Unite opposed to nationalising GM Luton
‘AN occupation now is the way forward for GM Luton and Vauxhall Ellesmere Port to defend jobs. A mass meeting at GM Luton is...
‘The ugly faces of occupation’ by Mats Svensson
See photo gallery for feature by Mats Svensson of demolition of two houses in Silwan, Jerusalem last week
We Are Fighting Until We Win
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...
Balham PCS Strike Ballot Is Called!
STAFF at Balham benefit centre are being balloted for strike action having been told that their office is due to close on 31 December. This...
Greek Riot Squads Attack Small Farmers!
ARMED squads of the Greek riot police using tear gas and truncheons attacked hundreds of small farmers who were protesting by blockading a motorway...
‘Performance-related’ pay NHS deal must be rejected!
GMB rightly recommended their members to reject the Tory government’s NHS pay offer, as a 6.5% pay increase over three years, when compared with...
Colleges strike today
THOUSANDS of furious staff walked out of Further Education colleges across England from 7.00am this morning in a one-day strike to oppose a proposed...
TORIES ARE FORCING NURSES TO STRIKE – says Cullen
NURSES will strike across Britain on Thursday 15th & Tuesday 20th December, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced yesterday. ‘Strike action will happen in...
UNIONS AGREE WELSH NHS PAY DEAL! – Monday’s Welsh strike action cancelled
HEALTH unions have agreed a separate deal on pay for NHS workers in Wales, meaning they will not be taking part in Monday’s four-hour...
‘GREEN LIGHT TO TORTURE’ – Amnesty condemns Algerian’s deportation
Yesterday’s immigration panel ruling to deport an Algerian man as a threat to national security is ‘an affront to justice and a green light...
Reject Plan To Close Hospitals!
Health minister Ara Darzi’s plans ‘are a massive attack on hospital care in London’, warned consultant surgeon Anna Athow yesterday. Darzi is conducting...
Lloyd’s braced for euro collapse!
LLOYD’S of London has made preparations for the collapse of the euro. Richard Ward, its chief executive, has publicly admitted that the world’s...
RCN OPPOSES ‘RELENTLESS’ NHS ‘REFORM’ – UNISON Health Conference to demand action
A Royal College of Nursing (RCN) survey of senior nurses, released yesterday, says 13,000 NHS job losses have been announced in the last six...
CWU reps to decide on national strike ballot – as all 371 Crown Post...
COMMUNICATION Workers Union (CWU) reps from Royal Mail workplaces across the UK will meet next week to decide on actions to protect postal jobs...
Umunna ready for new party
THE Independent Group of eight ex-Labourites and three ex-Tories is in talks with the Electoral Commission about becoming a fully-fledged political party, group spokesman...
Pm May Sticks To Backstop!
TORY PM Theresa May pledged in a speech to business leaders in Belfast yesterday to confirm her commitment ‘to deliver a Brexit which ensures...
Unions Reject Pay-Cut Cartel
HEALTH unions, Unison, the BMA, and RCN have refused to recognise a South West regional NHS cartel set up to cut pay and conditions. The...
Striking Nurses To March On Downing Street!
STRIKING nurses are marching on Downing Street today, leaving UCLH (University College London Hospital) at 2.30pm, as nursing staff go on strike in what...
Dump NHS early discharge plan!
FOLLOWING massive opposition from the public, patients and staff, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has temporarily suspended plans to pilot a scheme to...
PNA police attack Hamas
‘The Palestinian Authority should seek to protect the Palestinian people, not the Israeli settlements,’ Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said yesterday, as gunbattles continued...
Nationalise Jaguar Land Rover – to save workers’ rights and jobs
THERE HAS been confirmation that Jaguar Land Rover will build a new all-electric model at its Castle Bromwich plant. Unite said yesterday that the announcement...
LABOUR NOW ‘PARTY OF PATRIOTISM!’ – says witch-hunting Keir Starmer
SIR KEIR Starmer announced the institution of a witch-hunting regime in the Labour Party at a 30-minute press conference in East London yesterday. He insisted...
