NHS Faces ‘Worst Ever Winter!’

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THE LATEST ‘catastrophic’ NHS performance figures have sparked fears that the health service is on track for the ‘worst ever’ winter, the BMA doctors’...

Cameron Attacks Youth!

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Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday announced a whole series of police state measures for use against young people and workers. He told a recalled House...

Sunak Is Silent Over Procurement Scandal

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AT PRIME Minister’s Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons yesterday PM Sunak sought to divert questions away from the developing Tory PPE procurement...

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...

Council Tax imposed on poor!

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1.9 MILLION people who pay no Council Tax in the poorest households in England will pay an average of £140 a year tax from...

Birmingham bin strikers bring their fight to London

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STRIKING Birmingham binworkers are holding a London rally outside Parliament today where their Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham will deliver a speech calling...

Remain MPs move to block no deal Brexit

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AN AMENDMENT aimed at blocking any attempt to shut down Parliament to ensure that Brexit is carried out, was passed by a majority of...

Britain Accused Of Terrorism!

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The Iranian government yesterday accused Britain of organising and equipping bombers who killed eight people in attacks in the south-western city of...
Nurses demonstrate outside Parliament against the one per cent pay cap – creating a shortage of nurses

Overwork & Low Pay Driving Nurses Out Of NHS!

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NURSES, midwives, doctors, paramedics and NHS staff are being driven out of the profession because of overwork and low pay... creating a ‘severe staff...

Parliament has no veto right over British people says Davis

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TORY Brexit Secretary David Davis yesterday urged MPs to reject the two House of Lords amendments to the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill....
Gate Gourmet locked out workers leading yesterday’s 600-strong 1st Anniversary march through Southall

‘WE WILL WIN OUR JOBS BACK!’ – 600 march with the Gate Gourmet workers

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‘VICTORY for Gate Gourmet workers!’, ‘Slavery – no way!’ shouted more than 600 locked-out workers and their supporters as they marched through ...

LABOUR’S £26bn NHS ‘RESCUE!’

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LABOUR has announced a £26bn real terms Rescue Plan to deliver ‘real change in our health service’. The Labour Party is pledging to end the...
Picket line outside the Gate Gourmet factory yesterday morning

800 sacked – Given 3 minutes notice at Gate Gourmet

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‘Eight hundred workers at the gate gourmet airline catering company have been sacked,’ Tony Woodley told a press conference at the TGWU offices in...

Israel & US starves PLO of funds

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AHMAD Majdalani, of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, has warned that Israel is attempting to destroy the Palestinian Authority through more financial...

STOP ARMING ISRAEL! RECOGNISE PALESTINIAN STATE NOW! – say 100,000 marchers

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OVER 100,000 workers, trade unionists, students and youth marched through central London on the 17th London National March for Palestine on Saturday. Speakers at the...
A strong picket line at Middlesex University yesterday saw the students union supporting members of Unite and the UCU who were striking to defend their jobs

Strike Action To Defend Uni Jobs

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STRIKE action took place yesterday across the three campuses of Middlesex University with lecturers and staff picketing every entrance against the threat of 300...
Yesterday’s mass lobby outside the House of Commons demanding the prosecution of all those companies who have been involved in the blacklisting of workers

Prosecute Blacklisters!

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Blacklisted construction workers and their supporters, 200 strong, lobbied Parliament yesterday, demanding those who operated and used blacklists in Britain be prosecuted. In 2009 the...
Workers and youth in the UK are fighting to lift the siege on Gaza and establish the state of Palestine

‘We have created a historic epic’ says Haniya

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ISMAIL Haniya, the Palestinian prime minister in Gaza, has saluted the Palestinian people for their steadfastness in the harsh battle. ‘They have become the...
One of the big demonstrations in London during the 14 days of strikes – the employers have now made an offer

UCU – New Pensions Offer

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UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) branch representatives will meet at 11am on Wednesday 28 March to discuss members’ feedback on a new pensions offer...
Streatham Labour MP CHUKA UMUNNA, LISA LAWRENCE, LEE LAWRENCE, ROSEMARY SPENCER and CHARMAINE LAVILLE before handing the Groce family petition into No 10

Cherry Groce Family Demand Legal Aid!

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‘WE’RE here to hand in our petition with 130,000 signatures calling for legal aid to assist us and allow us to be active at...
Striking Swindon hospital workers about to board the coach to take them to Wolverhampton to tell the bosses of Carillion exactly what they think of them

Swindon Hospital Workers Lobby Carillion

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OVER 50 striking Swindon hospital workers travelled by coach yesterday to Wolverhampton to lobby their employer, privateer Carillion, demanding an end to...

