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The families of Rover workers demanding that the Longbridge plant stay open. It was closed after the May 2005 general election and most of the workforce are now working in very low paid jobs

SACKED! – one hour’s notice at BMW Oxford while Unite trade union just looks...

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Agency workers at BMW’s Mini plant in Oxford erupted in fury yesterday after 850 of them, a third of the Cowley plant workforce, were...
UCU lecturers and students were joined by other public sector unions to march against cuts at London Metropolitan University last year, it is now feared to face closure

Cable To Double Student Debt!

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Business and Universities Secretary Cable has confirmed his intention to lift the cap on tuition fees, as recommended in the Browne Review. Lifting the cap...

Stop arming Israel US workers demand!

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AS ISRAEL’S genocide in Gaza nears its 11th month, US workers are continuing to rally and demand that President Joe Biden and vice president...

Emergency debate on Parliamentary sleaze

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‘LAST WEEK was a very dark week for Parliament,’ speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle said in an extraordinary interview with...

Turkey Buys Isis Oil – Says Yaalon

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ISRAEL''S defence minister has accused Turkey of buying oil from IS, thereby funding its activities. Speaking in Athens, Moshe Yaalon said IS had ‘enjoyed Turkish...

Hamas denounces silence over Israeli raid on al-Shifa hospital!

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THE Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has denounced the international community over its ‘shameful silence’ on the Israeli military’s raid against Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital where...

Johnson Mortally Wounded In Confidence Vote

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TORY PM Boris Johnson was mortally wounded in the no confidence vote in parliament last night, with 40% of Tory MPs voting against his...

Corbyn wants Customs Union & Single Market

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‘THERE is no deal which comes without a backstop and without a backstop there is no deal,’ Tory PM May said yesterday afternoon while...
Ritzy cinema workers striking for a living wage

‘WAR ON LOW PAY!’ – launched at Unite conference

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‘WE are launching a war against low wages’ Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner announced yesterday on the second day of their annual conference. Unite...

Johnson Hopes That ‘EU Friends Will Compromise’

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A WEAKER than usual Boris Johnson broke with the pre-speech propaganda that he would take a very defiant ‘do or die’ stance on leaving...

Great support for Southall WRP candidate!

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THE Elect Hassan Zulkifal WRP Ealing Southall campaign got great support on Southall Broadway yesterday. Heathrow Airport worker and GMB member Kutesh Sashikint said: ‘I...
Armed policeman in central London

January conference for locked-out Gate Gourmet workers

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DEFIANT Gate Gourmet locked out workers were standing on the picket line in the freezing cold yesterday determined to win their jobs back and...
Enfield residents and trade unionists assemble on Thursday night before marching to Chase Farm Hospital, determined to keep it open

GPs ‘to be paid to keep patients out of hospital’

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GPs in England will no longer have to offer appointments lasting at least 10 minutes under changes agreed with the government. It is one of...

US NOT OUT OF WOODS YET –warns Fed Reserve boss Bernanke

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America’s central banker, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, has warned that the US economy is ‘not out of the woods yet’. In a speech delivered...
Lewisham BMA on the last big march on January 26 against the plans to close the hospital – their contracts are now under attack by the government

GP contract changes will harm patient care!

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THE government’s proposed changes to the GP contract in England risk putting targets before patients and could seriously destabilise local patient services, GP leaders...
A determined picket outside Chase Farm hospital yesterday as anger mounts at the proposed closure of the A&E and maternity departments

CUTS COSTS LIVES! says Chase Farm mass picket

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Scores of health workers, youth, patients, pensioners and local residents took part in yesterday’s picket of Chase Farm Hospital, organised by North East London...
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Chancellor Reeves in a crisis as pound plummits to 14-month low

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CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has come under intense scrutiny after a turbulent period in the financial markets sent the pound plummeting to a 14-month low...

Britain Trains Saudi Snipers

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It emerged yesterday that the UK is training Saudi Army troops who are being used to suppress demonstrators against the feudal ...

Heathrow security guards OK 33 strike dates over 3 months!

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OVER 2,000 security guards at Heathrow Airport are holding a further 33 days of strike action throughout the summer. The 33 days of strike action...

SPOOKS USED STUDENT COVER! – to whip up war fever against N Korea

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THE London School of Economics has demanded the BBC withdraw tonight’s Panorama programme attacking North Korea and describing it as a fascist state. Complaining of...

‘This war is America’s war against people of Palestine!’

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THE number of people killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since yesterday morning has now risen to at least 54, according to...
The Royal College of Midwives taking strike action last year for the first time in their history

‘NO COMPROMISE ON SAFE STAFFING LEVELS’ says RCN

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HOSPITALS have been told by the Tory government’s regulator to only fill job vacancies that are ‘essential’, raising fears amongst midwives, doctors and nurses...

Junior doctors strike 14-17th June! – and for 3 days each month until they...

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JUNIOR doctors in England will hold a three-day strike from 7am on Wednesday 14 June to 7am on Saturday 17 June, after rejecting a...