Tories unleash savage cuts on South Western Railway – RMT launches week of action...
TRANSPORT union the RMT is stepping up its campaign today against ‘swingeing cuts’ on South Western Railway which will unleash an attack on rail...
New Junior Doctors’ Contract Negotiations
THE BMA (British Medical Association) announced at the annual junior doctors committee meeting on Saturday that it is participating ‘in a collaborative review and...
ALL LABOUR MPs FACING RE-SELECTION! – Corbyn tells campaign launch
JEREMY Corbyn launching his official campaign to remain the leader of the Labour Party promised to ‘hold out the hand of friendship’...
Greek TUC to defy march ban
THE GSEE (Greek TUC) has declared that it intends to defy today’s ban on demonstrations and marches which was announced by Athens Area Chief...
‘Distortion of reality!’ – Iran condemns Rubio threats
PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasised that Iran makes no decision without the approval of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei. Pezeshkian made...
Euro Crisis Crunch Time
US TREASURY Secretary Timothy Geithner held emergency meetings with German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi yesterday. Markets had...
Gatwick Airport Faces Default!
GATWICK Airport is in talks with bank lenders to try to avoid defaulting on multi-million pound loans, as Covid restrictions contribute to huge losses. The...
SACK HUNT! –80,000 sign petition for action
A PETITION to remove Tory Health Secretary Hunt from his post is already heading towards the 100,000 mark. Some 80,000 people have signed a petition...
Student grants abolished!
GRANTS were abolished yesterday leaving hundreds of thousands of poorer students with a stark choice: either spend the rest of your life in debt,...
Plan to evict council tenants
THE government is planning to end the right of council tenants to stay in their homes for life. An amendment to the Housing Bill,...
Nurses voting begins in indicative strike ballot – 160,000-strong petition handed to No 10
A DELEGATION from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) representing members from across the country handed in a 160,000-strong petition to 10 Downing Street...
Junior doctors strike suspended by BMA
THE BMA has suspended next week’s 48-hour junior doctors strike. In a statement, the BMA said: ‘The decision comes as ACAS talks continue this week...
Amsterdam Horror!
THE European Group for the Rights of Prisoners (EORG) was demanding answers yesterday after at least 11 people were ...
Swee Ang defies BMA ban!
OVER 200 people demonstrated outside the doctors’ union BMA head office in central London yesterday to protest against the ban on Dr Swee Ang...
Catalonia Declares Independence!
CROWDS outside the Catalan parliament erupted in celebration, letting off fireworks as Catalonia declared its independence from Spain yesterday afternoon, after a vote of...
‘We Will Win This Battle’ Say Serco Strikers
THERE was a very lively picket at the Royal London Hospital of Serco workers yesterday, on the third day of their current 14-day strike. They...
Liberty to sell steel plant 5,000 jobs in the balance – Nationalise the entire...
FIVE THOUSAND steel jobs hang in the balance as steel giant Liberty announced plans to sell its plant in Stocksbridge, Sheffield, as part of...
Huge NHS Beds Shortage Halting NHS Ops!
SURGEONS have been left ‘kicking their heels’ because thousands of operations have been cancelled as a result of a beds shortage during the winter...
Global Markets Total Carnage!
THE GLOBAL economy nosedived as soon as markets opened yesterday morning with shares around the world haemorrhaging. Once more at the start of US trading,...
IFS points to huge inflation
ANALYSIS by the Institute of Fiscal Studies shows that ‘real median household income in 2013–14 is more than 6% lower than before the economic...
70,000 jobless rise!
YOUTH unemployment has risen by another 20,000 to very nearly one million, according to figures issued by the Office for National Statistics yesterday. The number...
Greek anger over EU diktat
Greek workers and youth are infuriated with the leaked German government document which proposes that an EU ‘Budget Commissioner’ should be installed in Greece...
One in ten in ‘insecure’ work!
THE NUMBER of zero-hours contract and low-paid self-employed workers has rocketed by a quarter since 2011 to three million, new research released yesterday by...

















