James Murdoch May Have Lied
JAMES Murdoch came under further pressure yesterday as two Labour MPs suggested he may have lied to the House of Commons Culture, Media and...
UK Huge Wages Fall!
WAGES in the UK have seen one of the largest falls in the European Union since the coalition came to power, according to official...
‘GENERAL STRIKE TO DEFEND POSTAL SERVICE’ – ‘We must win this struggle’ say postal...
STRIKING postal workers fighting Royal Mail’s diktat yesterday called for a general strike. On a lively picket line outside Camden Delivery Office, London NW1, Communication...
March to save Chase Farm today!
YESTERDAY’S 60-strong mass picket to save Chase Farm Hospital drew big support from patients and local residents who all said they would join today’s...
4.3m UK CHILDREN NOW IN POVERTY! – RAISE CHILD BENEFIT DEMANDS COMMISSION
THE SOCIAL Mobility Commission in its State of the Nation report 2021, published yesterday, has unveiled in detail the devastating impact of coronavirus on...
Corbyn Praises Hunt And Javid!
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn gave a boost to Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt and business secretary Sajid Javid during his speech at the CBI...
Firefighter Heroes
East Sussex Chief Fire Officer Des Pritchard yesterday paid a moving tribute to the two fire crew who died, and the nine firefighters, one...
‘Criminal Investigation’ –Into Death Of Ian Tomlinson
THE Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) yesterday afternoon announced a ‘criminal investigation’ into the death of Ian Tomlinson. Home Secretary Jaqui Smith had conceded earlier...
‘There will be no limits for this war’ says Israel
ISRAELI Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says security forces will have ‘full freedom’ to act after two Israelis were shot dead in an attack in...
‘END MODERN SLAVERY!’ – Migrant workers lobby Parliament
MIGRANT domestic workers lobbied Parliament yesterday, World Human Rights Day, demanding an end to modern slavery. Workers were joined at the lobby by supporters including...
‘Special Place In Hell’ For The Brexiteers!
EUROPEAN Council President Donald Tusk dropped his mask of reasonableness yesterday in Brussels when he declared that there is a ‘special place in hell’...
BUS STRIKE ‘GREAT TURN-OUT!’ – RMT refuses to cross picket lines
LONDON bus workers took their second 24-hour strike yesterday demanding that all drivers are paid the same rate of pay. There are further strikes planned...
Israeli Bombers Target Gaza Schools
ISRAELI forces have attacked five separate schools in Gaza in just eight days, killing dozens of people sheltering in them, according to Palestinian officials,...
Cameron’s Police State
PM CAMERON addressed the House of Commons yesterday on the crisis with Russia, the IS movement in Iraq and security in the UK. On the...
Stop Carving Up West Bank
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has appealed to the international community to force Israel to stop carving up the West Bank into Bantustans. Meanwhile, Syria has...
UK Troops For The Ukraine Says Shapps
TORY Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that UK troops are to be sent to the Ukraine ‘to train Zelensky’s military on the ground’...
300,000 march on Downing St calling for Victory to Palestine!
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...
COLLUSION! – Britain and US condemned over Jericho raid
The Arab league yesterday condemned British and United States collusion with Israel, after Israel attacked a Jericho prison containing six Palestinian militants, 20 minutes...
‘SHOCKING VIOLENCE’ – against firefighters
THREE members of the Fire Brigades Union were hit and hurt by speeding vehicles driven by strikebreakers on Monday. A statement by the FBU said...
Coldest Night Of The Year In Gaza
TUESDAY night was described by meteorologists in Palestine as the coldest of the year, laid bare the scale of suffering endured by hundreds of...
There are 10,000 medical vacancies
THE BMA doctors trade union has responded to data on NHS vacancies, GP workforce and GP appointments. Responding to the latest quarterly NHS vacancy data,...
Tuc Delegates Reject Blair
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...
One in ten in ‘insecure’ work!
