Drownings–Greece Accused!
THE shocking truth is slowly emerging of last Monday’s ‘several’ drownings of refugees off the Aegean island of Farmakonisi, close to the Turkish coast. The...
Marchers Win Big Support
THE Young Socialists March for Jobs and Free State Education spent yesterday in Stockport, campaigning, recruiting and selling tickets for the Greet the March...
Inquiry Into Mi5 Death Squads In North Of Ireland
AN INVESTIGATION is being launched which will examine the activities of an MI5 agent known as ‘Stakeknife’ who has been linked to 50 murders...
Abolish pensioners’ bus passes and triple-lock pensions! – urges Stephens & Health Secretary Hunt
HEAD of NHS England, Simon Stephens, has angered millions of workers with his suggestions that pensioners’ free bus passes and their triple-lock pension arrangements...
Banfield slams 2.8% pay offer
HEALTH and education unions have warned the Labour government that they won’t accept its imposition of a miserly 2.8% pay cap on them for...
120-strong Gate Gourmet picket
THERE was a large picket of about 120 sacked Gate Gourmet workers yesterday. Daljit said: ‘We are waiting to see if British Airways sign ...
MASS PICKET – a huge success say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers
AROUND 150 locked-out Gate Gourmet workers and their supporters – including members of the PCS, CWU, UNISON and Amicus trade unions – staged a...
Angry Visteon Workers Reject Offer!
‘WE ARE deeply insulted and more determined than ever to carry on the fight,’ Enfield Visteon factory Unite convenor Kevin Nolan told News Line...
Flooding – Call For Five Year Reconstruction Plan
THE flood-hit South West of England needs a joined up, five year reconstruction and development plan to rebuild the economic, transport and social fabric,...
‘WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN!’ says Consultants Chair Vishal Sharma
THE government made the final offer and said “no more talks”. We are united, stronger together. We cannot and will not back down,’ Consultants...
Infected blood scandal – 72 died from contaminated drug at single school
A PUBLIC inquiry yesterday heard from students and parents after more than 120 ex pupils at a school for disabled children were caught up...
Israel carries out a new wave of attacks in Gaza and occupied Jerusalem
ISRAEL carried out a wave of new attacks across the Gaza Strip and occupied Jerusalem this week, drawing international condemnation for grave violations of...
USDAW delighted at Tory defeat!
SHOPWORKERS trade union leader John Hannett is delighted with the House of Commons vote that defeated the government and removed Sunday trading changes...
STOP NHS PRIVATISATION! – NHS Logistics strike today
UNISON members at five NHS Logistics sites – supplying 43,000 items from beds to surgical supplies to hospitals and GPs across England – will...
BMA Consultants defending NHS
STRIKING BMA consultants, picketing outside UCLH hospital yesterday on day two of their action, were adamant that the strike was not just about pay. It...
Tories Savage Unemployed!
The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) yesterday slammed plans by new Works and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith to force five million people...
No More ‘Planned Births’ At Ealing From June 24!
A LETTER has been sent out to pregnant women and their families in Ealing announcing the closure of the maternity services on July...
Barnet Council Mass Lobby
Over 400 workers, youth, pensioners and local service users lobbied Barnet Council on Tuesday, furious at the massive cuts and privatisation imposed by the...
Mass Strikes Bring Paris To A Halt
FRENCH Minister of Labour, Xavier Bertrand has told the striking rail unions that they must return to work before he will...
DEFIANT TUBE STRIKERS! –determined to defend safety and jobs
London traffic was gridlocked during yesterday’s 24-hour strike, as Tube workers on picket lines expressed their determination to defend jobs and safety. At Mile End...
Disabled People Remember The Dead At Atos Hq
DISABLED people, benefit claimants and supporters held a vigil and remembrance event yesterday for those who have died because of the actions of Paralympic...
Chagos Islanders protest at the Hague
CHAGOS Islanders travelled from the UK to Holland yesterday to protest outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague to demand the right...
NO IMPOSED CONTRACT! – Hunt must resign
TODAY junior doctors meet at their conference in central London to decide the next step in their battle against Tory health secretary Hunt’s imposed...
Blacklisters trial!
