UN votes in favour of Palestinian statehood
THE UNITED Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed resolution on Palestine statehood on Tuesday, with 172 countries voting in favour of the resolution. The resolution affirmed...
Manchester jobs bombshell!
Trade unions yesterday reacted angrily to Manchester City Council’s announcement of 2,000 job cuts. The Labour-run council said it needed to reduce its workforce by...
Sack Sats Private Contractors – Says Nasuwt
TEACHING trade unions have condemned the government’s use of private contractors, hired to mark school children’s ‘SATs’ exam papers. The condemnation was in response to...
‘If other workers want to come out with us they are very welcome!’
THE RMT strike action went ahead yesterday after talks on Wednesday broke down without agreement. John Gutteridge, RMT Learning Rep spoke to News Line on...
Israel’s Gaza Genocide Goes Over 25,000!
AT LEAST 25,105 people have now been killed and 62,681 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that as...
More FBU strike action
THE Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced that its members in England and Wales will take strike action again next weekend, Friday 13 and...
NO ‘COMPROMISE AGREEMENT!’ say Gate Gourmet workers
SHOP Stewards representing the 670 locked out Gate Gourmet workers are meeting Transport and General Workers Union General Secretary Tony Woodley at the union’s...
China-Arab states condemn Israel’s aggression against Palestine!
A joint statement issued at the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing has condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression against...
Round the clock GPs slammed
TORY leader Cameron is today unveiling measures to force GPs to open from 8.00 to 8.00pm and on Saturdays and Sundays. The hours change is...
‘Heinous’ Israeli Crime Condemned
THE Israeli army and Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah traded fire across the border yesterday, stoking fears that the war in Gaza could spark a...
Grampian Foods Pensions Strike
A pensions strike at Grampian Foods, which supplies meat to Britain’s supermarkets, could soon hit shelf supplies, warned the Transport and General Workers’ Union...
Tax hike for workers while rich pay zero! – 1.25% NI hike bulldozed through...
A VOTE took place last night, fast tracking the Johnson government’s 1.25% hike on National Insurance to pay for social care announced only on...
More Than 20,000 Troops For Helmand Province
Prime Minister Brown yesterday announced the UK is sending 500 extra troops to Afghanistan early this month. He revealed that, along with special forces operating...
Itv Strike Ballot!
ITV staff are to ballot for strike action over pay. BECTU said: ‘Union officials at ITV have rejected the company’s latest pay offer for 2015...
Bring LT cleaners back in-house
AS THE Omicron crisis grips the capital, Labour politicians yesterday called for public ownership of London Transport cleaning services. The MPs and peers made the...
Johnson Hands Power To Decide To Bosses
‘WE ARE going to give employers more discretion, and ask them to make decisions about how their staff can work safely,’ Tory PM Johnson...
BROOKS RESIGNS! – Murdoch disarray continues
NEWS International chief executive Rebekah Brooks resigned yesterday morning, thrown overboard by Murdoch as he sought to get a grip on News International’s runaway...
Greek Medicines Crisis
The Greek Chemist shops Association staged a 24-hour national strike yesterday demanding the payment by the Health Ministry of some 500 million euros owed...
Calais Action Volunteers Ready To Go!
VOLUNTEERS from Calais Action yesterday loaded a truck to take aid for refugees to the Greek island of Samos. Calais Action founder Libby Freeman...
DESELECTION BATTLE! – due at Labour Party Conference
THE LABOUR Party Conference in Liverpool next week is set to battle over the mandatory reselection of MPs. If it is agreed it will be...
‘Greenland belongs to people of Greenland’ – that is a right says Starmer
‘THE UK and the US are close allies and close partners. That relationship matters profoundly – not just to our security, but to the...
Rail on brink of chaos! – RMT warns of rail franchising disaster
RAIL union RMT warned yesterday that the chaotic rail franchising disaster has taken a further turn for the worse. The extension of the current First...
GREEK RIOT POLICE ATTACK PROTEST! – thousands march against Police State Bill
FROM NICK AXARLIS IN ATHENS SCORES of Greek armed riot police attacked thousands of workers and students with tear-gas and noise-smoke grenades last Thursday night...
Public support for nurses rising!
PUBLIC support for a nurses strike has risen six months after first industrial action. A new poll by YouGov for the Royal College of Nursing...
Gaza death toll passes 39,000!
THE GAZA death toll passed the 39,000 mark yesterday with the Health Ministry reporting at least 39,006 Palestinians have been killed and 89,818 wounded...
Surge in privatisation threatens NHS – warn health unions
‘A SURGE in privatisation is threatening free NHS treatment,’ unions say. With contracts worth £5.5bn going to private firms, health sector unions warn of a...
GPs ‘to be paid to keep patients out of hospital’
GPs in England will no longer have to offer appointments lasting at least 10 minutes under changes agreed with the government. It is one of...
Tottenham Public Meeting: Quit EU on October 31! – October 23rd, 2019
News Line & Workers Revolutionary Party Public meetings: Trade unions must act to make sure we quit EU on October 31st!
For a workers government and...
Greek Students Stage A Huge National March!
GREEK students staged a huge national march in Athens last Thursday against a government Bill to establish private universities while shutting down or merging...
FBU – 4 Days Strike Action
THE FBU is escalating its strike action tonight with four days of action in England beginning at 6pm in the sharpening fight over pensions. The...
HANDS OFF OUR PENSIONS! – 37 Universities to strike!
STAFF at 37 universities are to strike over an ‘unprecedented attack on their pensions’, it was announced by their union University College Union (UCU)...
No fare rises – re-nationalise!
RAIL fares are set to rise by a whacking 6.2% next January, about double the official rate of inflation, though some ticket price rises...
US, UK & France ‘complicit in possible Saudi war crimes’ – Amnesty
A NEW report by Amnesty International reveals that precision-guided bombs made by the United States have been used in Saudi-led deadly airstrikes against civilians...
Gabriel Polley Speaks Out For Workers
‘THE working class is tired of listening to the lies put forward by the ruling class politicians,’ said Workers Revolutionary Party candidate Gabriel Polley,...
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...
Ealing Anger At Strike Sellout!
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...
10 QUESTIONS FOR KIEV COUPISTS – from Russia’s deputy Defence Minister
MOSCOW – Western states and Kiev have rushed to find Russian involvement in the MH17 crash having no evidence to back their claims, Russia’s...
May’s Grammar School Move Is Slammed
‘SELECTION belongs in the dustbin of history and has no place in modern society. There must be no going back,’ Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary...
TORIES TO USE ARMY TO BREAK STRIKES! – PCS leader condemns strike-breaking plans
THE TORY government has revealed that it is set to begin training hundreds of British Army personnel as strike-breakers this month, to be mobilised...
National action launched to end ‘fire and rehire’ – while Unite suspends RATP...
THE UNITE union yesterday launched a nationwide campaign to ‘end the growing practice of fire and rehire’ through a programme of strike action alongside...
Tories have no plan for a second wave! – damning PAC report
THE TORIES have no plan to deal with a second spike of the deadly coronavirus. A fresh report just released by the Public Accounts Committee...
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...
Tories Busting NHS!
NHS leaders in England say they have reached a ‘tipping point’ and cannot maintain standards for patients on the funding they are getting. Chris Hopson,...
Corbyn Wins High Court Challenge!
IN A VICTORY for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a high court challenge which attempted to overturn his right to stand in the Labour...
Haringey Binmen Fight Strikebreaking
STRIKING Haringey bin men are into the second week of their action against private contractors, Haringey Accord, which plans to cut two dust crews,...