THE NUMBER of zero-hours contract and low-paid self-employed workers has rocketed by a quarter since 2011 to three million, new research released yesterday by...
Unite and GMB surrender to BA and mass sackings!
BOTH the Unite and GMB trade unions have given up the fight to halt the mass sackings organised by British Airways, centring on Heathrow...
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION! – the only road to peace
PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said yesterday that security, stability, and peace in the region can only be achieved through ending the Israeli occupation...
10 days of university workers strikes begin
STRIKING UCU union university lecturers and students set up picket lines at the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) yesterday morning at the...
Workers Kept In Dark Over Mandelson Visit
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson is due at the GM Luton plant, Gate 2, at 9.30am this morning. He has been invited by the local Unite...
No agreement in talks between UK’s Truss and Russia’s Lavrov – while PM Johnson...
THE MEETING between the UK foreign minister and her Russian counterpart yesterday was ‘like the mute talking to the deaf’, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
Extra Troops Sent To New Orleans
THE New Orleans river front was hit by a massive blast yesterday morning, with fires raging in the area. The blast at a chemical plant...
Brown To ‘Give Away’ NHS!
GORDON Brown yesterday confirmed that a government run by him would hand over the running of the public sector to an independent committee, which...
Croydon NHS demands Covid sick pay!
WORKERS at Croydon Hospital are staging a protest on January 31st to demand Covid sick pay. Porters and cleaners at the south London hospital are...
‘GROSS INJUSTICE’ – PCS slams benefits cap
‘It is a gross injustice that hard-pressed households are being punished for economic problems caused by greedy bankers and politicians by having their benefits...
RCM, Unison strike ballot!
FOR the first time in history midwives are uniting with other health workers to ballot for strike action, in an escalating fight over...
500,000 Public Sector Jobs To Be Slashed
TORY Chancellor Osborne confirmed yesterday that the coalition government was pressing ahead with the most savage attack on the working class since the Second...
Hundreds more Gazans killed in hospitals and homes!
THE Israeli occupation army carried out hundreds of aerial and artillery attacks on different areas of Gaza yesterday, massacring men, women and children in...
NATIONALISE GM – occupy Luton and Ellesmere Port to stop closures
THE head of General Motors Europe warned yesterday that without government finance Vauxhall Luton and Ellesmere Port face immediate closure as ‘the obvious next...
‘LEAVE NOW’ DEMAND MAY’S MPs – as Tory split widens
DURING the House of Commons Prime Ministers Questions yesterday, both Tory PM May and Labour leader Corbyn avoided the burning issue of the hour,...
‘WE NEED PLAN FOR VICTORY’ say Gate Gourmet strikers
GATE GOURMET strikers were sacked four weeks ago today and were very angry yesterday morning that they have been out so long withtheir union...
SEVEN US TROOPS KILLED – despite Iraq crackdown
Seven more US soldiers were killed in Iraq on Wednesday, the US military revealed yesterday, as US and UK troops, backed by Iraqi puppet...
BA’s ‘GUN TO THE HEAD’ SACKINGS & WAGE CUTS
BA workers warned yesterday that cabin crew at British Airways are ready to strike over job and pay cuts. BA union convenors and...
FE Colleges to strike over pay and workload
Teachers at 32 Further Education (FE) Colleges have voted to strike over pay and workloads, with the University and College Union (UCU) committee meeting...
Three members of Abdeen family killed by Israeli strike
THREE members of the Abdeen family were killed by an Israeli strike on al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis, yesterday as the occupation army broke...
South African Strike Wave Spreads
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...
Renationalise Harland & Wolff!
AFTER the Scottish government announced they will nationalise Ferguson Marine shipyard, trade unions are calling on the UK government to safeguard jobs and skills...
Greek Local Government Workers Occupy
SCORES of town halls in the metropolitan Athens-Piraeus area were being occupied by municipal workers on Wednesday morning following a decision by the POE-OTA...