Fast food workers rallying outside McDonald’s in Leicester Square, central London yesterday demanded ‘Fair Pay Now!’

‘McStrike’ demands £10 an hour

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‘WHAT do we want – fair pay! When do we want it – now!’ shouted hundreds of striking McDonald’s, TGI Fridays, Wetherspoons, and UberEats...

US TASK FORCE HEADS FOR HAITI says Admiral Mullen

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Aircraft carrier USS Vincent arrived off the coast of earthquake-hit Haiti yesterday as Admiral Mike Mullen announced a huge US task force. Speaking at a...
Protesters in central London demanding the capping of rents and the building of council houses

RENTS OUT OF CONTROL! –families cutting food to pay the rent

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HOUSING charity Shelter yesterday described the rental market as ‘out of control’ as letting group LSL revealed the average rent paid by private tenants...

Labour Backs Knife Brexit Bid!

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THE LABOUR Party is backing a cross-party bid to ensure the UK cannot leave the EU without a deal, knifing in the back the...

‘WE ARE LOSING IN IRAQ’ says US Senator Chuck Hagel

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Leading Republican Senator Chuck Hagel has warned the US is ‘losing in Iraq’. He slammed the George W Bush administration’s Iraq policy as ‘disconnected from...
Nurses on the march on Saturday’s 20,000-strong demonstration to defend the NHS

Take Action To Increase Nurse Numbers!

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TORY government plans to boost the number of trainee nurses in the wake of the Francis report into Mid Staffs are failing, the Royal...

Leap In Inflation – Prices Soaring!

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inflation leapt last month on the back of a 20% hike in education costs and soaring food prices. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said...
ESOL lecturers and students presented a 15,000-signature petition to Downing Street yesterday

DEFEND ENGLISH CLASSES! – says UCU and students

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TEACHERS and students from across London went to Downing Street yesterday, to present a mass petition against the attack on the right to learn...
A thousand POA members marched to Downing Street yesterday mid-morning to condemn the attack on their pensions

POA demands General Strike

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UP TO A thousand Prison Officers marched down Whitehall to a rally at Westminster on Budget Day yesterday. Prison Officer’s Association (POA) rep at HMP...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers and supporters campaigning for their march and rally on Southall High Street yesterday

Support Builds For Gate Gourmet Workers Rally

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Gate Gourmet locked-out workers got great support for this Sunday’s anniversary march and rally on Southall’s busy High Street yesterday. Locked-out worker Parmjit Bains told...

Israel repeatedly breaching ceasefire deal

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SENIOR Hamas official Osama Hamdan said in a televised statement yesterday that Israel has violated several provisions of the first stage of the ceasefire...

Israel decides to widen ground assault

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Four Israeli soldiers were killed and a number wounded yesterday in a rocket attack at a southern Lebanese village, as fighting continued to rage along...

Over 700 homeless have died

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AS MANY AS 700 people died on the streets while homeless last year, official estimates show, and the number is in reality likely to...
Hampstead CWU pickets on Saturday morning were confident of winning

NATIONAL STRIKE IS VITAL – say CWU pickets

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Post workers were out on strike again on Saturday in defence of their jobs, working conditions, pensions and pay. The Communication Workers Union branded Royal...

‘GENERAL STRIKE TO DEFEND POSTAL SERVICE’ – ‘We must win this struggle’ say postal...

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STRIKING postal workers fighting Royal Mail’s diktat yesterday called for a general strike. On a lively picket line outside Camden Delivery Office, London NW1, Communication...
Locked-out Gate Gourmet workers picketing yesterday morning on the hill near the factory

NO TO A ROTTEN COMPROMISE! sayGate Gourmet workers

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TGWU members on the picket line yesterday condemned the ‘Compromise Agreement, reached between Gate Gourmet and the TGWU leaders. Mr Sangha said: ‘The company...

China No! To North Korea Blockade!

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China has refused to search North Korean ships, throwing US attempts to enforce a blockade and sanctions into disarray. The United States is urging China...

Israeli tanks, copters and drones fire on thousands–21 killed 150 wounded

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AT least 21 starving Palestinians were killed after Israeli tanks, helicopters and drones opened fire on thousands of people waiting for aid in Gaza...
Locked-out Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line at Heathrow last week determined to win their fight for reinstatement

We Are Fighting Until We Win

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LOCKED OUT Gate Gourmet workers received their monthly hardship payments of £228.80 from the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) yesterday. ‘We received it today...

UK troops to Russia’s borders while Tories threaten more bombings of Yemen

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On the day that Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak addressed parliament – to justify bombing Yemen last Friday without bothering to consult MPs –...

Junior doctors determined to win their pay battle!

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JUNIOR DOCTORS at Homerton hospital were yesterday determined to win their struggle and save the NHS from privatisation. Johnny Denphy junior doctor at Homerton hospital...

South Western guards strike is rock solid!

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THE SOUTH Western Railway workers’ strike was rock solid yesterday morning in their escalating battle to keep the guards on the train. They are...

