THREAT TO STRIKE GAZA! –made by Israeli Premier Netanyahu
ISRAELI Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned yesterday that Israel will strike ‘aggressively’ at Gaza in reaction to any fire from the territory. He said at...
‘Scrap Universal Credit’ says GMB union
THE DISASTROUS Universal Credit scheme was rolled out in Hammersmith and Fulham yesterday, prompting the GMB union to demand that it ‘should be withdrawn’...
Assembly Supports Chase Farm Occupation!
‘WE will defend Chase Farm Hospital with an occupation!’ was the message Bill Rogers, secretary of the North East London Council of Action, delivered...
‘We need mass industrial action!’ says McCluskey
OVER 10,000 workers, trades unionists and youth marched from Clerkenwell Green to Trafalgar Square yesterday on May Day. There were banners from trades unions, trades...
9-1 Vote For Po Strike
Post Office workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay, job security and the future of the Crown...
Russia & China Use Veto Over Syria
RUSSIA and China yesterday vetoed a UK-US UN Security Council resolution threatening the Syrian government with sanctions and regime change. The vote came a...
NO HOME FOR UNEMPLOYED! says Hastings council
UNEMPLOYED workers will not be offered homes under a new council ‘re-generation’ scheme, sparking outrage and allegations that the move stinks of ‘social cleansing’. Hastings...
Students March Against Fees And Cuts
OVER a thousand students marched from University of London Union in Malet Street, central London, to the Business, Innovation and Science Department in Victoria...
BBC strike action by Xmas!
BECTU and the NUJ yesterday warned that BBC plans to cut 2,000 jobs would provoke strikes by Xmas. The BBC intends to reshape its TV...
KIDS GOING INTO SCHOOL HUNGRY! – Parents, children & teachers lobby Downing Street
THE STATE education system in this country and the health service in this country are valued very highly by the vast majority of people...
T&g Backs Sainsbury Family Against Texas Pacific Raiders
The Transport and General Workers Union yesterday issued a statement backing ‘the Sainsbury family’s hostile position to the private equity bid for the supermarket...
£250 A SECOND – £1 million more unemployed will cost taxpayers £8.1billion
ON THE eve of today’s Budget, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber warned that if the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants increases...
Aslef drivers stand fast–throw out GTR-TUC sell-out deal!
ASLEF drivers have rejected the GTR-TUC proposed ‘resolution’ to the long-running dispute with Southern Railways. ASLEF said: ‘The following question was put to our driver...
Blair Gang Turn On Each Other
LEADING people at the centre of the three Blair governments have published their memoirs for big cash payments, knowing full well that...
Angry Iraqis March For Saddam
Hundreds of angry supporters of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, many of them armed, protested yesterday against his execution and blamed leading Iraqi politicians for...
SCRAP ‘RISKY’ NHS BILL – says Unison
In a report published today, the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts has warned that the reorganisation of the NHS in England could...
Balham PCS Strike Ballot Is Called!
STAFF at Balham benefit centre are being balloted for strike action having been told that their office is due to close on 31 December. This...
Private Sharks Circling The NHS!
LANSLEY’S Health Bill is a disaster of ‘Titanic proportions’ warned Unison, the UK’s largest union, yesterday. The union is calling on the government to...
Israel Bombs Unrwa Hq!
PALESTINIAN Legislative Council member Mustafa al-Barghouti challenged the head of the United Nations to personally go into Gaza, after Israel shelled the UN’s humanitarian...
No Low-Pay Zone In South West
The South West TUC has today launched a campaign to stop the West Country being declared a low-pay zone. Chancellor Osborne’s plan to end national...
PENSIONS STRIKES! – at 7 major UK airports in january
WORKERS at BAA’s seven airports across the UK have voted for strike action to defend their final salary pension scheme. Results of the secret strike...
Huge Leap In The Inflation Rate!
RPI INFLATION soared by 5.3 per cent last month, indicating that a huge cut in workers’ wages and a major hike in the cost...
Massive Crimea clashes–Red Army exercise called
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has ordered an urgent military drill to test the combat readiness of the armed forces across western and central Russia. The...
