A section of the 100,000-strong march against £9,000 tuition fees passing by Trafalgar Square on December 9 last year

STUDENTS’ ROBBERY! – to repay twice their fees and loans

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The University and College union (UCU) yesterday welcomed findings by the BBC, which it said shone a light on the real level of debt...

Unite urges BA staff to accept pay cut

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THE UNITE union has sent a ‘GSS UPDATE 17 SEPT’ to its below-wing ground staff members working at Heathrow to try and persuade them...

Bring LT cleaners back in-house

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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...

US doctors stand against genocide!

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UNITED States Capitol Police have arrested several members of the medical advocacy group Doctors Against Genocide, who had gathered to hold a press conference...
Doncaster care workers lobbying the Care UK head offices in London during their strike in 2014 – unions warn of a ‘funding black hole’

‘Care disaster of epic proportions’

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‘A CARE disaster of epic proportions looms’ as care for the elderly and disabled reaches such a crisis that the future of social care...

Massive ASLEF vote for strike action over pay!

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ASLEF train drivers’ trade union members have voted overwhelmingly for more strike action, having not had a pay rise for five years. Mick Whelan, general...

HEARTBREAKING! – ‘This report expresses the determination of the families’

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REPEATED catastrophic failures at an NHS trust meant that more than 200 babies may have died and that many others were left with life-changing...
A section of yesterday’s picket of Chase Farm Hospital demanding that it should be kept open

STOP CHASE FARM CLOSING! – says picket

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THERE was a lively picket of both gates at Chase Farm Hospital yesterday morning by the North-East London Council of Action, demonstrating to stop...

‘Renationalise water now!’

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‘RENATIONALISE the water industry,’ demanded GMB water workers from around the country, demonstrating outside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) yesterday...
Victimised firefighter RICKY MATTHEWS (left centre) with FBU general secretary MATT WRACK at yesterday’s march in Aylesbury

REINSTATE RICKY MATTHEWS! – 2,000 firefighters march through Aylesbury

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‘REINSTATE Ricky Matthews!’ demanded 2,000 firefighters on a national FBU demonstration in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, yesterday. The march took place as firefighters throughout England took 24-hour...
MPs who supported the recognition of Palestine outside parliament on Monday

‘A MOMENTOUS VOTE!’ says Palestinian Ambassador Hassassian

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‘A MOMENTOUS vote that is a stepping stone towards rectifying the historic injustice inflicted on the Palestinian people,’ Palestinian Ambassador Manuel Hassassian said...
Young Socialists lobbying the TUC on Sunday demanding jobs for youth with trade union rates of pay

Co-ordinated strike action – unanimous vote at the TUC Congress

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DELEGATES at the TUC Congress 2012 in Brighton yesterday voted unanimously for composite Motion 1, which calls on the TUC to give its full...

RMT slams ‘bandit capitalism’

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THE RMT is demanding action after Better Capital has confirmed that it expects its £20 million investment back while City Link staff and sub-contractors...

RMT and Unite leaders pledge to defeat Tory attack on right to strike

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THE LEADERS of the Unite and RMT unions warned yesterday that they will mobilise their full power to defeat Tory plans to ban the...

Smash The Health Bill

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Public sector union Unison and the TUC have called a candle-lit vigil outside parliament at 9.30pm on September 7th, as the Health and Social...
Junior doctors demonstrating in central London last October – their strike is now on beginning Tuesday January 12th

Junior doctors strike is on!

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JUNIOR doctors will strike next Tuesday after talks with the government broke down at 4.45pm yesterday afternoon. The BMA said in a statement: ‘Junior doctors...

Severe malnutrition in Gaza

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THE UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has accused Israel of obstructing the entry of essential supplies needed to save the lives of children suffering from...

Harris Confirms Her Unwavering Support For Israel!

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US Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, has unequivocally reaffirmed Washington’s unwavering support for Israel’s genocidal campaign, brazenly asserting Tel Aviv’s ‘right to defend itself’...
Trade unionists fighting pensions cuts – not prepared to work longer, pay more and get less

Cost of living has risen by a third since 2008 – PARENTS WITH TWO...

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Soaring childcare and transport costs, plus cuts to tax credits, mean families need to earn a third more today than they did just five...
Nurses on the NHS march through central London last month – nurses are caring for eight or more patients which is unsafe

Chronic NHS understaffing

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‘CHRONIC understaffing across the NHS is putting patient lives at risk,’ a UK-wide annual survey of nurses published yesterday at the start of Unison’s...

‘RAPID FIRE JUSTICE’ – Liberty slams ‘super ASBOs

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Serious Crime Prevention Orders dubbed ‘ASBOs for suspected criminals’ were unveiled at a press briefing by Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker yesterday. The new civil...
Nurses outside Central Halls on Thursday being reminded about one of the lessons of history

‘WE NEED SERIOUS ACTION’ – nurses tell News Line

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‘Keep nurses working – keep patients safe,’ Royal College of Nursing General Secretary Beverley Malone told 1,000 cheering nurses at Westminster Central Hall yesterday. ‘As...

