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‘Significant Victory’ For Junior Doctors!

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THE BMA doctors’ union has hailed the Court of Appeal ruling on rest breaks as ‘a significant victory for junior doctors’. Commenting on the Court...
An Iraqi resistance fighter ready for action

‘WITHOUT JERUSALEM THERE WILL BE NO PEACE’ says Qurei

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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei warned Tuesday that, ‘without Jerusalem there will be no peace’ with Israel. ‘Peace starts in Jerusalem and ends there. Peace...

Assad requests Russia’s assistance –anti-IS air strikes begin

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THE Russian Federation Council has unanimously granted permission to President Putin to use the nation’s military force in Syria, Kremlin chief of...

BELOW INFLATION RISES ARE A BIG WAGE CUT! – says Unite’s Sharon Graham

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UNITE general secretary Sharon Graham yesterday said below inflation rises are a wage cut with workers paying the price of the pandemic. Speaking after new...

Obama OKs murder of US citizens by drones

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A JUST-LEAKED United States Justice Department memo gives details of the ‘legal basis’ for authorising unmanned drone strikes to kill American citizens abroad. The document,...
During the last Tube strike there was a strong picket at King’s Cross

TWO 24hr TUBE STRIKES

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RMT pickets were out at all key locations yesterday morning as the strike action over the threat to jobs, safety and services was solidly...
A section of yesterday’s lunchtime rally of striking staff and students outside London Metropolitan University yesterday

London Met University Strike Action

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OVER 100 staff, students and lecturers rallied outside London Met University yesterday lunchtime, to vow to halt the wave of hundreds of sackings taking...
Striking postal workers lobby Unite headquarters to demand leaders Woodley and Simpson stop Unite organised managers

Tuc Leaders Dine With Pm Brown

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Prime Minister Brown met 15 union leaders at his country residence Chequers for three hours yesterday afternoon, to discuss spending cuts ahead of next...
Greek riot police on Sunday night attacked protesters, who fought back with petrol bombs in scenes which resembled a war zone. Photo credit: MARIOS LOLOS

Police attack Greek pension cuts protest

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FIERCE battles took place outside the Greek parliament building (the Vouli) on Sunday night as riot police attacked the 30,000 youth, workers and poor...
Junior doctors defending the NHS from Hunt and the Tories

Government failing NHS – says BMA leader Mark Porter

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THE BMA doctors’ union and the RCN nurses’ union joined hands in denouncing the Tory government’s onslaught on the NHS yesterday, after the...

Starving Palestinians storm US-Israeli GHF ‘aid’ centre

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The first day of the Israeli-US ‘aid’ distribution mechanism in Gaza ended in abject failure yesterday. The ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ (GHF) distribution centre in Rafah...

A NATIONAL SCANDAL – Help the Aged condemns winter death figure

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‘THESE figures are nothing short of a national scandal.  It’s obscene that in this day and age more than 25,000 people aged 65 and...
Youth take part in a People’s Assembly meeting in Syntagma Square, Athens

Greek Revolution Statement

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STATEMENT BY THE REVOLUTIONARY MARXIST LEAGUE Athens, Saturday 27/6/15 For a strong class ‘NO’ vote in the referendum! No to the austerity accords! Out of EU, IMF and...
Enthusiastic pickets at the front of Chase Farm Hospital early yesterday morning determined to keep the hospital open

We’Re Marching To Save Chase Farm Hospital

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HUNDREDS of angry workers, patients, trade unionists and youth joined the mass picket of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield yesterday. They all said they were...

Largest police corruption probe in 40 years

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THE MET Police’s Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS), the body which is meant to ‘root out misconduct’, is itself under investigation for ‘serious corruption...

‘GP’s WILL BE STRETCHED TO BREAKING POINT’ – warns Royal College of GPs

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The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has warned that the scale and pace of change contained in the government’s health White Paper risks...
Firefighters lobbied the London Fire Authority showing their determination to defend the fire service against the most vicious attacks ever

Defend The Fire Service

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ON Monday 25 February the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, will be holding a budget meeting at 10.00am at City Hall, at which his...

Six-year-old Hind Rajab and two paramedics are still missing!

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THE Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported yesterday that more than 89 hours have passed, and the fate of its ambulance crew, consisting of paramedics...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers won big support when they took their campaign for their first anniversary march to busworkers in west London

Bus and hospital workers support Gate Gourmet August 20th march & rally

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BUS workers and hospital workers supported the Gate Gourmet locked-out workers in west London yesterday and pledged to come to their first anniversary march...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers picketing the factory yesterday – threatened with arrest by Heathrow Airport police

Locked-out workers picket Gate Gourmet

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Gate Gourmet locked out workers picketed the Heathrow caterer’s factory gate yesterday. This was after Heathrow Airport police, accompanied by a British Airports Authority manager,...

