‘SORT OUT OUR WAGES!’ – demand London busworkers
Over 6,000 bus drivers were out on a 24 hour strike yesterday to protest at the huge pay disparity between the eighteen London bus...
Demand TUC take action! – Anna Athow tells BMA’s Representative Meeting
BMA chair Dr Mark Porter told the union’s Special Representative Meeting yesterday that ‘Twenty-four years ago, it was the first reforms that established an...
Keep Ealing Maternity open!
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...
‘STATE OF COMPLETE COLLAPSE’ – healthcare system in Gaza
THE HEALTHCARE system in Gaza is ‘completely out of service and in a state of complete collapse’, Palestinian health ministry spokesman, Dr Ashraf al-Qudra,...
‘Don’t blame me’–if ‘Remain’ loses says Corbyn!
ASKED if he would take the blame if Britain votes to leave the EU tomorrow, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn replied: ‘I’m not going...
‘The slippery slope to privatisation!’
RAIL union RMT said yesterday it will fight Transport Secretary Chris Grayling’s plans to privatise Network Rail. The RMT lobbied a major speech on rail...
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...
CHASE FARM WILL NOT CLOSE! say residents and nurses
ON DAY 13 of the daily picket of Chase Farm Hospital, which has been called to prepare for occupation to stop its closure,...
‘They flock us towards their fire’ – aid points are traps for mass killings
The Israeli occupation army committed a new massacre on Sunday morning in southern Gaza, killing at least 31 aid seekers and injuring 120 others...
Campaign to aid & rebuild Gaza Strip began Sunday
MORE than 80 countries and institutions are participating in an international campaign to aid and rebuild the Gaza Strip, following the ceasefire that came...
‘We will save Egypt from military rule!’
CROWDS marched to Cairo’s Tahrir Square again yesterday after the April 6 movement called for a protest starting at 5.00pm (1500 GMT) ‘against the...
UK citizen must be freed – being held illegally in Iraq by the British...
Today, the case of a British citizen detained without charge in Basra by UK Forces since 10 October 2004 will be heard in the...
Hysterical Witch Hunt Launched On Labour Leader Corbyn
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn’s opponents within the Labour Party have stepped up their hysterical witch hunt against him, accusing him of ‘stirring up’ his...
POLICE KNOW BEST! – Blair’s message for House of Commons
Prime Minister Blair yesterday attacked MPs for opposing the police demand for powers to hold people for 90 days without charge. Blair told his monthly...
Syriza Willing To Suspend Election Pledges
THE Italian state TV and radio reported on Friday that according to the Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek government was prepared to...
Jean Charles de Menezes – HELD DOWN AND SHOT SEVEN TIMES!
Harrowing video clips of Jean Charles de Menezes’ body in a pool of blood, after being shot seven times in the head at point...
Surge in privatisation threatens NHS – warn health unions
‘A SURGE in privatisation is threatening free NHS treatment,’ unions say. With contracts worth £5.5bn going to private firms, health sector unions warn of a...
Two million Gazans face hunger, thirst, disease, fear & flooding!
MORE than two million people in the Gaza Strip are besieged by hunger, thirst, disease and fear and obtaining meals has become an impossible...
SHUT DOWN FAILED BANKS! – urges the IMF Director Lagarde
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has warned that the worldwide financial crisis is deepening and more threatening than ever. In a speech at the...
No mandatory safe staffing levels for the NHS!
THE TORY coalition Government’s announcement that they will publish NHS staffing levels on a website are a cover to ‘provide any level of nursing...
‘WE SHOULD ALL COME OUT!’ – Serwotka tellls CWU rally
‘We offer our full solidarity,’ civil servants’ union PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka told a 500-strong rally of striking postal workers in central...
Southern bailout stinks!
‘THIS STINKS of another multi-million pound taxpayer subsidy to bail out the failing Southern rail part of the Govia Thameslink franchise,’ Mick Cash general...
‘Avanti West Coast Want Drivers To Work With A Real Terms Wage Cut!’
AHEAD of the powerful one-day strike at nine major train privateers this Saturday, Aslef General Secretary Mick Whelan has accused one of them, Avanti...
