‘We have been ignored for too long!’ says nurses’ leader Cullen ahead of December...

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‘We have been ignored for too long!’ says nurses’ leader Cullen ahead of December strikes   ‘WHILE billions of pounds is being spent on temporary measures...

900 Lebanese killed

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All Israeli troops must leave Lebanon before we can accept a ceasefire, Hezbollah said yesterday as its fighters battled an Israeli force of 10,000...
‘Keep Our Nursery Open’, demanded protesting postal workers outside Mount Pleasant Mail Centre yesterday lunchtime

Keep Mount Pleasant Nursery Open

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Postal workers and their families staged a protest outside the giant Mount Pleasant International Mail Centre in north London yesterday lunchtime, against the planned...

US-Israelis ‘staining their hands with the blood of the people!’ – Greek seafarers

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THE Greek Seafarers Trade Union PENEN issued a statement on Sunday condemning the imperialist attack on Iran and calling for the withdrawal of all...

Junior Doctors Ballot For Action

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JUNIOR doctors across England are to be balloted by the BMA over industrial action in response to the government’s plans to impose a new,...

Patel approves Taser upgrades for police! – ‘Tasers kill’ warns Liberty

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‘TASERS can kill, and they are disproportionately used against people of colour,’ Rosalind Comyn of campaign group Liberty said yesterday. She was responding to Tory...
Serco and BA mixed fleet cabin crew lobby the Serco shareholders meeting at JP Morgan at 8.00am yesterday

‘WE ARE NOW IN A LOW PAY EMERGENCY’ – Unite strikers determined to win!

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THREE sets of strikers fighting low pay came together at the Bank of England yesterday lunchtime. The morning began at 8am outside JP Morgan new...
The front of the demonstration on March 16 against the sell-off of the Whittington hospital in north London

Health Act Opens Door To Privateers

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the Health and Social Care Act, which came into force yesterday, ‘is the privatisation of the National Health Service and must be defeated through...
Stop Maternity Closure Tomorrow!

Stop Maternity Closure Tomorrow!

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The Maternity unit at Ealing Hospital is set to close tomorrow, Wednesday 24 June. This is a disaster for the densely populated part of...

Support floods in for Gate Gourmet conference

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THE locked-out Gate Gourmet workers at Heathrow have stepped up their campaigning ahead of the News Line-Gate Gourmet conference in London this Sunday. On Wednesday...

ISRAELI BOMBERS FLATTEN 3-STOREY HOME – 100 feared dead, many children

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AT LEAST 40 Palestinians only just displaced from Rafah were killed when a residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp was bombed by Israeli...

Junior Doctors Still Demanding 35%

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RESPONDING to yesterday’s recommendation from the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) and the government’s acceptance of that recommendation, the BMA says...

South African Strike Wave Spreads

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THE strikes that have halted work at seven of South Africa’s gold and platinum mines have spread to the chrome sector. It emerged yesterday that...
United steel workers (USW) trade unionists travelled all the way from Massachusetts to lobby the National Grid AGM in Birmingham yesterday – Unite supported their lobby

Locked-out US steel workers lobby UK AGM

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REPRESENTATIVES of United Steel Workers (USW) trade union members who are locked out in Massachusetts, USA, by National Grid, lobbied the parent company’s AGM...

Johnson Calls A UK Summit – As Starmer Refuses To Resign!

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TORY Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon and the Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford, to a ‘Team UK’ summit. Johnson congratulated...

OUTSOURCING FOR TORTURE – House of Commons Committee demands investigation

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THE House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has called for an investigation into whether the British Labour government outsourced British nationals to countries such...
Locked-out Hull construction workers joined environmentalists outside the BP shareholders AGM in Docklands yesterday

No admission at BP AGM!

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BP yesterday faced angry protesters – including Louisiana fishermen, Canadian Indians opposed to Tar Sands, and locked out UK construction workers – at its...
Junior doctors on the march last Saturday – they are furious at the government’s attempt to impose unsafe, unfair contracts

All Out With Junior Doctors

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‘WE NEED other unions who are being attacked by this government to take action,’ BMA junior doctors committee member Aislinn Macklin-Doherty told News...

SACK G4S demands Howard League

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THREE G4S employees were arrested yesterday and are being held on suspicion of child neglect following an investigation into abuse at a young offenders...

Royal Mail Wants To Sell Mail Centres

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ROYAL Mail is about to break its truce with the CWU that has lasted since before Christmas through January and February. Latest reports suggest that...

Iran will never negotiate over its defence

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IRANIAN President Masoud Pezeshkian said yesterday that Tehran would never negotiate over its defence and deterrence capabilities, arguing that the country’s missile arsenal had...

