet workers

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ANGRY Gate Gourmet workers were on the picket line yesterday after Wednesday’s sell-out deal between the Transport and General Workers’ Union leaders, TUC leaders...

Gaza death toll passes 39,000!

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THE GAZA death toll passed the 39,000 mark yesterday with the Health Ministry reporting at least 39,006 Palestinians have been killed and 89,818 wounded...

May Put On 3 Days Notice

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THE LABOUR, Tory, LibDem, SNP alliance of pro-EU MPs yesterday afternoon delivered another blow on behalf of the European Union against the 2016 referendum...

Abusive MI5 agent’s identity cannot be revealed says judge

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THE BBC is to be prevented from naming a man it says exploited his status as an MI5 agent to abuse a partner and...

MORTGAGE SQUEEZE! – 2.8 Million homes are under threat

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The squeeze on the availability of mortgages is expected to continue and get worse in the next three months, the Bank of England has...

Palestinians rise up against Bahrain-UAE-Israel signing

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PALESTINIANS in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank rose up in anger to denounce the normalisation deals signed in Washington yesterday afternoon...

Newham ambulance staff fighting to win!

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Ambulance staff demonstrated outside Newham Hospital in East London yesterday against the imposition of grossly inferior un-negotiated new contracts, and demanding that they be...

1-metre rule abandoned when schools re-open! – parents to be fined if they keep...

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THE ONE-METRE distancing rule is to be abandoned in schools when they open in September, the Tory government announced yesterday to the alarm of...
Health workers depicting Prime Minister Cameron and Health Secretary Hunt as Scrooges over the government’s refusal to pay the 1% pay rise to all NHS workers

‘Just 15 Minutes Of Care!’

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ELDERLY and vulnerable people are receiving just 15 minutes of care during homecare visits because of savage 40% council budget cuts, Unison warned yesterday. Unison...
Locked-out Gate Gourmet workers outside the Hillingdon office of the TGWU insisting that the union leadership back their fight

Tgwu Officials Refuse To Pay Out Xmas Hardship Money

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THIRTY locked-out Gate Gourmet workers gathered at the TGWU union office in Hillingdon yesterday, angry that they were not being given their hardship money...
A section of yesterday’s picket to keep open closure-threatened Chase Farm hospital in north London

Chase Farm Mass Picket

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SUPPORT for the occupation of Chase Farm Hospital is growing as more and more residents and staff support the picket against its closure. Passing motorists...
Marchers in London this month to defend the rights of disabled people, demanding ‘Don’t disable us – enable us!’

‘PATIENTS TORTURED’ – at a charge of £3,500 a week

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A STORM of anger has erupted following the broadcast of Tuesday night’s BBC Panorama programme, which revealed terrible abuse of vulnerable adults at a...

BA Union Busters!

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UNITE, Britain’s biggest trade union, yesterday warned that British Airways bosses are out to smash the union at Heathrow and Gatwick. The union said it...
Demonstrators in Norwich demand Work Capability Assessments are ended and that the privateer ATOS company is sacked

Scrap ‘cruel assessments’

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DISABILITY Rights UK yesterday welcomed the report published by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on the Work Capability Assessment. The MPs found that the Work...

FBU condemns Tories for ignoring Grenfell findings

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THE Fire Brigades Union has written to the government to demand it rethinks its decision to reject a key Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendation, on...

‘LEAVE NOW’ DEMAND MAY’S MPs – as Tory split widens

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DURING the House of Commons Prime Ministers Questions yesterday, both Tory PM May and Labour leader Corbyn avoided the burning issue of the hour,...

ROYAL FREE BED CUTS! – 100 beds and a number of wards to go

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London UNISON health convenor Geoff Martin yesterday slammed plans by the Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust to slash up to 100 beds and close...

GM mass meeting demand

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WORKERS are resuming work at GM Luton today none the wiser as to what Business Secretary Mandelson told their shop stewards when...
Junior doctors recently came out to defend the whole of the NHS – they were allowed to fight alone

‘General Practice–is in danger of going under!’