Trump wants to withdraw United States from NATO

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DONALD Trump said on Wednesday he is ‘absolutely without question’ considering withdrawing the United States from NATO, his most explicit threat yet against the...
Striking civil servants applauding a call from the Prison Officers Association for a general strike

POA call for general strike outside parliament

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STRIKING civil servants clapped and cheered a call for a general strike at a rally outside parliament yesterday. A message of support and solidarity was...
Nurses are battling on all fronts – yesterday their vote against charges greatly strengthened the struggle to defend the NHS

Rcn Rejects NHS Charges!

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NURSES at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Annual Congress in Liverpool voted by a massive 91% majority against NHS charging yesterday. Delegates at the...
Unite members were at the lobby in force

10,000 Lobby Against The Cuts!

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UP TO 10,000 workers and youth supported the TUC lobby of Parliament yesterday. Many told News Line that they want trade union action to put...
Greek youth marching against austerity

Terms Of Greek Bail-Out ‘No Longer Apply’

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THE leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Alexis Tsipras stated on Tuesday ‘the expression of the public’s will has made the...

3-million-strong Tehran rally!

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IRAN’S President Masoud Pezeshkian yesterday hailed the ‘magnificent and epic’ presence of millions of Iranians in nationwide rallies on Monday. In a message to the...

Staff at Blackstock Road campus on strike

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STAFF at the Blackstock Road Finsbury Park campus of the Capital City College Group walked out yesterday for the third day of strike action,...

‘COLOSSAL BA PROFITS!’ – while mixed fleet cabin crew fight for a living wage

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‘COLOSSAL profits confirm British Airways can easily afford to end the obscenity of cabin crew poverty,’ Unite said yesterday responding to BA’s announcement yesterday...
There is massive support for a National Health Service that is free to everybody at the point of need – having a privateer in charge of NHS England will anger millions of workers

US privateer in charge of NHS England

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THE GLOBAL president of US private health giant United Health, Simon Stevens, has been appointed to head NHS England. Stevens will be employed by the...

‘SLAVE-DRIVING GATE GOURMET’ says Jarnail Singh, locked-out workers branch secretary

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GATE Gourmet locked-out workers’ branch secretary Jarnail Singh condemned the company for ‘slave driving’ yesterday. He said: ‘They made their plans a long time ago...
Chase Farm maternity nurses determined to defend their hospital from closure

Government ‘Ignores Bma Warnings’

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Health Secretary Lansley’s decision to push ahead with the coalition’s massive attack on the NHS, in the teeth of fierce opposition, is ‘a...

MPs’ 11% pay rise scandal

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THE MPs’ pay rise plan shows a political class ‘wildly out of touch’, said Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka yesterday. Commenting...

US threatens Ukraine intervention if conflict escalates

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AMERICAN and allied forces may directly intervene in the ongoing Ukraine conflict against Russia even without a threat to any member of the US-led...

Labour conference votes for £15-an-hour minimum wage. Bakers’ union disaffiliates from Labour over Starmer’s...

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THE BAKERS’ union (BFAWU), which was one of the first unions to fight to set up the Labour Party in 1902, disaffiliated from the...
Striking British Airways mixed fleet cabin crew on the picket line at Heathrow Airport yesterday morning

BA Cabin Crew Fighting Poverty Pay!

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‘WILLIE, Willie, Willie – Out, Out Out!’ rang out on picket lines around Heathrow Airport in West London yesterday morning, as thousands of British...

‘Syrians Alone Have The Right To Choose The Government’

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‘SEATED amongst us today in this room, are representatives of countries that have the blood of Syrians on their hands, countries that have exported...
Dave Prentis, UNISON General Secretary, taking part in the demonstration against privatisation at Kingston Hospital

Massive Support For NHS March!

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THE ‘I LOVE THE NHS’ march and rally is attracting widespread celebrity support from the world of music, sport, TV, comedy and literature. ...
Polish trade unionists marching with SIPTU members on the Dublin marchon December 9 last year in support of the occupation of Irish Ferries by workers fighting to defend their jobs

COLLUSION! – Britain and US condemned over Jericho raid

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The Arab league yesterday condemned British and United States collusion with Israel, after Israel attacked a Jericho prison containing six Palestinian militants, 20 minutes...

Brown Calls May Election

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Prime Minister Brown confirmed yesterday that the general election will be held on Thursday 6th May. Flanked by the cabinet outside 10 Downing Street, following...

‘WE ARE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH MAY’ says McDonnell

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LABOUR’S Shadow Chancellor told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday that he is part of a movement in parliament to take Brexit ‘out of...

BMA industrial action ballot agreed!

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‘THE government can’t afford another battle with doctors, so let’s put down a marker,’ Tower Hamlets GP Dr Jackie Applebee urged the BMA Local...

Greenspan Lashes Bush

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Alan Greenspan, the former head of the US Federal Reserve has released his memoirs, ‘The Age of Turbulence’, just as the economy goes into...