NEW ECONOMIC CRASH WILL DWARF 2008! – warn 58 economists

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A GROUP of economists issued an open letter yesterday warning that Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s planned financial deregulation bill will lead to an economic...

Smash The Health Bill!

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‘CAMERON’S speech today, with the five fake pledges on the NHS, signify that the coalition government is going full steam ahead with the...

Tuc Joint Statement With Cbi And Eu Bosses!

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AHEAD of this week’s European Council meeting, the Directors General of Business Europe and the CBI, Markus Beyrer and Carolyn Fairbairn, and the General...
Bovingdon residents lobbying Downing Street on March 2nd are angry that their firefighter heroes’ reward is the closure of their station

Israeli Missile Attack On Gaza

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Yesterday afternoon, Israeli military forces attacked Gaza from the land, sea and air. Aircraft launched two missile strikes against the Palestinian presidential headquarters in Gaza...

Beaten To Death

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A leaked US Army Criminal Investigation Command report has revealed a catalogue of prisoner abuses, including two deaths, by the US military at Bagram...
Workers demonstrate outside the Bank of England in 2009 – they are still paying the price for the bankers’ crash

Workers still paying for 2008 crash says GMB

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‘SINCE the great crash of 2007/8 the twin features of inflation of 27% and little or no pay rises have taken a heavy toll...
Greek workers and students marching against massive cuts

Greek Default – 250,000 Jobs Under Threat

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AS European Commission officials and European leaders prepare a Greek default, Greek ministers have outlined barbaric plans for the wholesale destruction of public services...

‘Circling to take over NHS’ – TUC warns US healthcare companies

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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...

Corbyn limits his call to Rudd’s resignation

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‘WE ARE talking about the environment created by her (PM Theresa May) as Home Secretary for six years when she knew full well of...

85,000 deaths across UK this winter predicted

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A LEAKED government report suggests a ‘reasonable worst case scenario’ of 85,000 deaths across the UK this winter due to Covid-19. The document also says...

‘Open season on workers rights’ says TUC

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‘WORKING people will be worried by a Queen’s Speech that declares open season on so many of their rights and protections,’ said TUC General...
UNISON members taking strike action to defend their terms and conditions of service

Vote For Strike Action Urges Prentis

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UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis is urging a big ‘yes’ vote for strike action by its local government worker members in the ballot over...

‘THEY WANT TO STEAL LIBYA’S OIL’ says Chavez

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THE Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused the US of preparing to invade Libya to steal its oil. ‘A campaign of lies is being...

Unions Reject More ‘Reforms’

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Health and education unions yesterday responded angrily to Prime Minister Blair’s policy review that signals a stepping up of Blair and Brown’s privatisation drive...
Striking postal workers lobby Unite headquarters to demand leaders Woodley and Simpson stop Unite organised managers

Tuc Leaders Dine With Pm Brown

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Prime Minister Brown met 15 union leaders at his country residence Chequers for three hours yesterday afternoon, to discuss spending cuts ahead of next...
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New Line – All Trades Unions Alliance

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‘We are not going to let our local NHS services be decimated!’ says Save...

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THE SAVE Southend NHS Campaign has learnt from separate senior hospital sources that staff at Southend ITU (Intensive Therapy Unit) have been told there...
Midwives, nurses and other health workers marched in their thousands against the privatisation of the NHS last November

Labour Offers Nurses Three Years Of Wage Cutting

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The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) yesterday rejected an 8% over three years pay-cutting NHS Pay Review Body offer, which is backed by the...
Nurses on the TUC demonstration against the coalition cuts in March 2011

RCN slams attacks on nurses

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making nurses work as Health Care Assistants for a year before they can start to train as a nurse is ‘a stupid idea’, Royal...

Call For Day Of Action At The Bma

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A FIERY and chaotic debate took place at the BMA Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) on Labour’s health policy yesterday. At it the ARM representatives strongly...
Northern Ireland midwives are insisting that many more are required. Above, they take the first strike action in the union’s history

RECRUIT MORE MIDWIVES – NO AGENCY STAFF! says Royal College of Midwives

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‘WE need an effective and sustainable solution, not a sticking plaster,’ said Jon Skewes, of the Royal College of Midwives, yesterday. Responding to Monitor, the...
London Overground Travel Safe officers in the RMT are fighting for sick pay, job security and proper contracts

RMT Names Overground Strike Dates!

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RAIL union RMT confirmed yesterday that London Overground guards will take strike action, together with an overtime ban, for 48 hours over the coming...

Huge rise in US military spending

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THE US senate has unveiled a draft bill that would authorise Washington to modernise its nuclear weapon arsenal, in a move to counter China’s...

Biden leaves for Middle East!

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US PRESIDENT Biden left Washington yesterday evening for Tel Aviv, where he is to meet Netanyahu and other Israeli politicians before flying to Amman...