Sri Lankan Workers Determined To Continue The Revolution

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SRI Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president, while the country reels from the economic crisis and the developing...

Cwu-Royal Mail Partnership Challenged

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CWU representatives yesterday concluded a two day briefing in Bournemouth on the Business Transformation 2010 agreement reached between the CWU executive and Royal Mail. On...
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Gate Gourmet sacked workers 5th anniversary rally

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Gate Gourmet sacked workers are holding their 5th Anniversary rally this Saturday, 2 October at Beaconsfield Primary School, Beaconsfield Road, Southall at 3.00pm

Stop Gaza Massacre!

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THREE Palestinians were killed near midnight on Monday in an Israeli attack on a United Nations school that was housing people displaced by the...

‘Teachers Providing Money, Food And Clothing To Help Children!’

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TEACHERS are increasingly seeing the devastating effects of the cost of living crisis on pupils, a survey by the NASUWT teachers’ union has revealed. Teachers...

Barclay threatens striking nurses with deregistration!

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‘HOW low can a government stoop?’ Royal College of Nursing (RCN) leader Pat Cullen asked yesterday in response to Tory Health Secretary Stephen Barclay’s...

Greek Youth Unemployment Now At 52.8%

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THE Greek Statistics Authority (EL.STAT.) has announced that the official unemployment rate for last March rose to 21.9 per cent, a huge increase compared...

ANNEXATION! – Israeli plan to carve up Palestine

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‘WE ARE already at the height of the process of mapping the area that, according to the Trump plan, will become part of the...

NO CAP ON GPs PAY – Insist BMA doctors and RCN nurses

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Doctors and nurses yesterday hit back at health secretary Patricia Hewitt’s complaint that the government should have capped GP’s pay. Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of...

Russia & China Use Veto Over Syria

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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...
GM workers face closing plants as Trump’s America First strategy crumbles

Global Free Trade Worst Crisis Since 1947

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THE HEAD of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said yesterday that global free trade is facing its ‘worst crisis’ since 1947. Roberto Azevedo said that...
The Palestinian town of Jenin which was occupied by a large force of Israeli troops for 78 hours from the morning of December 29

Strike! To Reinstate BA Shop Stewards!

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British Airways (BA) yesterday sacked a second Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) shop steward ‘for his involvement’ in the unofficial strike last August...

US, UK & France ‘complicit in possible Saudi war crimes’ – Amnesty

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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...
On November 30 workers made it clear they wanted their pensions defended – now some trade union leaders want to abandon that struggle

Stop Barber-Prentis Pensions Sell-Out

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AT last Thursday’s meeting of the TUC’s Public Service Liaison Group, TUC leader Brendan Barber urged trade unions to capitulate and sign up...
Health workers show their angry opposition to the Tory coalition’s privatisation of the NHS

REFORMS ‘A THREAT TO NHS’ – GPs Conference resolution

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OVER half of GPs planning to retire in the next two years say NHS reforms are a reason for them going, according to preliminary...

IRAQ INVASION BROKE UN CHARTER – says Blix

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‘WE visited 30 sites and found no Weapons of Mass Destruction’ in Iraq, but the United States was on a ‘military high’ and decided...
Protesters outside the US embassy in London yesterday calling for Guantanamo Bay prison to be closed down

Shut Down Guantanamo Call

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THE London Guantanamo Campaign staged a protest yesterday outside the American embassy on the 8th anniversary of the establishment of the infamous Guantanamo Bay...

Sixth Forms strike today across UK

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TWENTY five Sixth Form Colleges take their second day of strike action today against savage cuts to pay, funding, courses and staff. The strikers, who...

Athens Law School occupied!

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STUDENTS and unemployed youth have occupied the Law School building of Athens University in the centre of the city demanding the closing down of...

400 nurses and other NHS workers strike over safety and pay!

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DAY surgery operating theatre nurses at St Thomas’ Hospital opposite Parliament are striking again today against having their shift times forcibly extended again! The 50...
A section of yesterday’s picket of the Department of health demanding that the Whittington hospital be kept open

NHS IS AT STAKE! –says DoH picket

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OVER 50 people joined a picket of the Department of Health yesterday, demanding that the government honour a pledge from Tory Health Secretary Lansley...
Katsouris Fresh Foods workers at a GMB meeting in Alperton on health & safety following a number of workplace injuries

Katsouris – 80% Of The Workforce On The Minimum Wage

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THE GMB are calling for recognition as the independent union voice for the 2,500 mainly Asian migrant workforce producing ready meals for...

Assange fights extradition in court

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WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange appeared in court in London yesterday looking very unwell after spending months languishing in Belmarsh Prison where he has been...