Sinn Féin win 37 seats in Irish election!
SINN Féin was celebrating the results of the Irish elections yesterday which saw them as the second biggest party, winning 37 seats – an...
SECOND CLASS CITIZENS! – elderly being mistreated
Public services often fail to consider the special needs of older people, who are being treated like ‘second class citizens’, Age Concern said yesterday. It...
PCS in general strike talks!
PUBLIC and Commercial Services Union (PCS) general secretary Mark Serwotka confirmed yesterday that the PCS is in talks with other trade unions on holding...
Unions Win Round One Of ‘Night Tube War’
THE trade unions have won round one of the Night Tube war. London Underground announced yesterday that the launch date of London’s Night Tube is...
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...
Sixth Forms strike: ‘urgent funds now!’
A LONDON march and rally marking the fifth day of strike action in over 30 Sixth Form Colleges took place yesterday, with union leaders...
Mad Dog Israel Told To Ceasefire For 21 Days!
THE USA, France and several Arab and European countries yesterday called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon border. ‘We call on all parties,...
Three-Day General Strike In Turkey
AS THE mass uprising swept Turkey for a fourth day yesterday, Turkish trade unions called a three-day general strike against prime minister Erdogan’s AK...
Calais Action Volunteers Ready To Go!
VOLUNTEERS from Calais Action yesterday loaded a truck to take aid for refugees to the Greek island of Samos. Calais Action founder Libby Freeman...
Nationwide university pensions battle!
OVER 50,000 university staff at 69 universities are currently balloting for a nationwide strike over an attack on their pensions – which means they...
End Taxpayer Bailouts Of Private Railways!
WITH services collapsing into chaos the RMT has demanded publication of contract documentation which shows that Northern Rail get paid whether they run services...
Trump Declares Trade War – On The Eu, Canada & Mexico
THE CAPITALIST world was rocking yesterday after President Trump’s declaration of a trade war on his European Union, Canadian and Mexican rivals. The US...
Medical students support Junior Doctors
MEDICAL students’ leaders yesterday defended final year medical students against threats to their careers if they demonstrate against the government ...
We want action not words from TUC
LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers, boosted by their successful intervention at the TUC in Brighton on Monday, are calling for immediate reinstatement or action to...
‘The ugly faces of occupation’ by Mats Svensson
See photo gallery for feature by Mats Svensson of demolition of two houses in Silwan, Jerusalem last week
GRANGEMOUTH SACK THREAT 6.00pm TODAY
FOURTEEN-hundred workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland face the sack at 6pm today if they refuse to sign a wage- and conditions-cutting...
FISCAL CRISIS STATEMENT DELAYED! – as UK government consults with bankers
CHANCELLOR Hunt has announced that the ‘fiscal statement’, which had been due to be delivered next Monday, 31st October, will now be delayed by...
Biggest NHS strike in history! – bring down the Tories now
THE BIGGEST strike in the history of the NHS takes place today with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) escalating its action, as members...
Palestinian infants are dying from the cold!
A PALESTINIAN infant died on Friday from severe cold while sheltering with her family inside a makeshift tent in Gaza, as Israeli restrictions continue...
‘THOSE GUILTY OF CRIMINALITY SHOULD GO TO PRISON’ – Labour MP Bryant tells House...
‘THOSE guilty of criminality must go to prison,’ said Labour MP Chris Bryant, opening the emergency debate on ‘phone hacking at the News of...
A NUMBER OF HOSPITALS ARE FALLING DOWN! – PM Johnson’s rebuilding claim ridiculed
‘A NUMBER of our hospitals are literally falling down,’ Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust health think tank said yesterday as he...
Safety Before Profits!
SOME 200 railworkers and supporters demonstrated opposite Parliament yesterday morning to mark two years of strikes by the RMT union to Keep the Guard...
Tuc Joins Tory Taskforce!
THE TUC has joined the Tory government’s new National Taskforce on Carillion. In fact it had launched the call for May to form the taskforce. The...
SMASH 1% PAY CAP! 40,000 nursing vacancies in NHS
THERE are not enough nurses to provide safe patient care, shows a survey released today to coincide with a mass lunchtime demonstration...
