PCS-Budget Day Strike!

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UP to a quarter of a million civil and public servants from across the UK will be taking part in a one day strike...

‘This is a fight we have to win’ says UCU

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IMPERIAL College staff were boosted on their picket line yesterday morning by the support of an engineering student and a vintage bus. The nationwide strike...
West London Council of Action campaigning to save Ealing Hospital’s A&E – picketing alongside junior doctors during their last strike

Tories use ‘winter crisis’ to scrap thousands of ops!

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THE TORY war on the NHS is continuing with thousands of operations to be cancelled and senior doctors diverted from operating theatres under the...
Fire Brigades Union general secretary MATT WRACK leads the 5,000-strong march to Central Halls, Westminster demanding the right to strike is defended

Scrap Trade Union Bill – 5,000 trade unionists descend on Parliament

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‘A GENERAL strike is the only way to defeat the Tory Trade Union Bill,’ Colin Knowles, Unison conveyor said yesterday. He spoke to News Line...
Striking BA mixed fleet cabin crew on the picket line at Heathrow Airport yesterday morning

SOLIDARITY SATURDAY! – for BA strikers

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TODAY is ‘Solidarity Saturday’ when striking British Airways Mixed Fleet cabin crew are being visited by trade unionists and supporters from different trade unions...

NATIONALISE BP NOW! – ‘stop tinkering at the edges’ demands Unite’s Graham

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‘NATIONALISE all the energy giants,’ the Unite union demanded yesterday after BP announced enormous July-September profits of £7.1 billion, more than double the profit...

THREE MILLION FEAR FOR JOBS – TUC must act, says ATUA

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‘The TUC leaders must act to defend jobs or make way for those who will,’ Dave Wiltshire, national secretary of the All Trades Union...
Marchers in London urging: defend the NHS and stop privatisation – the GMB is now fighting an attempt to privatise an elderly people’s service contract in Cambridge which is being presented as a £1bn deal

Stop £1bn NHS privatisation!

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THE GMB trade union is calling on members and the community to join the lobby of the Clinical Commissioning Group in Cambridge from 1pm...

Fears Of Eu Debt Meltdown

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CITY regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has stepped up scrutiny of UK banks’ exposures to foreign government debt after fears of a European...

Greek Students Stage A Huge National March!

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GREEK students staged a huge national march in Athens last Thursday against a government Bill to establish private universities while shutting down or merging...
TUC deputy general secretary PAUL NOVAK (back row, centre) was among the enthusiastic pickets at Victoria Station yesterday morning. He brought the support of the General Council

Southern rail ‘gambling with passenger safety’ – TUC

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TUC deputy general secretary Paul Novak joined RMT striking Southern rail guards on their morning picket line at London’s Victoria station yesterday. Novak told News...
Remploy workers occupying the Department of Work and Pensions head office yesterday, surrounded by police. The protesters demanded that the 28 Remploy factories be kept open

28 REMPLOY FGACTORIES WILL CLOSE – decides work and pensions secretary Hain

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Trade unions yesterday reacted angrily to the announcement by work and pensions secretary Peter Hain that he will proceed with the closure of 28...

Government Of National Unity ‘Not Serious’ Says Hamas

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PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei said Tuesday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has ‘no objection to the creation of a temporary government of...

Bus Strike Solid

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‘OUR STRUGGLE is getting stronger, not weaker. There is a deep determination amongst the membership. The more mischief from management, the more they try...
Dale Farm residents defying bailiff and police moves to evict them yesterday

Eviction Reprieve – At Dale Farm

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DALE Farm residents won an injunction late yesterday, restraining police and bailiffs from dismantling structures on the site until a hearing at the High...

TUC must respond to Tory ‘insult’ by calling a General Strike!

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TRADE union leaders are meeting at the TUC in central London today to discuss their response to meetings held yesterday with Tory ministers where...

Frontline NHS staff must be vaccinated! – Many NHS staff have lost their...

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FRONTLINE health and social care workers must be given every opportunity to have the Covid-19 vaccine, BMA council chair Chaand Nagpaul has said. Dr Nagpaul...
Workers and their familes on last October’s TUC demonstration demanding a living wage – the Bakers Union warn the TUC  to carry out its Congress decision and fight for £10 an hour minimum wage

TUC must fight for £10 an hour minimum wage –demands Bakers’ Union

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‘THE TUC and its affiliates must fight for the policy they voted for, to increase the minimum wage to £10 an hour,’ Bakers Union...
Police have sealed off a major section of the Tottenham High Road in the wake of Saturday’s uprising

‘police Refused To Listen!’

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THE people of Tottenham were yesterday considering the implications of the explosive uprising that took place on Saturday night. The reverend Nims Obunge said: ‘I...

Half a million on London march against war & racism

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MORE than half a million workers, students and youth joined the Together Alliance and pro-Palestine marches through central London to Whitehall on Saturday. The demonstrations,...

Swinson – New Attack On Corbyn!

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn risks jeopardising a vote of no confidence in the government by insisting he becomes caretaker PM, Lib Dems leader Jo...

