TRAITORS! – locked-out Gate Gourmet workers condemn TGWU leaders’ betrayal

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THIRTY FIVE locked out Gate Gourmet workers yesterday went to see Brendan Gold, the TGWU’s Head of Civil Aviation. He is one of the trade...
One of last year’s trade union demonstrations in defence of the NHS

Royal Colleges dump Cameron

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Royal Colleges which attended last week’s Downing Street ‘Health Bill War Summit’ are reversing their positions and coming out in opposition to the Bill. Members...

Royal Mail bosses threaten bankruptcy!

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ROYAL MAIL bosses are threatening to declare the company bankrupt and place it into ‘a special form of administration,’ leading to the sack for...
RMT leader BOB CROW and his delegation demand that Blair go

Tuc Delegates Reject Blair

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THE RMT railworkers union delegation demonstrated and walked out in protest at the presence of Tony Blair at the TUC Congress in Brighton yesterday. They...
Domestic workers demonstrating outside Parliament demanding ‘No return to slavery’

Forced Labour Challenged!

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Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) have begun a legal action challenging the coalition government’s ‘Mandatory Work Scheme’ which it argues amounts to unlawful forced labour....
ALEX PEREIRA, cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes

‘SHOCK AND DISBELIEF’ – of de Menezes family at new police killing

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The family of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday expressed ‘shock and disbelief at the news that officers involved in the killing of Jean Charles...
Mass march through London last year where tens of thousands demanded the trade unions take action to defend the NHS

‘Nurses Treating People In Car Parks!’

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‘WE HAVE seen nurses spending their entire shifts treating people in car parks because of backed up ambulances, we know the prime minister recognises...

The return of the racketeer landlord! – over one million tenants are suffering says...

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NEW research released today has revealed that in the last year alone over a million – or one in eight – private renters across...

White House pushing for Blair to be Gaza boss!

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THE WHITE House is pushing a proposal to instal former British prime minister Tony Blair as head of a so-called Gaza International Transitional Authority,...
The RMT urged voters to vote ‘Leave’ in the EU referendum. Labour’s Manifesto refuses to break with the EU

Labour tinkers with capitalism – won’t break with EU & won’t scrap Universal Credit

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LABOUR’S leaked General Election Manifesto starts with a declaration that ‘Labour understands that wealth creation is a collective endeavour – between investors, workers, public...

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...

GREEK WORKERS MARCH ON MINISTRY

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HUNDREDS of local government workers entered a Finance Ministry building in Athens on Thursday demanding that there will be no cut to their dangerous...

Biden discussing plans to strike Iranian oil industry

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US President Joe Biden has stated that his administration is ‘discussing’ potential Israeli plans to strike Iran’s oil industry in response to the recent...
Two MPs, Stephen Pound and Andy Slaughter, on a lobby to stop the closure of four key District General Hospitals in west London

NHS Boss Calls To Close More Hospitals!

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MIKE Farrar, the Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, has spoken out for the closing of more hospitals. He also condemned MPs who respond...
Demonstration against ARK taking over schools and turning them into academies

PLAYING FIELDS SELL-OFF! – an absolute disgrace say GMB

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WANDSWORTH Council’s plan to sell off four acres of playing fields at Elliot Secondary School in Putney is an absolute scandal, said the GMB...

Unite-Rolls Royce jobs deal – includes a 10% pay delay for 1 year

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THE UNITE union has agreed a package with engineering giant Rolls-Royce to financially protect the 20,000 UK workforce during the coronavirus emergency by delaying...
Over 500 workers and youth marched through Athens on Thursday night against the Syriza betrayal demanding ‘Cancel the debt’

Germany signs austerity ‘deal’ – as Greek workers riot

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THE GERMAN parliament voted yesterday to extend the ‘bailout package’ to Greece by another four months, while in Greece workers erupted on the streets...

Halt Zionist settlers’ heinous crimes in Palestine says PM Shtayyeh

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Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday denounced the ‘heinous crimes’ committed on Sunday by Zionist settlers in the northern West Bank town of Huwara...

Braverman Calls To Use Full Force Of The Law Against Hamas Supporters

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TORY Home Secretary Suella Braverman called for the police to ‘use the full force of the law’ against displays of support for Hamas yesterday. Braverman...

Grimsby maternity support workers begin two week strike

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MATERNITY support workers in Grimsby began two weeks of strike action yesterday, over their employer’s failure to compensate them fairly for the many years...

‘It’s Time To Dismantle The System!’ Tate Strikers Told

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‘CORONAVIRUS is no reason to fire us!’ shouted over 150 strikers rallying outside the Tate Modern Gallery on Bankside yesterday afternoon. The strikers were marking...

School nurses and health visitors – County Durham swings axe!

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THE THREAT to cut health visitor and community nurse jobs in County Durham, while Covid-19 is still widespread, was branded as ‘incomprehensible’ by the...

FULL SUPPORT! – pledge the TUC and trade union leaders

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‘NO to redundancies!’ ‘We want our jobs!’ ‘We want justice!’ shouted over 300 locked out Gate Gourmet workers yesterday inside the TUC Congress in...