Vote ‘yes’ RCN urges 300,000 nurses as new strike ballot opens
‘THIS IS unfinished business,’ said the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) leader Pat Cullen yesterday, urging members to vote YES as the union opened...
‘They won’t tell us if our block will be demolished’ – Tangmere resident
‘THEY haven’t told us how long we are moving temporarily. They haven’t even told us whether they will demolish the block,’ Cisem Staines from...
5 US marines killed – near Ramadi
Five US marines have been killed near Ramadi, western Iraq, when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb, the US military said in a statement...
Joint strike action agreed – at the TUC Congress
THE TUC Congress yesterday instructed the TUC General Council to support and coordinate joint strike action against attacks on jobs, pensions, pay and public...
‘WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS’ says Gate Gourmet Branch Secretary
‘THE union solicitor is filing our cases for employment tribunals. The cases must be filed before 90 days, we’ve waited for the company to...
Nurses Vote To Strike In A Majority Of NHS Employers Across UK
NURSING staff have voted to strike in the majority of NHS employers across the UK. Nursing staff at the majority of NHS employers across the...
Barclay threatens striking nurses with deregistration!
‘HOW low can a government stoop?’ Royal College of Nursing (RCN) leader Pat Cullen asked yesterday in response to Tory Health Secretary Stephen Barclay’s...
Palestinian fury over Israeli flight to UAE!
PALESTINIAN political factions have reacted with fury to the first official visit by an Israeli delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to finalise...
2,500 march in Berne to support Gate Gourmet workers
OVER 2,500 people marched in support of the locked out Gate Gourmet workers last Saturday in the Swiss capital of Berne. The march was...
Grenfell residents give evidence to the Inquiry – ‘We were treated as sub citizens’...
THE GRENFELL Tower fire Inquiry heard from the residents themselves yesterday including Lee Chapman the secretary of the leaseholders association who had repeatedly raised...
‘MAKE CREDIBLE OFFER’ – Junior doctors tell Health Secretary Barclay
JUNIOR doctors in England have told the Health Secretary, Steve Barclay, that a credible offer – showing he is serious about pay restoration and...
‘The Junior Doctors’ dispute is for all of us’ says TUC – however it...
‘THE junior doctors’ dispute is an issue for all of us,’ declared Unison delegate James Anthony moving Emergency Motion 5 Support for the BMA...
President Abbas meets Blinken in Ramallah!
‘WE THANK the US for the support given to the State of Palestine,’ President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday at a joint press conference with...
Pay cuts or the sack doctors and nurses to be told
THOUSANDS of doctors and nurses face being sacked unless they agree to drastic changes to their pay and conditions as hospitals tackle an escalating...
Israel systematically violating ceasefire! – resume bombing Gaza now, orders Netanyahu
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday afternoon that he had ordered ‘immediate powerful strikes on Gaza,’ claiming that the corpse that Hamas had...
PENSIONS STRIKES! – at 7 major UK airports in january
WORKERS at BAA’s seven airports across the UK have voted for strike action to defend their final salary pension scheme. Results of the secret strike...
NO SHEIKH JARRAH EVICTIONS! – Settler shoots Palestinian outside High Court
MASSES of people surrounded the Israeli High Court yesterday protesting against the eviction of families in the Sheikh Jarrah district of Jerusalem. Israel’s supreme court...
‘WE ARE AT WAR!’ – PM Papandreou tells PASOK deputies
The Greek Prime Minister Yiorghos Papandreou, speaking at a meeting of his party’s parliamentary deputies on Saturday, emphasised that ‘no-one likes emergency procedures but...
Sack Sats Private Contractors – Says Nasuwt
TEACHING trade unions have condemned the government’s use of private contractors, hired to mark school children’s ‘SATs’ exam papers. The condemnation was in response to...
6.35 million need full-time jobs
UNEMPLOYMENT in the UK rose by 28,000 in the last three months, to 2.67 million. Youth joblessness soared by another 16,000, with the...
Israeli warplanes target civilians
THE Israeli occupation army intensified its attacks on homes, civilian targets and shelter centres in different areas of Gaza yesterday, killing and injuring dozens...