NATIONALISE THE RAILWAYS! – ASLEF, RMT and TSSA launch Judicial Review
RAIL unions ASLEF, RMT and TSSA have launched a Judicial Review to challenge the government over plans to re-privatise the East Coast railway. The unions...
Israel Steps Up Jabalia Genocide
QUADCOPTER drones equipped with loudspeakers instructed Palestinian families trapped inside a UN-run school in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza to flee yesterday,...
Bring May into contempt – Labour tells Speaker Bercow
‘I MAKE no bones about it I would have preferred to have seen a unilateral right of termination in this backstop,’ Tory Attorney General...
Halt arms sales to Israel
LABOUR leader Corbyn, on Friday has called upon the UK to freeze arms sales to Israel and to condemn it for killing Palestinian civilians...
One in six Gaza children severely malnourished!
‘ONE IN SIX children under two years of age are acutely malnourished in northern Gaza,’ Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organisation (WHO) representative said yesterday. ‘This...
‘WE ARE READY TO STRIKE!’ – UNISON’s Prentis warns Brown
‘I send this message to Gordon Brown. We are prepared to fight. We are prepared to strike. And we are going to win,’ General...
Maudsley & Royal Bethlem Hospital workers on their 3rd day of strike action!
FACILITIES staff are on the third day of their four-day strike action today at Maudsley and Royal Bethlem Hospitals. Lois Gyabi, striking GMB member, told...
Kent blood services not for sale!–Unite
THE PRIVATISATION of the NHS blood samples service in Kent will put patients’ lives at risk, Unite warned yesterday, adding: ‘It must be stopped!’ A...
STOP HUGE PROFITS FROM NHS! – urges BMA as more cuts are revealed
The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday hit out at the ‘huge profits being made by private companies providing NHS services’. This followed the revelation that...
Ready To Picket Bridgend!
‘WE WILL be picketing Ford Bridgend once we get the go-ahead from Tony Woodley,’ Visteon Enfield Unite Convenor Kevin Nolan told News Line yesterday. Speaking...
Entire families being evicted!
BARNET tenants are holding a ‘Fun Day’ tomorrow to highlight the community they are at risk of losing if Annington Homes continue to evict...
REINSTATE ENFIELD GP – Haringey BMA condemns surgery closure
A MEETING of Enfield and Haringey Division of the BMA yesterday stated that it was appalled by the treatment of Dr...
HEWITT CALL TO TREAT PATIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY – to cut NHS deficits
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) yesterday warned against any ‘quick fix’ plan to keep asthma and heart patients out of hospital ‘just to...
‘Rate rise adds insult to injury’ says Unison
THE BANK of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday raised interest rates for the first time in more than ten years. The official bank rate...
Stena Plan For Cheap Labour Crews
The proposal by Stena Line to introduce a low-waged Polish crew on their Stena Seatrader ferry on the Dublin/Holyhead route from next July was...
Unite urges BA shareholders to make peace
LEADERS of the Unite trade union were campaigning for ‘peace’ with British Airways management yesterday, as a lobby of the BA Annual General Meeting...
Manchester University strike – 140 sackings
MEMBERS of the University and College Union (UCU) will walk out on strike on Monday and Tuesday against moves by the university to sack...
Critical Stroke Surgery Is Being Denied!
THOUSANDS of patients are being put at risk of major strokes because the NHS is failing to give them critical surgery in time, a...
‘A tragic milestone’ says Johnson as death toll passes 150,000!
PM JOHNSON shed crocodile tears on Saturday as UK Covid-19 fatalities passed the 150,000 mark, with the BMA doctors’ union warning that ‘still the...
Shelter – Job And Wage Cuts!
Over 200 striking Shelter workers demonstrated outside the housing charity’s head office in London yesterday. For the first time in Shelter’s 41-year history the workers,...
Unis strike action Dec 3rd
UNIVERSITY staff across the UK will walk out for a second day of strike action on Tuesday December 3rd, trade unions representing university...
