Last month Unite, Community and GMB reps marched to the TUC headquarters in central London to discuss the steel crisis

Occupy to save steel jobs!

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TATA Steel could close down its remaining UK operations as soon as 28 May if a viable deal to sell the assets is not...

Class Size Clash Looms!

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Teachers are heading for a conflict with the government over class sizes. The National Union of Teachers is to vote at its annual conference in...

‘Something rotten at the heart of Labour’ – Labour disaffiliation: Bakers to consult members

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THE LEFT-wing Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) yesterday announced the launch of an upcoming membership consultation on whether the trade union should...

‘We will win’ say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers

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‘It’s very good to see that the British Airways pilots are ready to strike – things are coming to a head,’ locked out Gate...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers and their campaign team won big support on Southall High Street and from postal workers at Greenford Mail Centre yesterday

Postal workers back Gate Gourmet rally

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POSTAL workers from the Greenford Mail Centre, one of the biggest in the country, are coming to the Gate Gourmet locked-out workers’ first...

‘WE WILL HAVE TO STRIKE’ – UNISON Conference is told

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UNISON members at their national delegate conference in Manchester yesterday voted unanimously to oppose the attack on their pensions with coordinated industrial action. Before debating...

Ealing Anger At Strike Sellout!

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EALING Parking Service workers are angry at the way in which their strike has been sold out. Unite Branch Secretary Harjinder Nagi told News Line...

Four Day Strike At Maudsley And Bethlem Hospitals!

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FACILITIES staff at Maudsley and Bethlem mental hospitals began a new four-day strike yesterday against the ISS offer of a meagre 30p wage increase,...
Confident CWU pickets at the Peckham Delivery Office, south east London, last Saturday

STOP STRIKEBREAKING – postal workers tell Unite leaders

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The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) is lobbying the Unite head office in Holborn, central London, at 11.30 this morning to demand it stops its...

Half a million on London Nakba march for Palestine

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MORE than half a million workers, students and youth joined London’s Nakba 77 march on Downing Street in support of Palestine on Saturday. As it...

Israeli Forces Live Fire Kills Palestinian Women

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A PALESTINIAN woman was killed yesterday when Israeli forces opened live fire in the Al-Jenena neighbourhood, east of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to...

TUC must act to free Assange says father

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JOHN SHIPTON yesterday called for the TUC to take up the fight for the release of his son, Julian Assange, and prevent his extradition...

Joint enterprise case quashed

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THE FIRST person to have a joint enterprise murder conviction quashed was released from prison yesterday in a landmark ruling against the controversial...

‘Grenfell Tower was a death trap before any firefighter arrived!’ – says Matt Wrack...

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MATT WRACK, the FBU general secretary, said yesterday in response to the Grenfell Tower inquiry phase one report: ‘The Inquiry’s interim report must finally...
A section of yesterday’s picket of Chase Farm Hospital demanding that it should be kept open

STOP CHASE FARM CLOSING! – says picket

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THERE was a lively picket of both gates at Chase Farm Hospital yesterday morning by the North-East London Council of Action, demonstrating to stop...

General Strike Overdue

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TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady has said on the eve of the annual TUC Congress, that unions may come together in co-ordinated strike action...
Lobby of London Mayor Johnson’s office against the violent attack on all the emergency services in February

Firefighters Forced To Transport Patients!

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LINCOLNSHIRE Fire Brigades Union and the GMB trade union yesterday expressed concern over plans to use firefighters as A&E first responders. The FBU said it...
Water authority workers on the march in Athens – are now fighting the attempt to impose an EU dictatorship on Greece

Greek Workers Angry At Eu Diktat

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The Greek Prime Minister Lukas Papademos told the trade union leaders of the GSEE (Greek TUC) last Wednesday that wages and all national or...

NHS PAY OFFER – Looks to divide and rule

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‘I will be recommending members reject the new pay offer,’ UNISON Oxfordshire health branch chairman Mark Ladbrooke told News Line yesterday. He was commenting on...
Teachers marching on a TUC demonstration against Tory policies

Children are arriving hungry every day at school!

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THE number of struggling families sending their children to school hungry has increased over the past year, according to a poll of almost 900...

CUT PAY & PENSIONS! – demand BCC bosses

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Ahead of the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report on Wednesday, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has called for cuts across the board in public services,...
Wednesday’s emergency demonstration opposite parliament against Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in Gaza

COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT IS A WAR CRIME! – says UNISON’s Prentis

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AN Israeli soldier was killed and another injured on Thursday during renewed clashes with Palestinian fighters near the Kisufim military post east of Al-Qarara...

Tsipras sacks ”lefts” as prices soar

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THE Greek government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is presenting to the Vouli (Greek parliament) another austerity measures Bill. The vote is to be...

‘Unions need to stand together to properly defend the NHS!’

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THERE were three sets of NHS workers on strike at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel yesterday, the domestic and catering workers, the pathologists...

100 Palestinians Killed In Israeli Gaza Attacks

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At least 100 Palestinians, including 34 aid seekers, were killed and 534 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza yesterday, according to the enclave’s Health...

