Oxygen masks needed for Iraqi children
A DEMONSTRATOR highlighting the plight of dying Iraqi children was read a section of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act by a police...
6 children killed in water tanker massacre
Ten people, including six children, were killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers in central Gaza yesterday. Their bodies were...
3-DAY BELGIAN POSTAL STRIKE! – against the privateers
Over 30,000 Belgian postal workers began a three-day strike yesterday against privatisation to defend their jobs, pay and working conditions. Postal unions...
‘Metropolitan police recruiting criminals’ – concludes police watchdog
THE METROPOLITAN Police’s approach to tackling corruption within its ranks is ‘fundamentally flawed,’ an inspection by the police watchdog published yesterday concluded. It found the...
BA Cabin Crew Want Indefinite Strike Action!
‘I WANT an immediate ballot and indefinite strike action now. Let’s see them cope with that! I don’t want to wait until Christmas’, a...
‘This Is A Fight We Cannot Afford To Lose’
Postal workers yesterday called for public sector unions to come out on strike with them on the eve of the second of two 48-hour...
‘WAR ON LOW PAY!’ – launched at Unite conference
‘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...
‘Only real solution is a two state solution’ says Biden
US President Joe Biden affirmed last night that a two-state solution was the ‘only real solution’ to the war in Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli...
Nurses Cost Of Living Crisis
EIGHT nurses every day seek urgent help from a support line to cope with the cost of living, new figures released by the RCN...
‘Brexit deal fails Labour’s six tests’ says Corbyn
TORY PM May announced yesterday that a political declaration has been ‘agreed in principle’ between the UK and the EU outlining how trade, security...
FORD PLANNING CLOSURES – in Belgium, Germany and the UK
FORD is planning to close its plant in Southampton which makes the Transit van and employs 500 workers. A meeting between Ford’s management and unions...
Eu-Ukrainian Deal!
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...
May postpones vote on Brexit!
‘ON ONE issue on the Northern Ireland backstop there remains widespread and deep concern. As a result, if we went ahead and held...
Manufacturing Orders Decline
UK manufacturing growth fell to its lowest rate for 21 months in June as new orders declined, the latest Markit/Cips survey says. The groups’ manufacturing...
Iran will never surrender! – says Ayatollah Khamenei
LEADER of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said the Iranian nation will ‘firmly stand against’ an imposed war. In a televised message...
50 MPs SLAM BBC OVER GAZA
More than 50 MPs have signed a House of Commons Early Day Motion (EDM) condemning ‘the refusal of the BBC and other broadcasters to...
Putin launches ‘Special Military Operation’ in Donbass
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin announced a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine’s Donbass region early yesterday morning to ‘defend people there against government forces’, stressing...
CARNAGE! – workers lose fingers at Katsouris fresh foods
Following two industrial accidents since July when two workers lost fingers at work, the GMB union is holding a mass meeting of food workers...
Gate Courmet Campaign
‘It’s shameful the way Gate Gourmet workers have been treated by both the company and the union,’ Hounslow local government UNISON assistant branch secretary...
‘THE GLOVES ARE OFF’ School staff support body is abolished
‘THE gloves are off on deregulation of staff pay and conditions,’ said teachers union NASUWT yesterday. NASUWT General Secretary Chris Keates slammed the announcement by...
Greek Workers March For Jobs
Greek public sector workers on short contracts staged a successful 24-hour national strike last Thursday demanding permanent jobs and full labour rights. Their struggle was...
Israeli tanks, copters and drones fire on thousands–21 killed 150 wounded
AT least 21 starving Palestinians were killed after Israeli tanks, helicopters and drones opened fire on thousands of people waiting for aid in Gaza...
Battle For Tripoli!
HEAVY fighting continues in many areas of Tripoli today, especially around the compound of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gadaffi, as soldiers and armed civilians...
Israeli forces intensify their bombardment!
ISRAELI forces have intensified their military operations across the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, leaving a devastating toll in their wake. In the past...
Israel approves 22 new illegal settlements in West Bank
Israel has approved the establishment of 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The decision was reportedly taken in a closed-door vote by...
London Bus Strike Today
BUS workers across London are on strike today over an escalating battle over pay. The 24-hour strike is over the refusal of London’s 18 bus...
TORY MPs BOYCOTT CORBYN MEETING
LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn convened a meeting yesterday with opposition MPs from the Liberal Democrats, Scottish Nationalists, Greens, Plaid Cymru and Change UK ‘independents’...
Tuition Fees Challenged In High Court
TWO students began a high court battle against the government yesterday challenging the rise in tuition fees as unlawful as it breaches the equality...
Teuta Hoxha – on Day 45 of her hunger strike! She may die...
The 17-year-old sister of a pro-Palestine prisoner who is now on day 45 of her hunger strike says she fears she may die in...
STRIKE ON–‘NO REAL PROGRESS’ says the TUC
the TUC declared yesterday that there has been no ‘real progress’ in pensions talks with the government and the ‘unions remain firmly committed...
‘All NHS workers & their families must be tested!’ – demands BMA chair Dr...
‘ALL health workers and their families must be tested immediately,’ Chair of the Council of the British Medical Association and GP Dr Chaand Nagpaul...
STRIKES WILL PROCEED DURING OLYMPICS – say unions
UNIONS reacted angrily yesterday to threats by Arts, Media and Sports Secretary Hunt that public sector workers who strike during the Olympics should face...
Take Action Against Post Privatisation!
The CWU postal workers union yesterday slammed a call from government appointed regulator Postcomm to privatise Royal Mail. CWU general secretary Billy Hayes said: ‘This...
Vote For Strike Action Urges Prentis
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis is urging a big ‘yes’ vote for strike action by its local government worker members in the ballot over...
Mass mega picket support for Birmingham bin workers
‘There must be 300 here today easily and that is replicated at the other four sites. There are no wagons going out at all...
Hamas-Israel prisoner exchange expected to take place today!
THE prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is expected to take place today, with Egypt overseeing the process to ensure both sides fulfil their...
ISRAEL KILLS 28 FARMERS – close to the Syrian border
Five Israeli soldiers were killed yesterday afternoon as ferocious resistance by Hezbollah fighters held off their attempts to advance into southern Lebanon. Hezbollah also said it...
BLAIR ‘BREAKING’ ARMY – chief of staff urges withdrawal from Iraq
The Blair government was yesterday paralysed in the face of a mutiny by Britain’s Chief of the General Staff who demanded...
RMT Industrial Action Vote
RAIL union RMT confirmed today that it has declared a dispute and is preparing an industrial action ballot on Great Western services. This is after...
Deepest recession since 1706 – UK economy to contract 14% – shock Bank of...
THE BANK of England warned yesterday that the UK economy is heading towards its deepest recession on record, shrinking by as much as 14%...
Police try to stop the Beacon Hill locked-out workers picket
HEATHROW Airport police tried to remove the Gate Gourmet picket from the Beacon Roundabout outside the airport yesterday. Three locked-out workers were picketing in their...
Grenfell fire ‘could have been put out with an extinguisher’ – Outrageous claim by...
CLADDING which burst into flames up the side of Grenfell Tower ‘could have been put out with a simple extinguisher’, cladding company Arconic has...
Pm Brown Unveils ‘Self-Treatment’ By ‘Expert Patients’!
Patients should ask ‘not what the NHS can do for you, but what you can do for the NHS,’ prime minister Brown warned yesterday. In...
RMT Demanding No Slave Labour On Brexit Ferries
AS the RMT protested at the Department for Transport yesterday, the Shipping Minister Nusrat Ghani has refused to agree that UK employment legislation such...



