DID YOU APPROVE A CHANGE TO SHOOT TO KILL? – Blair dodges reporter’s question

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‘Did you ever discuss or approve a change in the rules of engagement for British police to shoot to kill, shoot in the head...

CALL THE WHOLE AIRPORT OUT! – to defend jobs, pay and conditions

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‘CALL the whole airport out to defend all jobs, pay and conditions,’ striking Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) worker, Jarnail Singh, said yesterday ahead of...

Lib Dems Vote For Ananti-Brexit Coup!

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THE LIBDEMS voted for an anti-Brexit coup at their conference in Bournemouth yesterday, pledging to revoke Article 50, reversing their previous policy of campaigning...

Sweeping emergency powers are unveiled! – Police given powers to arrest suspected corona...

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NEW emergency powers were outlined yesterday by the Tories as they published the Emergency Coronavirus Bill. The sweeping new powers which will last as...

DE MENEZES FURY! – over police attempt to link Jean Charles to rape case

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Jean Charles de Menezes’ cousins yesterday said the family is furious at a Metropolitan Police attempt to connect their late relative with a rape...

SAVE LEGAL AID! – first ever barristers strike today

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‘Save Legal Aid!’ barristers and solicitors are demanding as they take historic strike action today, starting with a 9.30-10.30am demonstration outside Westminster Magistrates Court,...
Pensioners and trade unionists at a Trafalgar Square rally. They are determined to defend all public services

‘MANIFESTO TO BREAK UP PUBLIC SERVICES’ – as Southern Cross goes bust

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‘This is nothing less than a manifesto to break up our public services, smuggled out while all attention is focused on the misdeeds of...

TORIES DECLARE WAR ON BMA! –TUC must call a general strike now demands Chingford...

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'WE are striking to defend the NHS,’ consultants told News Line on their picket lines as Tory Health Secretary Barclay issued a declaration of...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers on the picket line yesterday

THE MAJORITY ARE STANDING FIRM – say locked-out Gate Gourmet workers

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers are on the picket line today, determined to win victory this year. The airline catering company at Heathrow sacked over 700...

Bank of England strike ballot

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STAFF at the Bank of England yesterday started voting in a strike ballot as Unite, the union representing staff at the bank called on...

‘Real value’ of pay in freefall

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THE ‘REAL VALUE’ of pay is in freefall, collapsing by 3% between April and June, according to the latest report from the Office for...

DON’T ALLOW UKRAINE MISSILES TO STRIKE RUSSIA – President Putin warns the West

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PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has issued a stark warning to Western nations, cautioning them against allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike Russian territory. Addressing...

Infected blood scandal – 72 died from contaminated drug at single school

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A PUBLIC inquiry yesterday heard from students and parents after more than 120 ex pupils at a school for disabled children were caught up...

Bush Plans To Expand US Army

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PRESIDENT Bush’s decision to expand the US military is a direct attack on the masses of the Middle East and Iran, and on the...

Tories are now rushing to smash & privatise NHS!

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THE TORY goverment is now rushing to privatise the NHS, by using all means that are available for the task including the use of...

Sunak halved school rebuilding budget!

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TORY Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cut the schools repair budget in half in 2021 when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, it emerged yesterday...

Kick The Tories Out Today!

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday hit back at Tory PM May’s declaration that she will tear up the human rights laws, allegedly to combat...
Workers and their families outside the Stead McAalpin factory in Cummersdale yesterday

ANGRY STEAD McALPIN WORKERS RALLY

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OVER 50 sacked workers launched a 24-hour picket and demonstration yesterday morning outside the Stead McAlpin factory in Cummersdale, near Carlisle. Workers are angry that...

£6bn PENSIONS DEFICIT EXPLOSION!

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THERE has been a £6 billion explosion in the pensions scheme deficit ‘black holes’ of Britain’s major retailers since the beginning of the year,...
Young Socialst marchers got a great welcome and a tremendous meal at Bedford Hospital

Ys Marchers Arrive In Luton

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MARCHERS on the Young Socialists March for Jobs were greeted as they set out from Bedford yesterday morning by former Luton IBC plant worker...

BBC strikes ‘suspended’ but mass sackings to continue

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IN a major climbdown the BBC trade union leaders have suspended, ie cancelled, next week’s 48-hour BBC strike and will be holding a meeting...

TUC gives its full support to Sunak

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ADDRESSING the Labour shadow secretary Anneliese Dodds, the Tory Chancellor Sunak said yesterday in the House of Commons: ‘I do stand ready to work...

Begg Offer To Help Refused

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FORMER Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg offered to help the British government in securing the release of hostage Alan Henning from Islamic State (IS)...
Chagos Islanders campaigning in Crawley last Saturday for today’s picket of the Court of Appeal and next Saturday’s demonstration in Crawley

‘WE HAVE RIGHT TO RETURN!’ – Chagos Islands hearing begins today

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Chagos Islanders are at the High Court in London today, where the British government is making a second appeal against the ruling that they...