A HIGH Court hearing took place yesterday to seek compensation for 122 GMB members blacklisted by Carillion and other construction employers. GMB said: ‘The High...
PATIENTS CHOICE = HOSPITAL CLOSURES say UNISON
Public sector union UNISON yesterday condemned the government’s extension of Patient Choice as a policy that will lead to the closure of good local...
Bank Will Accept Credit Card Debt As Collateral!
The Bank of England yesterday launched a scheme to allow banks to ‘swap temporarily their high quality mortgage-backed and other securities for UK Treasury...
Air Attack On Lugansk Is A War Crime
The Lugansk city authorities called the Monday airstrike on the city centre, which killed eight, a war crime by the Kiev authorities. In a statement...
Hamas-Israel prisoner exchange expected to take place today!
THE prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is expected to take place today, with Egypt overseeing the process to ensure both sides fulfil their...
UK economy collapsing – destitution on the rise
BUSINESS activity in Britain fell for the third consecutive month last month, with economists warning of recession. The S&P Global/CIPS flash services business activity index...
Defend the NHS!NHS – Foundation Trusts call to lift cap on private patient numbers
Public sector union Unison yesterday sounded the alarm bells over a move from NHS foundation trust bosses to lift the cap on the...
‘Genocide Joe Has Got To Go!’ Says US Working Class
TENS of thousands are mobilising to surround the White House on June 8th in protest against Biden’s complicity in the Israeli genocide in Gaza,...
Greek Workers March For Jobs
Greek public sector workers on short contracts staged a successful 24-hour national strike last Thursday demanding permanent jobs and full labour rights. Their struggle was...
Huge Leap In The Inflation Rate!
RPI INFLATION soared by 5.3 per cent last month, indicating that a huge cut in workers’ wages and a major hike in the cost...
‘Doctors are already shouldering the burden of staff shortages’
THE BRITISH Medical Association has criticised the government’s latest Comprehensive Spending Review, warning that despite headline increases in NHS funding, the plans fall well...
REVERSE PLAN TO AXE GUARDS! – Tory minister admits they are vital
RMT is calling for an immediate halt and reversal of plans to axe guards from trains after a government minister admitted that they are...
BMA SLAMS DIRECT PAYMENTS – Healthcare as a commodity’
The Health Bill introduced by the government yesterday ‘undermines the founding principles of the NHS’, warned Unison – while the BMA said the bill...
‘we’re Pushing For The National Strike!’
‘We’re still on continuous strike until we get a sensible resolution and restore the correct adoption of the Managing the Surplus Framework Agreement,’ Stoke-on-Trent...
‘No deal’ over junior doctors contract
BMA Junior Doctors’ Committee Chair Dr Johann Malawana admitted on Saturday that despite gigantic efforts to find ‘common ground,’ no agreement could be reached...
‘NO HIDING PLACE NOW!’ – ‘We need the rest of the country out’ say...
POSTAL workers were out on strike throughout London yesterday, while Royal Mail drivers were also out in Essex and the Midlands; and Stoke on...
GPs referring more patients to Food Banks!
THE number of GPs having to refer patients to food banks is increasing, with more than one in five having to take drastic action...
£3billion more for Northern Rock – while 1,300 to be sacked and 3,700 have...
The government is to inject another £3bn into Northern Rock, Chancellor Darling said yesterday. As the nationalised bank announced a loss of £585.4m in the...
Tories Attack The Disabled
HALF a million disabled people and their families are set to lose thousands of pounds a year under the government’s proposed Universal Credit, a...
Greek Workers Angry At Eu Diktat
The Greek Prime Minister Lukas Papademos told the trade union leaders of the GSEE (Greek TUC) last Wednesday that wages and all national or...
Debt will bring ‘nasty surprises!’ – Chancellor Sunak gets a warning
WITH MILLIONS of new Universal Credit claimants expected when the Tory ‘job retention’, or ‘furlough’, scheme ends over the next three months, the government...
Serco Workers Begin 2 Week Strike
HUNDREDS of ancillary workers employed by Serco at Bart’s Health NHS Trust began a two-week strike from 6am yesterday to 6am August 8th in...