‘GPs will have to strike to save our surgeries!’
OVER 200 patients, health professionals, union members and campaigners marched through east London yesterday against cuts to GP surgeries which threaten the closure of...
NHS – CLOSE AND PRIVATISE SAYS CBI – as government welcomes report
Public sector union UNISON yesterday rejected a call from the Confederation of British Industries (CBI) for ‘failing’ hospitals to be closed and replaced...
BRING DOWN BROWN – GO FORWARD TO SOCIALISM! – demands News Line-All Trades Unions...
Two hundred trade unionists and youth attended the News Line & All Trades Unions Alliance (ATUA) conference in central London, yesterday. They discussed a resolution...
STUDENT LOAN RATES HIKE! –scrap all student debt, demands YS
Millions of graduates will now face paying interest on their student loans again as new interest rates came into effect yesterday. Payments to the Student...
Defend Public Sector Jobs!
Public sector union Unison, yesterday warned that predicted huge job losses in the public sector could wipe out vital local services such as day...
Weak Osborne declares ‘We are not powerless’ – as he demands EU Monetary Union
Chancellor Osborne and Bank of England Governor King announced a massive £140bn emergency stimulus package for ailing British capitalism on Thursday night. Both were speaking...
ILLEGAL! – Milford Haven oil terminal strike banned by judge
UNITE, the transport workers’ union, yesterday said it was calling a 12-hour strike at the Milford Haven oil terminal next Tuesday, after...
PCS SLAMS £15bn CUTS PLAN
THE Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) warned that further spending cuts will damage services and jeopardise the delivery of government policies as it...
BANK SHARES COLLAPSE! – Brown and bankers meet at 10 Downing Street
Billions more pounds were wiped off UK bank shares, yesterday, in the wake of Monday’s falls which saw £93bn wiped off the London Stock...
Banning Procedures On NHS – A ‘gamble With Patient Health’
Banning NHS operations to save money will gamble with patients’ health, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons warned yesterday. John Black, one of...
Tankers Strike Troops Stand By
Formal talks between Unite trade union officials and Shell suppliers are due to resume today, as hundreds of petrol stations have begun closing. Informal talks...
Johnson’s Fire Service Cuts Rejected!
OVER three hundred firefighters lobbied the Fire Authority meeting in SE London yesterday, where the decision was being made to defy Tory Mayor Boris...
NO PAYMENTS FOR NHS SERVICES – urges BMA
Plans to allow patients to pay directly for services could undermine equality in the NHS in England, create a new layer of bureaucracy, divert...
Suspects’ detention extended to 28 days
A High Court judge has given police another seven days to detain without charge, five suspects in connection with the alleged plot to blow...
Million-man march today to expel all US troops from Iraq – ‘Banish Iraqi president’...
IRAQIS are joining a ‘million-man march’ against the US today as anger soars over a meeting between the president of Iraq Barham Salih and...
SHELL TANKER DRIVERS OUT – from 6am Friday June 13th
SIX HUNDRED Shell tanker drivers are to take four-day strike action from 6am on Friday, fighting for a £2,000 pay rise and a minimum...
Arab League Condemns US Veto!
The Arab League has criticised the United States for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that sought to condemn Israeli massacres in the Gaza Strip. The...
Union Leaders Warn King
BANK of England Governor King’s insistence that nothing must be done to prevent the squeeze in living standards down to 1920s levels, has...
MEDICAL EDUCATION IS UNDER ATTACK! – Don’t lift fees cap says BMA
‘Medical education is under attack on several fronts,’ warns Professor Michael Rees, chair of the British Medical Association’s (BMA’s) Medical Academics Committee. In a BMA...
HANDS OFF THE DISABLED – Coalition warned
A LIVELY demonstration of over 5,000 disabled people, chanted: ‘Cuts Kill, Kill the Cuts!’ as they marched to Parliament yesterday. At a rally on the...
HEADING FOR MAJOR CRISIS! – says BMA’s ‘London’s NHS on the Brink’
Hospital services in London will be closed and down-graded as healthcare in the capital heads towards ‘a major financial and organisational crisis’, a...