PCS members say they are on the front line in fight against ‘union bashing’

Pickles ‘out to smash union’

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A LIVELY PCS lobby yesterday of the Royal Courts of Justice took place as the union took the Department for Communications and Local Government...
Remploy workers and supporters campaigning in Brixton yesterday

HORRIFIC INJUSTICE! – Alder family will not give up

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LIBERTY this week asked the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to determine if Christopher Alder’s death in police custody has been properly investigated...
Campaigning on Saturday afternoon in Southall Broadway to stop the closure of the Ealing Hospital Maternity Department

Keep Ealing Maternity open!

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A CAMPAIGN team was out on Southall Broadway yesterday fighting for this Wednesday’s march and occupation to stop the closure of Ealing Hospital Maternity...

‘Unite against hunger!’ – Bakers union leader Woolley

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‘BELFAST, Liverpool and London must unite against hunger during the Right To Food Week 2023’ says Sarah Wooley the general secretary of the Bakers...
RMT members calling for the renationalisation of the West Coast Mainline trains . . . they now call for the East Coast Mainline to remain nationalised

NATIONALISE THE RAILWAYS! – ASLEF, RMT and TSSA launch Judicial Review

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RAIL unions ASLEF, RMT and TSSA have launched a Judicial Review to challenge the government over plans to re-privatise the East Coast railway. The unions...
Workers marching on 10 Downing Street to condemn the savage cuts policy of Cameron, Osborne and Clegg

GMB defies ‘lock-out’ notices

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THE GMB trade union has reiterated its stance of refusing to enter talks at Rhondda Cynon Taff in response to the issuance of a...

Walthamstow Public Meeting: Quit EU in October! – October 24th, 2019

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News Line & Workers Revolutionary Party Public meetings: Trade unions must act to make sure we quit EU on October 31st! For a workers government and...

Hamas-US in direct talks!

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THE White House has confirmed that the United States has engaged in direct negotiations with Hamas regarding American captives held in Gaza, despite Washington’s...
The GMB’s Cowboys drove Wal-Mart back on this occasion

GMB ASDA DEAL – Wal-Mart backs away from 5-day strike

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The GMB trade union yesterday confirmed it has accepted an agreement offered by Wal-Mart owned Asda supermarkets and called off a planned five-day national...
The special relationship between Murdoch and the Metroplitan Police began with the organisation of strikebreaking at Wapping

YATES REFUSES TO RESIGN! Murdoch and Brooks to appear!

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EVIDENCE from Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates to the Parliamentary Home Affairs Select Committee was scorned as ‘unconvincing’ by its chairman Keith Vaz...

Inflation Surge!

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inflation leapt in December with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rising to 3.7 per cent, up from 3.3 per cent in November, and the...

RCN Announces A New Strike Ballot

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THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced a new strike ballot which will ask members employed by the NHS in England if they’re...

General Strike For Palestine!

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YESTERDAY, on Al- Quds Day, thousands of people took to the streets of London in a powerful march orchestrated by the Justice for Palestine...
Lecturers and students on the picket line at Imperial College during last years’ strikes over pay and pensions

143 UK Universities Being Balloted For Strike Action

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AROUND 70,000 members of the University and College Union (UCU) in 143 UK universities are being balloted for strike action in a row over...

115 Gaza deaths due to man-made famine

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THE Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza run by Hamas, yesterday said that the famine is worsening in the Gaza Strip, warning against false...

Al Quds March ban is condemned!

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ANNUAL Al Quds march organisers, the Islamic Human Rights Commission, (IHRC) yesterday condemned the march ban announced by Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. It is...

Iraq War Decided On In 2002

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Condoleezza Rice, then national security adviser to US President Bush, was the first person UK ambassador to the US Christopher Meyer heard mention Iraq...

No Protection For Police Spies

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CRUCIAL parts of an inquiry into undercover police spies who spent years embedded in political movements are to be heard in secret in order...

‘KEEP YOUR PROMISES’ – US unions tell Obama

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American trade unions who campaigned for Barack Obama’s landslide election victory, yesterday told the new US president to keep his promises to working families. Service...
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)...
Unite Tesco supply workers protest outside a store in central London – 9,000 jobs are threatened as the company seeks to save £1.5bn

Tesco confirms 9,000 job cuts!

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TESCO confirmed yesterday that 9,000 jobs are to be axed, as the supermarket giant looks to scrap the fresh food counters, including the in-store...
Students enthusiastically joined their striking lecturers on the picket line outside Lambeth College in south London yesterday

Colleges Strike For 5% Pay Rise!

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‘WHAT do we want? Five per cent! When do we Want it? Now!’ rang out on the picket line outside Lambeth College yesterday morning,...
NEWS LINE ANNIVERSARY RALLY: SUNDAY 2nd DECEMBER

NEWS LINE ANNIVERSARY RALLY: SUNDAY 2nd DECEMBER

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The News Line Anniversary Rally takes place on Sunday December 2nd from 2-6pm at Skeel Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary university, Mile End, London E1 For...