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HELEN Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of GPs Council, the UK’s leading doctor, warned yesterday that General Practice is in danger of...
Striking BA mixed fleet cabin crew on the picket line at Heathrow Airport yesterday morning

SOLIDARITY SATURDAY! – for BA strikers

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TODAY is ‘Solidarity Saturday’ when striking British Airways Mixed Fleet cabin crew are being visited by trade unionists and supporters from different trade unions...

Palestine ‘Day Of Rage’

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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...
The front of last Saturday’s 30,000-strong march through central London condemning Israel

CEASEFIRE! – or face Middle East war says Saudi King Abdullah

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Yesterday fighting in the Lebanon was continuing in Bint Jebayl with Israeli tanks and troops in the town. However, the Israeli Army admitted it...

Stop mass deportation flight today! – demand 150 MPs and Lords

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THE MASS deportation flight due to leave today with 50 people on board who came to the UK as children must be stopped! over...

Palestinian infants are dying from the cold!

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A PALESTINIAN infant died on Friday from severe cold while sheltering with her family inside a makeshift tent in Gaza, as Israeli restrictions continue...

BBC Asian Network 24hr strike

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BBC Asian Network went on a 24-hour strike yesterday against the axing of one out of two editor posts in Birmingham and moving a...
Visteon workers occupied the Enfield plant last month after being sacked at six minutes notice

Ldv: No Jobs Guarantee

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Hundreds of workers at the Birmingham-based LDV van plant were yesterday warned there is no guarantee they will have a job after a...

70,000 Nurses Shortfall In Next 5 Years

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A LEAKED copy of the Tory government report into the NHS staffing crisis reveals that there is set to be a shortfall of nearly...

Thousands of GPs tell BMA rescue package is ‘useless’ – BMA survey reveals

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THOUSANDS of GPs in England have told the British Medical Association (BMA) that Health Secretary Sajid Javid’s package of measures to supposedly rescue general...

May’s project fear – ‘Reject my deal and the only certainty will be uncertainty!’

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SPEAKING in Grimsby last Friday May peddled her  own ‘project fear’ line before the new vote on her deal with the EU tomorrow in...

‘A SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY’ – poll finds ‘we are all suspects’

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Human rights group Liberty yesterday called for stronger privacy protection as a YouGov poll revealed that a majority of UK citizens believe Britain is...

Strike Action Sweeping Heathrow

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HUNDREDS of Border Force workers at Heathrow Airport began four days of strike action yesterday against Tory attacks on their working conditions. The more than...

EU publishes plans for ‘no-deal’ scenario

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THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) published yesterday its contingency plans for a ‘no deal scenario’ as post-Brexit trade deals with the UK remain deadlocked. The President...
MAZIN YOUNIS of the Iraqi League (left) with PHIL SHINER of Public Interest Lawyers outside the High Court yesterday

Taken Alive And Murdered Allege Iraqis

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Defence Secretary Ainsworth yesterday conceded in High Court proceedings that there must be an investigation into whether UK soldiers murdered a number of...
Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes and lawyers for his family holding a press conference at the TUC in London yesterday

‘INCONCEIVABLE!’ – that Sir Ian Blair did not know that Jean Charles de Menezes...

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‘NO ONE has been held responsible for anything, no one is going to be prosecuted and the police have been allowed to get away...

‘Finances prioritised over patient care!’ – BMA reviews Scottish NHS

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A SUBSTANTIAL majority of doctors in Scotland feel that patient care is being given a lower priority in Scotland’s NHS than both finances and...

USDAW delighted at Tory defeat!

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SHOPWORKERS trade union leader John Hannett is delighted with the House of Commons vote that defeated the government and removed Sunday trading changes...

MUBARAK GO NOW! – –Millions of Egyptians pour onto the streets

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MASSES of Egyptians flooded into Cairo’s Tahrir Square yesterday, responding to the calls for a million-strong march to demand the removal of President Mubarak. Simultaneously,...