Unemployment set to soar

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UK bosses yesterday warned that the deepening UK slump will see unemployment soar further to 2.9 million next year. The manufacturing sector turned in its...
Teachers march during a national public sector strike in defence of pensions

The Great Pensions Robbery! Millions worse off under pension ‘reforms’

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MILLIONS of workers will be worse off under state pension reforms, the TUC warned yesterday. New research published by the TUC found that the vast...

LABOUR WILL VOTE TO REVOKE ARTICLE 50 – rather than accept ‘No Deal’

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THE LABOUR Party would ‘consider very, very strongly’ voting to revoke Article 50 to block a no-deal Brexit this Friday, Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca...

Israeli army commits nine massacres in 24 hours!

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THE Israeli occupation army committed nine massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, killing at least 92 civilians...
Mass picket of hospital workers in Norwich on the national NHS strike over pay on October 13

Labour Pledges Repeal Of Health & Social Care Act!

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THE NHS ‘cannot survive a second term of Tory-led government,’ the Labour Party’s Chair of General Election Strategy, Douglas Alexander, said yesterday. He was echoing...
Ritzy cinema workers striking for a living wage

‘WAR ON LOW PAY!’ – launched at Unite conference

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‘WE are launching a war against low wages’ Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner announced yesterday on the second day of their annual conference. Unite...
Sacked 2 Sisters workers demonstrating outside Marks & Spencer’s ‘flagship’ store in Oxford Street. Unite assistant general secretary JACK DROMEY (centre) pledged ‘We will win the jobs back of these 59 workers’

‘2 sisters’ sacked workers picket M&S

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FIFTY-NINE sacked workers from the 2 Sisters poultry processing factory in Birmingham travelled to London yesterday, determined to win their jobs back. They demonstrated outside...

Blair-Brown War On Single Parents

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Prime Minister Blair and Gordon Brown, together with Work and Pensions Secretary Hutton, will today announce a new, savage attack on lone parents and...
BMA junior doctors are getting ready for industrial action and will be assembling at Marble Arch at 2.00pm tomorrow to march to Parliament Square

Get ready for industrial action! says BMA

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THE BMA has urged junior doctors to update their place of work details by October 23 so that they can take part in...
Nurse on the TUC march – working families are taking out credit cards to pay their bills, debt is rising, not wages

Credit Card Crisis!

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FAMILIES’ credit card debt is set to soar at two-and-a-half times the rate of wages, as families desperately take out credit to avoid starvation...
Tents in Athens where the hunger strikers are living

Four Weeks On Hunger Strike

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Dramatic events are unfolding in Athens as the 287 immigrant workers’ hunger strike completes four weeks today, Monday, 21 February. Four hunger strikers have been...
Platform at the News Line Anniversary Meeting (L-R) JOSHUA OGUNLEYE, Young Socialists National Secretary, IAN HODSON, BFAWU National President; BILL ROGERS, Aslef; FRANK SWEENEY, WRP; DAVE WILTSHIRE, ATUA; FUAD SHAATH, General Union Palestinian Students;

‘REVOLUTION IS THE ANSWER’ – Leff tells News Line Anniversary

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JONTY Leff the Assistant General Secretary of the WRP told the News Line Rally yesterday that ‘Today at this 46th anniversary rally we celebrate...

Starmer Joins Hammond For Anti-Brexit Coup!

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LABOUR’S Shadow Brexit Secretary, Keir Starmer, yesterday welcomed Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond’s announcement on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that he will resign on...

Eu-Ukrainian Deal!

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EU leaders yesterday signed an Association Agreement with the Ukrainian coupist government. It is a watered-down version of the agreement that the overthrown President...
Generations of Chagos Islanders occupied Trafalgar Sq for 5 days during July demanding their right to return to their homeland – they protested at The Hague yesterday

Chagos Islanders protest at the Hague

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CHAGOS Islanders travelled from the UK to Holland yesterday to protest outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague to demand the right...

PCS REJECTS ‘BULLYING’ OF THE POOR – as government plans four-week benefit cuts

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THE civil service union PCS said yesterday it was opposed to ‘punitive’ benefit cuts facing the unemployed, single parents and even the disabled, who...

‘MORE POWERS FOR POLICE’ – pledges PM May

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THE TORY and Labour parties yesterday suspended national campaigning in the general election for the day in the wake of Saturday night’s terror attack...
Junior doctors have not stopped battling since their strike actions – they have won a battle at the Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust in defence of their pay banding

Junior Doctors Defend Pay Band!

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JUNIOR DOCTORS have defended their protected pay banding after a year-long struggle. The BMA supported 15 foundation doctors at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS...

COVID-19 STAFF DEATHS – HSE Executive is urged to investigate

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THE Health and Safety Executive is being urged to investigate hospitals and care homes over the widespread Covid-19 infections among staff, which led to...
Nurses on the TUC march last November against the attack by the Tory coalition on public sector workers’ pensions

Nurses furious over pay cut!

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NURSES in South West England are furious over leaked plans to sack and re-hire them on lower pay and worse conditions. The government is...