Unions demand the truth about RAAC

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SIX unions have asked urgent questions of Gillian Keegan, the Secretary of State for Education, about RAAC affected schools. The general secretaries of six unions...
Unison leader PRENTIS with delegates from the Unison Health Conference joined the picket line at the Brighton General Hospital yesterday

Massive doctors picket lines –answer the Cameron-Hunt threats

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THE TUC must organise a national day of action in support of the junior doctors’ dispute and our NHS, the Public and Commercial Services...

Israel moves to annexe the occupied West Bank

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THE Israeli parliament approved in a narrow vote on Wednesday a bill that would extend Israeli domestic law to the occupied West Bank. The move...

‘NOW PUNISH THE GUILTY!’ – demands Palestine Red Crescent

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THE Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) demanded an independent investigation into Israel’s killing of 15 paramedics in Gaza last month, when it held a...

Syriza Surrenders To Troika!

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THE GREEK government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a treacherous U-turn has turned the landslide ‘NO’ to austerity vote in last Sunday’s referendum,...
Striking French transport workers marching in Lourdes yesterday

French Rail Strike Action Continues

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French transport unions yesterday extended their nationwide strike for another 24 hours, after bringing the train, bus and metro services to a halt on...

Derby schools 25% pay cut

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UNISON is accusing Derby City Council of inflaming tensions and escalating a dispute with school support staff who have seen their pay slashed by...
A strong and angry picket of New Scotland Yard yesterday after the CPS refused to prosecute the policeman responsible for the deadly assault on Ian Tomlinson at G20 protest last year

COVER UP! 5 years after de Menezes killing – another policeman escapes trial

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UPSET and angry relatives reacted bitterly to the news yesterday that there will be no charges over the death of Ian Tomlinson during the...
Marchers in London on Saturday June 5 demanding an end to the siege on Gaza

END THE SIEGE! – says Arab League’s Moussa

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‘The siege must end and the Arab League’s stance on this is very clear,’ said the body’s Secretary-General Amr Moussa yesterday. Speaking as he entered...
A section of yesterday morning’s picket of Chase Farm Hospital

Battle On To Stop Chase Farm Closure

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‘WE’RE having a good picket today,’ said Bill Rogers, secretary of the North-East London Council of Action, outside Chase Farm Hospital yesterday. The Council of...
Staffordshire residents occupied Stafford Hospital grounds for eight months to stop the closure of the hospital’s A&E Department

Staffs Bed Closures – Lives At Risk!

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‘BED closures will put patients’ lives at risk,’ campaigners fighting to save community hospital beds across North Staffordshire declared yesterday. The claim that ‘patients...
GMB members and service users lobbying Barnet Council against cuts and privatisation

87,000 More Jobs To Go – Gmb

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The GMB union’s up to date list shows that a total of 87,374 posts are being made redundant at 107 councils across Britain. In...

HEALTH PRIVATEERS MOVING IN ON GPs!

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NHS London has signed a £7 million contract with a group of multi-national privateers to provide business training for GPs – even before the...
Striking BA cabin crew with  their families on the Heathrow picket line on Tuesday

BRING OUT BA GROUND STAFF! – demand BA cabin crew

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UNITE cabin crew members at British Airways yesterday called on their union to ballot BA ground staff on strike action. They also said BA’s ‘bullying’...

Queen’s Speech delayed – as Tory crisis worsens

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SUCH is the developing crisis facing the Tory Party that the Queen’s Speech has now been delayed. It was due to be delivered on Monday...

Greek farmers are staging mass motorway blockades – as well as blocking customs entry

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GREEK farmers staged mass tractor motorway blockades on Thursday and Friday, while also blocking customs entry points into Greece from neighbouring Balkan countries, as...

Assange At Risk Of Being ‘Tortured To Death’

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WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange, who has been held in terrible conditions in Belmarsh Prison, is ‘in a dire state of health due to psychological...
The Workers Revolutionary Party and Young Socialists banner on the recent ‘Defend the Welfare State’ march

Blairites Joining Coalition!

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Former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott yesterday furiously lashed out at the queue of Blairite former ministers who are joining the Tory coalition. He...
NUT teachers campaigning outside the TUC Congress. They have been engaged in a ‘Stand Up for Education’ campaign that has gained significant support from parents and the general public

‘IT’S TIME TO MAKE A STAND!’ – Unison’s Prentis tells TUC Congress

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DELEGATES at the TUC Congress yesterday unanimously voted for Composite Motion 7 on Public Sector Pay and Living Standards. This includes the call on the...

PRIVATISATION MENACE – a threat to road safety says Prospect

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PROSPECT members in the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency have warned that safety on the UK’s road network is at risk if plans to...

BILLIONS WIPED OFF SHARES – after Japan stock market collapse

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Billions of dollars, pounds and euros were wiped off worldwide share prices yesterday as investors took fright at the abrupt collapse and closure of...