Met Students Confined To Rooms By Security Guards!
STUDENTS at Manchester Metropolitan University are confined to their rooms, with security officers keeping them inside. In a statement, Manchester Met said: ‘Our security teams...
3rd Day of Palestinian hunger strike!
OVER 100 Fatah-affiliated prisoners in Israeli jails entered their third day on hunger strike yesterday, prisoner representatives said. The 120 prisoners, all held in Nafha...
Pressure Mounts On May To Resign
Home Secretary Theresa May came under renewed pressure to resign yesterday, after former head of the UK Border Force Brodie Clark rebutted her claim...
Vote Anna Athow To Keep Chase Farm Open
A LIVELY North East London Council of Action monthly picket of Chase Farm Hospital won big support yesterday for its determination to keep...
2.8% Rail Fares Rise – ‘A Kick In The Teeth For Passengers’ – RMT
THERE is to be a 2.8% rail fares rise for 2020. The increase will be based on the Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure of...
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,...
Ventilator Rationing!
VENTILATORS are to be rationed, using tactics employed on the battlefield, where army medics choose who to treat and who to leave to bleed...
Greece Set For Massive General Strike
GREEK trade unions are set for a huge one-day general strike today against the government’s ‘Double Bill’ which destroys the state pension system, allows...
‘No two-tier workforce!’ 2,000 6th Form College lecturers strike
AROUND 2,000 members of the National Education Union (NEU) began another three days of strike action at 32 non-academised sixth form colleges yesterday, against...
Tories Big Council Losses!
LABOUR PARTY leader Starmer said yesterday the Labour Party is on track to win the next general election, after taking control of key councils...
‘IT IS OVER’ SAYS WALLACE – as UK leaves nationals behind in Kabul
‘IT IS OVER,’ Tory defence secretary Ben Wallace admitted yesterday over the UK’s Afghan debacle. He added: ‘It is with deep regret that not everyone...
‘We will Brexit October 31 despite Benn Act’ – Johnson
TORY PM Johnson said yesterday that he believed there was ‘a good chance’ of a Brexit deal with the EU, while also insisting that...
‘WE DEFEND OUR RIGHTS’ – Gate Gormet locked-out workers tell AGM
‘IF we sign the compromise deal we cut off our hands – the company sacked us in five minutes and the union signed the...
RESTORE PUBLICLY PROVIDED NHS! – reverse all privatising legislation
MEMBERS of Parliament are to debate a demand that the government restores England’s publicly provided NHS by reversing all privatising legislation, including ending private...
‘We’re here to stay’ say London occupiers
Over 600 people were yesterday massed at the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, holding a popular assembly after hundreds had camped out overnight following...
‘THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS KILLING MORE CIVILIANS’ – says Libyan government spokesman
British air and missile strikes have caused ‘numerous civilian casualties’ especially at the civilian airport in Sirte, Libyan government spokesman Ibrahim Moussa said...
RMT pledges to fight cuts in oil workers’ jobs
FOLLOWING a global collapse in the price of oil, oil giant BP yesterday announced it is to cut 300 jobs in its North...
‘Those responsible must be jailed’ say Grenfell survivors
‘WE HAVE been strong and we are not prepared to be walked over and we do want answers,’ Grenfell survivor Jaquie Hayes said yesterday. She...
University pension strike looms after cuts
UNIVERSITY lecturers are gearing up for strike action against cuts to their pensions. Universities UK’s (UUK) announced yesterday that cuts to the pensions of university...
Abolish NHS prescription charges! say GPs
THE NHS prescription charge is ‘iniquitous’ and ‘outdated’ and should be scrapped, urge GPs in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB), edited...
Trump Puppets Johnson & Farage Fall Out!
THE TORY government has defended its proposed Brexit deal with the EU, following criticism from President Trump, who suggested a Johnson-Farage alliance. Trump told LBC...
Swinson – New Attack On Corbyn!
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn risks jeopardising a vote of no confidence in the government by insisting he becomes caretaker PM, Lib Dems leader Jo...
Syria – nationwide ceasefire proposed
RUSSIA and Turkey have reached an agreement on a proposal for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria from midnight, Turkey’s Anadolu state news agency...
Another Unfair Tax!
