Junior Doctors Strike Ballot Makes Hunt Think Again!
THE THREAT of industrial action by England’s 50,000 junior doctors has forced Tory health secretary Hunt to think again over plans to impose a...
Crozier, Leighton Shutting Down Mail Centres
The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) Postal Executive has put forward an emergency motion for possible strike action by Mail Centre members for debate at...
GM decision this week – says German Economy Minister
General Motors is expected to make a ‘fundamental decision’ this week about selling GM Europe, which includes Germany’s Opel and the UK’s Vauxhall, threatening...
VENEZUELA – MILITARY INTERVENTION IMMINENT – China-Russia warn USA
CHINA and Russia are rallying behind Venezuela, warning against an imminent military intervention into the Latin American country. It is facing a showdown today...
Tories step up war on poor
THE TORY government has launched an all-out assault on the poorest and most vulnerable sections of society, slashing disabled people’s money, cutting child tax...
Busworkers launch a national health & safety campaign
A POWERFUL busworkers march and rally was held in central London yesterday to launch a national campaign for better health and safety as well...
Israeli airstrikes killing a record number of humanitarian workers
SINCE 7 October 2023, Israeli airstrikes have emerged as the leading cause of death for humanitarian workers globally, responsible for over 75 per cent...
‘We are all tax avoiders’ says Tory Lord Fink
‘I STAND by what I said in the House of Commons, that Lord Fink was engaged in tax avoidance,’ Labour leader Miliband said during...
Support For Luton Occupation!
Talks between German government ministers and GM and US government representatives are resuming in Berlin today to decide who will take over GM...
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’...
Thousands of patients sent home too soon!
THE NHS is so short staffed, with such a lack of beds that patients are being sent home too early, as a result...
Fe Colleges Disaster!
Further Education Colleges in England have indicated they face bankruptcy and disaster aftter their refurbishment programme has been halted. The colleges have lost up...
Syria To Get S-300 Anti-Aircraft Missiles
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Russia is going ahead with deliveries of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian army. The arms will help...
GREECE PLEADS FOR TIME TO REPAY LOANS – ‘EU exit would be a catastrophe!’
THE EU-IMF-ECB-imposed Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, on Saturday called for more time to carry out savage austerity cuts, warning that a Greek exit...
209,000 Miss Out On University
Lecturers and students unions yesterday warned that increased fees will see even more youth denied higher education, as new figures confirmed that a record...
Labour in crisis after shock Runcorn defeat
REFORM UK’s shock win in Runcorn & Helsby has plunged Labour into crisis. Nigel Farage’s candidate Sarah Pochin snatched the seat by a mere six...
Avatar Therapy ‘Positive Results!’
A REVOLUTIONARY new therapy in which patients suffering from schizophrenia create an ‘avatar’ of their other self and confront it, has had positive results...
‘ISRAEL OUT OF THE LEBANON’ say Gate Gate Gourmet locked-out workers
‘BLAIR says let Israel get on with its attacks and Woodley our TGWU general secretary says nothing’, Gate Gourmet locked out worker...
Defend Bombardier Jobs!
A DEPUTATION of Bombardier workers will be meeting with MPs at the House of Commons this morning and will press the government into taking...
IRISH WORKERS SIT-IN – Fighting 90 redundancies
WORKERS are occupying the Calcast car parts factory in Campsie, just outside Derry in the north of Ireland. The plant, a subsidiary of the...
MUBARAK GO NOW! – –Millions of Egyptians pour onto the streets
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,...
THE GREAT PENSIONS ROBBERY! –But Labour leader Miliband opposes strikes
FINAL salary pensions will be scrapped and public sector workers forced to work for longer, under plans unveiled yesterday by John (now Lord) Hutton. The...
NATO massacres Afghan civilians
TWELVE Afghan civilians – ten children and two women – and one NATO soldier have been killed in an operation carried out by US-led...
TUC delegates vote for co-ordinated strike action
THE Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Brighton yesterday backed motions demanding better public sector pay and the right to coordinated strike action. Moving Motion 34,...
‘Call general strike’ UCU CONEL chair Anglin tells mass rally of striking college lecturers!
‘TRADE unions must call a general strike to kick out this Tory government,’ Chris Anglin, College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (CONEL)...
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...
‘Circling to take over NHS’ – TUC warns US healthcare companies
US healthcare companies circling to take over the NHS are now ‘on notice’, says the TUC. Speaking after meeting EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht...
NATIONALISE JLR AND CORUS – the only way to defend jobs
Trade union leaders were yesterday impotent in the face of threatened mass sackings at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Corus by owner Tata of...
Corbyn Not Pledging To Deliver Brexit!
LABOUR leader Corbyn gave himself room for more manoeuvres when he told The Andrew Marr Show yesterday: ‘We will table a motion of no...
Barts & St Thomas’ solidarity action!
UNITE Rep at Barts and Whipps Cross hospitals, Leonard Hockey spoke to News Line about the delegation that joined the St Thomas and Guy’s...
Tanker Drivers Offer: 14% Over 2 Years
Shell tanker drivers working for contracted suppliers Hoyer UK and Suckling are being balloted on a 14% rise over two years pay deal reached...
Anti-deportation fighters block removals – are backed by TUC
MOST of the people due to be put aboard a controversial deportation flight to Jamaica yesterday have been removed from the flight list! This was...
Tube Strike Brings London To A Standstill!
POWERFUL picket lines continue outside London rail depots this morning as the RMT Tube union completes this week’s first 24-hour strike at 12noon today,...
Stop £1bn NHS privatisation!
THE GMB trade union is calling on members and the community to join the lobby of the Clinical Commissioning Group in Cambridge from 1pm...
‘SACRIFICES NEEDED IN 2012’ – EU workers are told by leaders
German Chancellor Merkel, in her sombre New Year message yesterday, warned 2012 will be worse than 2011. Merkel said Europe was experiencing its ‘most...
All contact lost with the Al-Shifa Hospital
ALL CONTACT with medical staff inside al-Shifa medical complex in Gaza City has been lost after Israeli drones bombarded the area around it. The Gaza...
‘We don’t trust you, and we will fight against you!’ – Lindsey oil refinery...
‘WE say to the UK government today we will not allow you to do this, we do not trust you and we will fight...
Keep Mount Pleasant Nursery Open
Postal workers and their families staged a protest outside the giant Mount Pleasant International Mail Centre in north London yesterday lunchtime, against the planned...
Corbyn woos CBI bosses
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn began his speech to the CBI yesterday by declaring his loyalty and enthusiasm for business. He said: ‘And if a Labour...
Bank admits undercover EU exit probe
THE Bank of England was yesterday exposed as planning to deceive the public over research it is carrying out into the financial risks of...
Stop Ark Take Over Of State Schools
ANTI-ACADEMY protestors demonstrated yesterday afternoon outside the central London headquarters of ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), which is involved in the building of 12...
SOAS cleaners join striking lecturers
ON THE SECOND day of the three-day strike of 58 universities’ at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in central London yesterday...
Darzi Is Rejected!
The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday angrily rejected health minister Lord Darzi’s claims that they are ‘lagging behind’ and resistant to innovation to...
Gambaccini ‘Coming For The BBC!’
PAUL Gambaccini, the Radio 2 DJ, said he is ‘coming for the BBC’ after accusing the Corporation of being complicit in the child abuse...
RCN slams Health Bill
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Dr Peter Carter yesterday condemned ‘billions of pounds’ of NHS cuts, with thousands of nursing jobs being...