Cameron’s Five Points

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FOLLOWING the release of a video showing the killing of hostage David Haines by Islamic State militants, PM Cameron yesterday announced ‘five points’, for...

Banker is new chairman of NHS England

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BANKER Richard Meddings has been appointed as the new chairman of NHS England. Meddings, who is also a non-executive director at Credit Suisse will replace...

‘Yellow Vests who have lost eyes and limbs demand justice’

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Tens of thousands of ‘Yellow Vest’ demonstrators took part in anti-government protests across France on Saturday. Police used tear gas against them in streets across...

Assange Must Be Freed Now!

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ON DAY three of the case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at the Old Bailey in central London, yesterday morning the court went straight...

NO STRIKES–WAGE FREEZE – agreed by Unite

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CALLUM MacLean, Ineos Grangemouth chairman, was exultant yesterday as he told the media that Unite the union had agreed to a three-year pay freeze,...

209,000 Miss Out On University

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Lecturers and students unions yesterday warned that increased fees will see even more youth denied higher education, as new figures confirmed that a record...
The fuel tax convoy arrives in Westminster on Tuesday

Cut Fuel Duty Now! Demand Hauliers

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HAULIERS hit by record fuel prices and taxes converged on Westminster in their lorries on Tuesday, to demand an immediate rebate to save them...
Irish workers taking to the streets of Dublin last month in a massive demonstration against the government’s crisis measures

Sack Begg Demand Dublin Teachers

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The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) Dublin City Post Primary branch has called for the resignation of Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) general...

ROYAL MAIL TO IMPOSE CHANGES – CWU to carry on talking

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THE Communication Workers Union yesterday announced new strikes before the end of September, if no agreement is reached with Royal Mail, who intend to...

PCS Universal Credit strike ballot

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PUBLIC and Commercial Services (PCS) union members working in Universal Credit are voting on whether to take strike action over workloads and staff recruitment. The...
Young people at the front of the 3,000-strong NE London Council of Action march against the closure of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield last November

DEFEND CHASE FARM – decision day on closure is July 31

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THE moment of truth is fast approaching for action to be taken to stop the closure of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, north...
GPs demonstrating to ‘save your surgery’ in Rugby earlier this year

Bma Launches ‘Save Your Surgery Campaign’

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The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday announced a national ‘Support your Surgery’ campaign to defend and promote NHS GP services in England. The BMA warned:...

Stop Gate Gourmet Sell-Out!

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WE want the TUC to give us the support that they voted for at their TUC Congress. ‘They must help us to win our jobs...
Junior doctors, health workers and supporters joined the mass picket outside St Thomas’ Hospital during the January 12th nationwide strike – they are out again on February 10th

Junior doctors strike on!

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THE JUNIOR doctors strike, on Wednesday February 10th will go ahead, doctors union the BMA announced yesterday. The BMA said in a statement: ‘Despite the...
Young Socialist marchers got a great welcome from PCS members all over the Midlands

Ys March For Jobs In Northampton

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THE Young Socialists March for Jobs, now in the final week on its route from Manchester to London, left Rugby yesterday morning, heading for...

Seven children killed seeking water!

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SEVEN Palestinian children were killed yesterday in an Israeli strike while attempting to find drinking water in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza – the area...

From Gaza to Buenos Aires workers demand justice on May Day!

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WORKERS took to the streets in cities across the world yesterday to mark International Workers Day, with trade unions warning that the US-Israeli war...
Gate Gourmet sacked workers  on Southall Broadway yesterday campaigning for their march on Sunday

All Out For Gate Gourmet Rally!

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‘WE ARE marching for a future where no employer can sack 800 workers by megaphone at a minute’s notice and where trade union leaders...

Chase Farm NHS Must Not Close

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Drivers honked their horns enthusiastically saluting the picket line outside Chase Farm hospital on day ten of the daily picket fighting to keep the...

BA sack BASSA branch secretary – Unite condemns bullying and intimidation

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The Unite union yesterday condemned the sacking by British Airways of a senior Unite official, BASSA branch secretary Duncan Holley, as ‘another act of...
Gate Gourmet pickets on the hill at Heathrow yesterday determined to defeat mass sackings

‘We’ve been sold out’ – say Gate Gourmet workers

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ANGRY Gate Gourmet workers were on the picket line yesterday after Wednesday’s sell-out deal between the Transport and General Workers’ Union leaders, TUC leaders...

‘GET DIRTY AMBULANCES OFF THE ROAD!’ – demands UNISON trade union

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UNISON, the major UK health union, yesterday blamed the government for the crisis over dirty ambulances and issued a call ‘for urgent action to...

1,500 Lorries Still Stuck

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ONE THOUSAND five hundred lorries are still stuck in Kent unable to leave the UK as Tory PM Johnson and French President Macron thrash...