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Whipps Cross strikers on the picket line early yesterday morning

‘PAY US WHAT WE ARE OWED’ – say Whipps Cross strikers

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Nearly 300 porters, cleaners and switchboard staff employed by Rentokil Initial at Whipps Cross Hospital in East London began another three days of strike...
WRP candidate JONTY LEFF is getting great support for the party’s policies from young people

Vote WRP Vote Leff in Hackney South and Shoreditch

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‘I AM voting for Jonty Leff Workers Revolutionary Party because I want the Tories out and I want a party which is going to...
Unite leading a demonstration to mark the 63rd anniversary of the NHS in July this year

SCRAP THE BILL! – and the Board says Unite

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‘The NHS Commissioning Board and the Health Bill should be scrapped’, a Unite spokeswoman told News line yesterday. She was responding to the news that...

PM HAS BROKEN PLEDGES! – says top QC Martin Howe

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TORY PM Theresa May was yesterday accused of a ‘wholesale abandonment’ of Brexit promises by top QC Martin Howe. May’s controversial Chequers sell-out deal...

PENSIONS ROBBERY – Rolls-Royce strike today

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ROLLS-ROYCE workers walk out on strike this morning as the struggle over the great ‘pensions robbery’ escalates. 3,500 car workers across the German car...
Midwives demand ‘No cuts’ to the NHS

Cameron Breaks His NHS Spending Pledge

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Prime minister Cameron has broken the coalition’s pledge to increase funding for the NHS, both Labour and the Institute of Fiscal Studies have warned. Labour’s...

‘MORE PEOPLE SET TO DIE FROM FIRES’ – Letter to PM May warns

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THE TORY government has been slammed over lack of preventative action, with PM Theresa May being warned that more people are set to die...

Hamas denounces Israel’s plan to execute Palestinian prisoners

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The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset’s approval in its first reading of a bill that would permit the execution...

HALT RM PRIVATISATION! – industry making £900,000 a day profits

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‘We have to be bold and honest in our fight to stop Royal Mail privatisation,’ Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) Eastern Region Secretary Paul Moffat...
Hundreds of thousands took part in an anti-austerity march on June 20th – they will not take a rise in interest rates lying down

‘RATE RISE FEAR’ – Bank of England urges caution

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‘IT WOULD be foolish to pre-announce’ a date for an interest rate increase, the Bank of England’s deputy governor for monetary policy Ben Broadbent...

Israeli army storms Jenin!

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ISRAELI occupation forces stormed the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp overnight on Tuesday and throughout yesterday, destroying infrastructure. Occupation forces launched a...

‘No return to northern Gaza!’ as Israel attacks the West Bank!

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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...

NHS Trust withholds rent over fire safety – Patients evacuated from two wards

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CORNWALL Partnership Foundation Trust is withholding rent payments to NHS Property Services to force it to take urgent action over fire safety. Patients have had...

‘Heathrow sits on mountain of cash while sacking 4,000’ says Unite as strike ballot...

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‘HEATHROW’S cash mountain should be used to help low paid staff threatened by “fire and rehire”,’ Unite said yesterday. Heathrow workers are currently being...

50% rise in lorry driver deaths – exposed by Unite research

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UNITE has called for urgent reforms into how the deaths of workers and members of the public killed and injured in road accidents...

POMPEO VISITS LONDON – after Iran suspends nuclear deal

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IRAN has suspended its commitments under the 2015 international nuclear deal, a year after it was ripped up by President Trump. President Hassan Rouhani said...
Over 1,000 people marched through Norwich last month against the Arts Council cuts

MASSACRE OF THE ARTS! – Arts Council withdraws grants from 184 organisations

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A total of 184 arts organisations have had 100 per cent of their funding withdrawn, Arts Council England announced yesterday. While it said that 17...

Alarming A&E Waiting Times

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THE British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that a million more patients will face waits of more than four hours at accident and emergency...
Lively ASLEF picket line at London Bridge Station yesterday morning – Southern rail was brought to a complete standstill

‘Southern Are Bullies!’

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‘WE HAVE been forced to go on strike by an intransigent management that has not been prepared to negotiate with us. Southern are bullies,’...
CWU members in Bow, east London, fighting to defend their jobs and stop the casualisation of Royal Mail

‘STRIKES WILL END’ says CWU leader Hayes

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Postal workers in delivery and collection offices around the country were out solid again on Saturday in defence of their union, the Communication Workers’...

Prevention rather than cure! – Tories unveil 10-year plan to smash NHS

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‘THE NHS long term plan is as much about prevention, and early diagnosis, as treatment and recovery,’ PM May said speaking on The Andrew...
Workers marching on Parliament in July 2017 after Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell called for the Tories to go

‘We Have To Prepare For No Deal’ –Johnson

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‘We have to prepare for no deal... We have to prepare convincingly for no deal,’ former Tory Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told the BBC’s...

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...
Doctors at the British Medical Association Annual Representative Meeting in June demanded their leadership oppose NHS privatisation

‘CHARGES UNDERMINE THE NHS’ – urges consultant surgeon

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Trade unions yesterday slammed Labour’s privatisation policy in response to MPs’ criticism of the system of NHS charges. MPs on the House of Commons...