‘No return to northern Gaza!’ as Israel attacks the West Bank!
THE Israeli military has warned Palestinians against returning to northern Gaza, saying ‘the war is not over’. Israel has said that northern Gaza is out...
Ambulance staff at breaking point
AMBULANCE staff are at breaking point, with the union Unison raising the alarm yesterday that services are facing unprecedented 999 call volumes and unsustainable...
Gate Gourmet Locked-Out Workers Lobby Tuc
In London Gate Gourmet locked out workers lobbied the TUC. Here they are discussing with MARY BOUSTED the leader of the ATL teaching union...
Coronavirus ‘Running Wild In Care Homes!’
THE LATEST figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which include every community death linked to Covid-19 in England and Wales, showed a...
LABOUR POLICY TO BANKRUPT NHS TRUSTS say UNISON delegates
Delegates at the UNISON National Delegate Conference in Glasgow yesterday said it was ‘government policy’ to drive NHS trusts into the red. Delegates slammed Labour...
REINSTATE OUR STRIKES! – CWU members tell leaders
THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) sent out a letter to its branches yesterday, declaring that Royal Mail was prepared to impose ‘change’ on the...
Labour crashes to historic defeat in Welsh election!
MORE than a century of Labour dominance in Wales ended yesterday as the party crashed to a historic defeat in the Senedd election, losing...
Call A General Strike To Kick The Tories Out!
The TUC (Trades Union Congress) has called a summit at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool on Wednesday, June 15. ‘to bring together union leaders and...
RCN Demands A 5% Above Inflation Pay Rise
FOLLOWING the ONS (Office of National Statistics) announcement yesterday that inflation in the 12 months to May soared to 11.7%, the RCN (Royal College...
One in six Gaza children severely malnourished!
‘ONE IN SIX children under two years of age are acutely malnourished in northern Gaza,’ Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organisation (WHO) representative said yesterday. ‘This...
Rayner says Labour will overturn anti-strikes law ‘within 100 days’
SHADOW Deputy PM Angela Rayner told the TUC Conference in Liverpool yesterday that a Labour government will overturn the Tory anti-strikes Minimum Service Levels...
THE GREAT MINERS STRIKE 1984-85 – PART TWO: Mounted police and riot squads attack...
IN the last article we saw how the state had leapt into action from the outset of the strike to try and break it...
Energy bills will rise by 50% average family to pay £2,000 – Pensioners risk...
BILLS are set to rise by 50% in April when the latest change to the energy price cap takes effect, it emerged yesterday, while...
Angry firefighters call for much bigger action!
FIREFIGHTERS throughout England and Wales walked out of their fire stations at noon yesterday at the beginning of the Fire Brigades Union National Pensions...
Probation Staff Strike Today!
STAFF working for the probation service in England and Wales are walking out of their offices at noon today in a 24 hour strike...
Remploy Factories Being Closed
THE LABOUR government is proceeding with its disgraceful closure programme of Remploy factories for disabled workers. Twenty-eight of the 83 Remploy factories around the country...
Police illegally held Fairford demonstrators
Civil rights organisation Liberty welcomed yesterday’s Law Lords ruling in favour of anti-war protesters who police stopped from travelling to a protest at RAF...
BRITISH TROOPS FOR JORDAN! – Stop the War demands issue be put before parliament
2,000 UK troops and a RAF spy plane are bound for Jordan to ‘combat ISIS’ it emerged yesterday. The UK will send the ‘specialist troops’...
Elderly Health Care Is Not Good Enough!
Eight out of ten doctors believe healthcare services for older people are not good enough, according to a British Medical Association (BMA) survey...
‘STOP PANICKING’ – Ukrainian President Zelensky tells United States
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the ‘imminent’ threat of Russian military action in Ukraine justifies evacuating the US embassy in Kiev. His...
Global Climate Change Strike
HUNDREDS of thousands of school youth are walking out on strike today in more than 100 countries around the globe over climate change. School youth...
Johnson-Sunak Are Criminals Say The Met Police!
PM JOHNSON and Chancellor Sunak are criminals according to the Police! Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will be issued fines – officially known as fixed...