‘we Are Marching Forward To Victory’

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THE locked out Gate Gourmet workers held their mass picket of the TGWU regional office in Hillingdon yesterday, marking the deadline for signing the...
Seafarers with their union banner calling for a ‘block to fascism’ at the head of Thursday’s march in Kokkinia, Athens

Greek Teachers Vote For 5-Day Strike

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GREEK teachers voted on Thursday by clear majorities for another five-day national strike starting Monday. The final decision will be taken by the OLME (teachers’...

CWU votes to Boycott Private Mail!

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Members of the Communication Workers Union representing 160,000 employees in Royal Mail Group yesterday morning voted unanimously in favour of a mail boycott if...
Birmingham binmen and their supporters rally last Sunday

Binmen win legal action! – Labour Council ordered to withdraw redundancies

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THE UNITE union yesterday called on Birmingham city Labour council to honour the ACAS agreement and resolve the Birmingham bin dispute after the High...

Abu Ghraib Contractor Producing Drones For Usa

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THE defence contractor which reached a settlement with alleged victims of torture in the notorious prison of Abu Ghraib is now again at the...
Labour leader CORBYN (centre) with trade union leaders at a demonstration of steelworkers in London

Anti-Corbyn coup attempt!

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SEVEN right wing Labour shadow cabinet members quit yesterday, with more resignations expected, as a coup attempt got underway to remove Jeremy Corbyn as...

NHS winter crisis – 10,000 excess deaths

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THE NHS winter crisis was responsible for an extra 10,000 deaths in the first weeks of 2018, figures published in the British Medical Journal...

FIELD-CAMERON LOVE-IN – while Tories plan NHS payments

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Right wing Labour MP Frank Field yesterday appeared alongside David Cameron at an election event, suggesting that he would serve in a Cameron government....

McDonnell offers cooperation if Osborne drops Credits Bill

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AHEAD of today’s debate in the House of Lords, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said that Labour would ‘co-operate’ in future efforts to review the...

Bma Will Discuss Strike Action!

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The British Medical Association will put ‘absolutely everything’ on the table including strike action when members determine their response to the government’s...
Solid picket line of ambulance workers at the Deptford Ambulance Station

NHS STRIKE SOLID! – Angry midwives, ambulance workers & NHS staff act!

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AMBULANCE staff, midwives and hospital staff walked out on strike yesterday in a solid action affecting the whole country. It was the first time midwives...

General Strike in Palestine!

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A GENERAL strike was held in Palestine’s West Bank yesterday as part of a worldwide strike in solidarity with Gaza, which has suffered the...

University wages strike ballots

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UCU members at Coventry University are being balloted for industrial action in a row over pay. The ballot opened yesterday and closes on Tuesday...
The picket line at Harrow yesterday morning – RMT members respected the picket line

BUS STRIKE ‘GREAT TURN-OUT!’ – RMT refuses to cross picket lines

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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...

Blacklisters trial!

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A HIGH Court hearing took place yesterday to seek compensation for 122 GMB members blacklisted by Carillion and other construction employers. GMB said: ‘The High...

Johnson and Barnier clash over EU/UK fishing rights

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TORY PM Johnson clashed yesterday with the EU’s Barnier over the thorny issue of Europeans fishing in UK waters and vice-versa. Speaking in Greenwich, Johnson...

IRISH FERRIES BARRED – turned away by port workers in Dublin and Rosslare

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Rosslare and Dublin port workers have said they will not handle Irish Ferries ship the MV Normandy if it tries to dock at their...

BRING OUT THE AIRPORT – urge Gate Gourmet workers

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‘We are calling for the whole airport to come out, not just to support us but to defend themselves,’ Jaswinder Phal told News Line...

Gourmet locked-out workers determined to win

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers expressed shock and anger at the treatment of two hundred Xavier Gourmet workers who found the gate to their...

Israel kills 67 waiting for aid in northern Gaza

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The Israeli military killed at least 67 people waiting for UN aid lorries in northern Gaza, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry says. Six more people...

Israeli forces carry out raids across West Bank and Gaza

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ISRAELI forces carried out sweeping overnight raids into yesterday morning across the occupied West Bank, detaining dozens of Palestinians, assaulting residents, and issuing new...

Greek Bankworkers Fight Sackings

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GREEK bankworkers at the Piraeus Bank went on a national strike last Friday against mass sackings. On the orders of the EU all Greek...

‘Ignore us at your peril!’ – nurses warn Tories

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SCORES of striking nurses spoke out angrily on the picket lines yesterday to condemn the Tory public sector pay cuts programme. Hundreds of thousands of...
Striking probation officers and solicitors outside Westminster Magistrates Court yesterday lunchtime

36-hr strike against justice privatisation

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PROBATION officers and solicitors across England and Wales walked out on a 36-hour strike at noon yesterday and they are staying out until...

RMT will fight any new anti-union legislation

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RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch spoke out defiantly yesterday in response to Tory strike breaking threats to pass laws to ‘ensure minimum staffing levels...