Landlords Can Grab The £400 Energy Bill Rebate

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LANDLORDS face a potential Tory cash bonanza with nothing to stop them holding on to the £400 energy bill rebate which the government is...
A recent defend education march in Lewisham – parents will be shocked to find out that tens of thousands of children are being fingerprinted at school

Fingerprinting At Over 280 Schools

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‘Schools should hold off until there is proper guidance,’ NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates told News Line yesterday. The teachers union leader was responding to...

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT RESIGNS – Medvedev to be deputy head of Russian Security Council

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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly yesterday. According to Putin, the birth rate in the...
Junior doctors demonstrate in the lead-up to their second strike. Their fourth strike takes place this week – they will not accept imposition

Legal challenge to Tory contract imposition

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THE BMA has launched a judicial review, challenging the lawfulness of the Tories’ decision to impose a new contract on the junior doctors. Junior doctors...
PCS members picket the Law Courts against government attempts to smash the pensions agreement

Private Pensions Robbery!

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UNISON yesterday called on private companies to act responsibly and provide decent pensions for their workers, instead of leaving individuals struggling to make complex,...

Thames Water must be nationalised!

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THE likelihood of Thames Water being taken into public ownership has significantly increased, following the shareholders’ refusal to provide £500m in urgent financial support. This...

LONDON UNDERGROUND TOTAL SHUTDOWN JULY 26 & 28 – ASLEF joining RMT on strike

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ASLEF Tube drivers will strike on Wednesday 26 and Friday 28 July, alongside their RMT colleagues, closing down the London Underground (LU) network at...

Smash the Tory Anti-Strike Bill!

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THE TUC warned yesterday that the right to strike of 1-in-5 workers in Britain is at risk because of the Tory government’s Strikes (Minimum...

UK-CIA Inquiry Boycott

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NINE rights groups have said they will boycott a parliamentary inquiry into the UK’s involvement in the CIA’s torture and rendition programmes. Amnesty International, Reprieve,...

Unite to take BA to court

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The Unite trade union yesterday announced it is to take legal action to stop British Airways imposing its disputed new work contracts on 14,000...
South-East London Council of Action members along with users of the ‘Peckham Spike’ community project  lobbying Southwark Town Hall on Wednesday evening

Mass Lobby Of Southwark Town Hall

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MORE than 100 people staged a mass lobby of Southwark Town Hall in south London on Wednesday night. The rain did not dampen their spirits,...

PCS REJECTS ‘BULLYING’ OF THE POOR – as government plans four-week benefit cuts

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THE civil service union PCS said yesterday it was opposed to ‘punitive’ benefit cuts facing the unemployed, single parents and even the disabled, who...
Thousands marched fromn the BMA headquarters to Westminster demanding that the NHS Health Bill be smashed – it is now law and workers are determined to fight it

SACK THE COALITION! – to keep our hospitals open

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THE Hewletts came straight to the point yesterday over the plan to close Chase Farm hospital. ‘We should sack Lansley and the whole government to...

Bankers’ Man Hunt Imposes Tens Of Billions In Tax Rises & Savage Cuts

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CHANCELLOR HUNT yesterday announced tens of billions in tax rises and spending cuts in his Autumn Statement. Hunt acknowledged that the UK was in recession...
Gate Gourmet workers from Heathrow outside their Employment Tribunal last week – the Irish SIPTU union is concerned over the company’s ‘profiling’ of its workforce in Dublin

‘Sinister’ Gate Gourmet Dublin

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Irish union SIPTU general president Jack O’Connor has expressed concern overplans by Gate Gourmet, Dublin, to carry out profiling of individual workers to ascertain...

Greek Bankworkers Fight Sackings

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GREEK bankworkers at the Piraeus Bank went on a national strike last Friday against mass sackings. On the orders of the EU all Greek...
Busworkers protesting outside Victoria Coach Station in London yesterday against their appalling working conditions

WE WANT RESPECT! say London busworkers

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‘GIVE us toilets on our stands, don’t just sit there on your hands!’ shouted over 300 bus workers outside Victoria Coach Station yesterday morning. TGWU...
GPs show their support for junior doctors on the march in London on October 17th

GPs want action ballot!

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ALMOST two thirds of GPs want the BMA to ballot the profession over industrial action, a GPonline survey has revealed, as the BMA’s Local...

Israeli Army Tanks Move Into Khan Younis

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ISRAELI army tanks moved into the centre of Khan Younis city yesterday, targeting housing blocks and public buildings, after a night of non-stop artillery...

Seafarers will be criminalised for saving refugees lives says RMT as Patel launches Borders...

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SEAFARERS’ union RMT has raised alarm over government legislation criminalising seafarers for saving lives at sea. The proposals, contained in the government’s Nationality and Borders...

CWU demands ‘criminal investigations’ – into the postmaster jailings

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‘HEADS must roll for the humiliation and misery inflicted on decent, upstanding people,’ the CWU (Communication Workers Union) insisted yesterday. It is demanding criminal investigations...