Trade unions yesterday condemned the Cameron government’s just-announced decision to press ahead with increasing the pension contributions of public service workers from April 2012. Teachers...
‘PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES’ – warns Bush
President Bush yesterday warned Americans that the economic damage to the US will be ‘painful and lasting’ if Congress fails to pass his $700...
Beds Council Workers Defy Wage-Cutting
BEDFORDSHIRE Council’s ultimatum to employees to sign new wage-cutting contracts or face the sack has been met with defiance by council workers, who...
REMOVE THESE LEADERS! Postal – workers react to ‘Interim Agreement’
Postal workers yesterday reacted angrily when details of the ‘interim agreement’ reached between the Communication Workers Union (CWU ) leadership and the Royal Mail...
Unite-Rolls Royce jobs deal – includes a 10% pay delay for 1 year
THE UNITE union has agreed a package with engineering giant Rolls-Royce to financially protect the 20,000 UK workforce during the coronavirus emergency by delaying...
‘We’ll have the last word’ say Greek youth
THOUSANDS of Greek school and university students took part in militant anti-government and anti-police marches in all the major cities last Friday to commemorate...
GPs are not gatekeepers, their place is in the communities
GPs have stressed that the best place for GPs to work is in their community, as opposed to working in hospital triage as first...
3,000 Greek Doctors Fight Health Bill
Over 3,000 medical doctors and health workers demonstrated on Wednesday through the Athens city centre against the government’s Health Bill, shouting ‘Loverdo (Health Minister)...
STOP CAMERON ADDRESSING TUC! – RMT begins a national campaign
THE RMT transport union confirmed yesterday that it is mobilising grassroots opposition amongst rank and file trade unionists to an invitation to Tory Prime...
Stop ‘bedroom tax’ evictions
The Bedroom Tax will lead to massive rises in rent arrears and homelessness, hitting the poorest people the hardest, Margaret Hodge, Chairwoman of the...
Reserve Major General describes current events as a great disgrace to Israel!
A RESERVE Major General in the Israeli occupation army, Yitzhak Brik, yesterday spoke out about the dire situation in the Gaza Strip. Brik described the...
Largest School Cuts For A Generation!
TWO National Union of Teachers (NUT)/YouGov polls of parents and teachers reveal the growing crisis in schools, the NUT said yesterday. The polls found: ...
HEARTLESS EVICTION! – GMB hires a lawyer for sacked school caretaker and family
The GMB trade union yesterday revealed its fears that many more ex-Southwark council school caretakers could face the same frightening threats of eviction as...
‘WE REJECT PRIVATISATION’ – says RMT leader on eve of strike
‘WE DON’T accept privatisation,’ RMT rail union leader Bob Crow said yesterday, on the eve of today’s strike by over 2,300 RMT members employed...
‘NHS CHAOS!’ – Junior doctors warn
THERE will be total ‘chaos’ in the NHS by August – unless the government immediately scraps MTAS (the new Medical Training Application Service), a...
CONFIDENCE IS EVAPORATING! – say the CBI bosses
THE UK economy is ‘in a bad place, with confidence evaporating’, the head of the UK’s biggest employers’ organisation has warned. John Cridland, director general...
De Menezes family ‘may have been hacked’
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday called upon Prime Minister Cameron to extend the remit of the inquiry into the phone hacking scandal. They demanded...
‘THE STRIKE IS STRONG – PUBLIC ARE STILL BEHIND US!’ says RMT
‘The strike is strong, the public are still behind us and members are strong and want to continue,’ striking RMT London Area Council Rep...
Nationalisation To Defend Gm Jobs!
GENERAL MOTORS, owned by the US government, is falling out with the German government about who is going to buy GM Europe. The...
Gaza Critical – ‘Hunger Rebellion’ In Nablus
UNRWA, the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees, yesterday evening suspended its operations in the Gaza Strip citing a shortage of fuel. The suspension means...
Mandate For NHS Privatisation
SECRETARY of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, delivered his Annual Report to Parliament on the Health Service yesterday, to coincide with the publication of...
Unions recommend Tata deal – despite pension cuts and no job guarantees
UNITE, Community and GMB trade unions yesterday called on Tata steel workers at Port Talbot to vote ‘YES’ when the...