ESCALATE ACTION – as Oxford walk out

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‘WE ARE going to escalate the strike action,’ a Communication Workers Union spokeswoman told News Line yesterday evening. However, she added that after a long...
10,000 turned out in September to oppose the closure of Ealing Hospital A&E – now more hospitals face closure and privatisation

Nuneaton Hospital To Be Put On The Market

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APPROVAL has been given for a second NHS District General Hospital to be put out to market to be privately run or taken over....
Libyan students and workers picketing Downing Street demanding the coalition stop the bombing of the Libyan people

HAGUE EXPELS THE LIBYAN DIPLOMATS –recognises Benghazi gang as government

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FOREIGN Secretary Hague announced the expulsion of all Libyan diplomats from the UK yesterday. He also announced that the counter-revolutionary NTC (National Transitional Council)...
Chagos Islanders picketing Downing Street demanding their right to return to their homes

Diego Garcia used for ‘extraordinary rendition’

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Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday admitted that on two occasions, both in 2002, UK overseas territory Diego Garcia had been used for US rendition...

Mass hospital closures! – Nuffield Trust warning

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A DRAMATIC one in three hospitals face closure, the Nuffield Trust has warned MPs. Many hospital trusts face severe and potentially unsustainable financial pressures, warns...

KBR FINED $402m IS TO BE POLICE PARTNER

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KELLOG, Brown and Root (KBR) is on the shortlist for the ‘Business Partnering for Police’ (BPP) project. It is the company which pleaded guilty before...

US BEGINS NEW ARMS RACE! – as Senate agrees to spend £1.37 trillion next...

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THE US has begun a new arms race with President Trump’s announcement of the US’ formal withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). This...

Royal Commission ‘to break up the NHS’ says KONP

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KEEP Our NHS Public (KONP) is demanding that Labour oppose the setting up of a Royal Commission to look at the NHS and...

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...
Pickets at the East London Mail Centre on July 28 – they were all in favour of national strike action

CWU National strike ballot –as 25,000 postal workers strike

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Tens of thousands of postal workers will go on strike today, tomorrow and Monday as growing unrest has led to the Communication Workers...
Determined striking lecturers on their picket line outside Tower Hamlets College yesterday

Tower Hamlets Day Of Action Called

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Striking lecturers at Tower Hamlets College in East London yesterday called on other trade unions and colleges to join their Day of Action next...
Over 1,000 heads marched on Downing Street yesterday with a clear message for Chancellor Hammond!

Over 1,000 head teachers march against cuts

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OVER one thousand head teachers across England and Wales yesterday held a mass protest over savage cuts to their schools’ budgets. Heads from Peterborough,...
Travel Safe workers lobbied City Hall yesterday against their treatment by STM Security Group UK

Travel Safe workers to strike for their rights!

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‘SLAVERY should go and our rights given!’ demanded London Overground workers who were lobbying the London Mayor’s office yesterday in preparation for their February...
The North-East London Council of Action marching to defend Chase Farm Hospital – a call was made yesterday for a  mass demonstration on June 6 against the closure plans

‘Save Chase Farm March’ – June 6

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‘WE will not let Chase Farm Hospital close, and we are calling a massive march though Enfield on Saturday June 6 to keep...

‘LAST FRIDAY IT WAS LIKE WAR ON THE STREETS OF PARIS’ Yellow vests tell...

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TWO coachloads of French ‘Gilet Jaunes’ (Yellow Vests) joined the Committee to Defend Julian Assange ‘Bastille Day’ protest outside Belmarsh prison in south east...

Johnson refuses to rule out raising taxation!

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PRIME Minister Boris Johnson yesterday refused to rebut his Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s warning in Saturday’s Daily Mail newspaper that ‘very real shortages’ can be...

‘Overthrow government if you will!’ – Greek Finance Minister challenges opponents

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THE Greek Interior Minister, Christos Kastanidis, has issued a press release/edict stating that the wages of all local government workers would be withheld unless...
Workers and youth turned out in their thousands last month to march against the planned closure of Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield

FIRST NHS TAKE-OVER – Heart of England Foundation Hospital swallows up Hood Hope NHS...

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This Sunday April 8th will mark the first takeover by a foundation trust hospital of a ‘bankrupt’ NHS hospital. Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust...
Teachers marching in London on the October 20 TUC demonstration against the Coalition’s austerity cuts

1.2 million miss out on daily school meal!

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THE Children’s Society is warning that 1.2 million children living below the poverty line in England miss out on a school meal each day. Some...

‘THE STRIKES MUST GO AHEAD’ – CWU members tell News Line

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Communication Workers Union (CWU) branch officials yesterday warned CWU general secretary Billy Hayes and deputy general secretary Dave Ward against selling out postal workers...
MARIA OTONE DE MENEZES (centre) holds a picture of her son Jean Charles De Menezes on a march to parliament

‘I THOUGHT POLICE WERE FANATICS’ – tube driver tells Menezes inquest

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A Tube driver risked getting electrocuted and fled into a tunnel at Stockwell station because he was terrified that ‘fanatics’ had shot dead Jean...

Plan Action To Keep Hospitals Open –Bma Urged

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The British Medical Association (BMA) Central Consultants and Specialists Committee (CCSC) is meeting today at BMA House, Tavistock Place, London. One of the resolutions before...