GOURMET LOCKOUT COSTS BA £100m

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FURIOUS locked-out Gate Gourmet workers yesterday slammed Transport and General Workers Union officials for demanding British Airways workers, who came out on strike in...

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,...

Stop The Bosses Plan To Smash Trade Unions – Recall The TUC To...

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PM Sunak yesterday accused RMT leader Mick Lynch of causing ‘misery for millions’ with the ‘cruelly timed’ pay rise walk-outs by rail workers. He...

BEIS indefinite strike!

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OVER 20 PCS catering workers at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), working for contractor Aramark, walked out on indefinite strike...

COVID IS BEING USED TO SACK TENS OF THOUSANDS says RMT leader Mick Lynch

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RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch has accused the Johnson government and the privately-run train operating companies of ‘using Covid as a smokescreen’ to rip...
Refugees camp in the port of Piraeus – another refugee has died after being seriously injured by a police vehicle

Greek journalists 48hr strike

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GREEK journalists employed in newspapers are on a national 48-hour strike this Thursday and Friday, while journalists on radio and television are staging their...

53rd anniversary of the launch of the Palestinian revolution!

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PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas will light a torch next Sunday evening in Ramallah to mark the 53rd anniversary of the launch of the Palestinian...
One of the big demonstrations in London during the 14 days of strikes – the employers have now made an offer

UCU – New Pensions Offer

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UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) branch representatives will meet at 11am on Wednesday 28 March to discuss members’ feedback on a new pensions offer...

NO CONFIDENCE IN HUNT! BMA votes for repeal of Health & Social Care Act

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ANGRY doctors yesterday delivered a vote of No Confidence against Tory Health Secretary Hunt. Doctors at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting (ARM)...

Inquiry Into Mi5 Death Squads In North Of Ireland

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AN INVESTIGATION is being launched which will examine the activities of an MI5 agent known as ‘Stakeknife’ who has been linked to 50 murders...

MARCH WITH US THROUGH SOUTHALL say locked-out Gate Gourmet workers

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers are calling on the whole trade union movement to join them on their march through Southall on Sunday December...

Unemployment highest in 5 years!

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UNEMPLOYMENT in the UK rose to its highest rate in nearly five years at the end of 2025, official figures show. The unemployment rate climbed...

‘UK will leave EU on March 29’ – insists PM May

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IN A House of Commons statement yesterday PM May insisted that her deal is the best that she can get and that even...

BBC unions to ‘trawl for volunteers’ for the sack

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‘The BBC unions agreed ‘a trawl for voluntary redundancies’ during last Wednesday’s four-hour meeting with BBC Director General Mark Thompson. Thompson would give no guarantee...

TRUMP’S COUP FAILS – AFL-CIO must call a general strike

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ARMED supporters of US President Trump stormed the Capitol building and forced a lockdown on Wednesday evening. However, the attempted coup failed. A woman was...

US invasion of Venezuela would spark a civil war!

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‘INTERVENTION from the US states could precipitate a civil war and lead to a humanitarian catastrophe,’ Labour MP for Derby North, Chris Williamson said...

Capital City lecturers strike

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STRIKING Capital City College Group (CCCG) lecturers rallied outside the CEO’s office in Victoria yesterday on the second day of their eight-day strike. The strikers...

Cases of police sexual abuse are rising! – Warns Independent Office for Police Conduct...

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CASES of police abusing their role for sexual gain have risen sharply, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) warned yesterday, revealing the fact...

Hague plans ‘English Veto’

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PROPOSALS for English Laws for an English parliament were set out yesterday by Tory cabinet member William Hague, Leader of the House of...
Platform of Saturday’s packed ‘Save Chase Farm’ meeting, (L-R) consultant ANNA ATHOW, Maternity Liaison Committee member Gail McCONNELL, Ambulanceman Jonathan FOX, chair STEPHEN ARMSTRONG, Save Chase Farm councillor KIERAN McGREGOR, local GP Dr NICHOLAS P

BUILD COUNCILS OF ACTION! – Save Chase Farm Hospital meeting urged

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A packed 400-strong Save Chase Farm meeting in Enfield last Saturday heard calls for Councils of Action to organise occupations to stop the closure...

‘The unacceptable face of capitalism’ – Green warned to pay up

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‘IF PHILIP Green won’t do the right thing by the members of the BHS pension fund then he should have his knighthood removed. And...

Huddersfield University UCU fighting large scale sackings

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THE University and College Union (UCU) yesterday slammed the University of Huddersfield for large-scale redundancy proposals that could see staff lose their jobs by...