US Air Raids Kill Over 200 Civilians
THE Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that more than two hundred civilians lost their lives as the US-led coalition...
Eight Days To Greek Default!
GREECE was put in an ‘eight days to default’ situation by the ECB and the EU yesterday. A default by Greece was technically avoided when...
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...
UNLAWFUL KILLING! – to be considered by Tomlinson Jury
Jurors at the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson will consider whether the actions of a police officer amounted to unlawful killing, assistant...
Junior Doctors ‘Won’t Be Slaves!’
IN just three days last week, 1,644 doctors applied to work abroad, the General Medical Council confirmed yesterday. The surge in applications began last week...
RENATIONALISATION – demands TUC Congress
DELEGATES to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) yesterday voted overwhelmingly to demand the re-nationalisation of public utilities, in opposition to the TUC leadership’s ‘reservations’. TUC...
Reinstate Owen Holland!
OVER a thousand students and dons demonstrated in Cambridge midday yesterday against the banning of Owen Holland from the university until October 2014. Taz Razul,...
Embassy cuts Assange off!
ECUADOR has cut off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s internet and stopped all visits after he tweeted about the arrest of Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont....
TORIES ON THE RUN! – get them out with a general strike
THE TORY government yesterday dropped its attempt to defeat a House of Commons probe into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs about lockdown parties. With the...
Corbyn urges reject May and embrace EU
‘PARLIAMENT should do its job today and say No to the Prime Minister,’ Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said during yesterday’s debate and vote on...
De Menezes family ‘may have been hacked’
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday called upon Prime Minister Cameron to extend the remit of the inquiry into the phone hacking scandal. They demanded...
‘Don’t underestimate workers strength of feeling!’
TUC leader O’Grady has cautioned new PM Truss not to underestimate the strength of feeling among workers who have endured pay stagnation and real...
SPECIAL CONFERENCE – Saturday April 6th
DEFEND EVERY HOSPITAL
Hague Sued Over US Drone Attacks
Foreign Secretary Hague is being sued over the alleged UK policy of handing over GCHQ-sourced intelligence to the CIA to aid US drone...
‘COMPENSATE LOW PAID NOW’ – Prentis warns Brown
‘The abolition of the 10p tax rate has dealt a body blow to millions of low paid workers,’ UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis said...
Junior Doctors Are Angry!
JUNIOR doctors and their union have responded angrily after 1,500 third year trainees were told they have to re-apply for their jobs as registrars...
100,000 CIVIL SERVANTS OUT ON APRIL 24th
Over 100,000 Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), working across 10 government departments and agencies will be on strike at the...
A ‘BEYOND SUBSTANTIAL’ PAY RISE FOR NHS IN 2021-22! – demand health trade unions
THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic reinforces – not diminishes – the strong case for the NHS workforce to receive a ‘beyond substantial’ pay rise for 2021-22,...
Gate Gourmet Workers – Good Support For March 25 Demo
A DELEGATION of locked-out Gate Gourmet workers visited Hillingdon Direct Works Council Depot yesterday to publicise their march through Hounslow on the 25th of...
High Court blocks Academy
FOR the first time, the High Court has blocked an attempt to force a comprehensive school to become an academy. Teachers union NASUWT said yesterday...
STRIKE ACTION AGAINST LOW PAY! – at Gatwick and Stansted airports
strike action against low pay was announced by Unite and the GMB unions at Gatwick and Stansted Airports yesterday. Unite head of Civil...
Boris Bikes Strike
FOLLOWING a 100% strike vote, RMT members working on the Serco Barclays so-called ‘Boris bikes’ London cycle scheme began a 48-hour strike on Sunday...
Firefighters For NHS Front Line!
FIREFIGHTERS are to fit face masks and deliver vital PPE and medical supplies to NHS and care staff. Fire and Rescue personnel have volunteered to...























