BRING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT – say French youth
IT is Thursday afternoon in Paris and TENS of thousands of school and student youth have converged on the Place d’Italie. They are marching towards...
TANKER DRIVERS STRIKE BALLOT! – announced by Unite
The Unite union reported yesterday that its tanker driver members are to ballot for strike action. A Unite statement said: ‘The greed of an industry...
South Africa warns Israel over genocide
SOUTH AFRICA filed an ‘urgent request’ at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over Israel’s planned ground invasion of the city of Rafah yesterday. The...
Royal Mail 97% YES for strike
OVER 97% of members of the CWU (Communication Workers Union) working for Royal Mail, voted ‘YES’ for strike action, it was announced yesterday. Hundreds of...
Greek Parliament Votes For Massive Austerity
THE Greek Vouli (parliament) approved on Friday morning by 222 to 64 votes, the new EC-IMF-dictated third austerity bailout accords, proposed by the SYRIZA-ANEL...
Greek farmers are staging mass motorway blockades – as well as blocking customs entry
GREEK farmers staged mass tractor motorway blockades on Thursday and Friday, while also blocking customs entry points into Greece from neighbouring Balkan countries, as...
94.5% yes for post strike – CWU leaders run away!
COMMUNICATION Workers Union (CWU) members in Royal Mail have beaten the anti-union laws for the third time in less than three years delivering a...
‘The era of one-sided deals is over’ – Iran warns US
IRAN launched massive retaliatory operations against US military sites in Gulf states in response to renewed US aggression in the region early on Sunday. Iran’s...
Nursing Loans Crisis!
EIGHT hundred students of nursing and other health care courses were told last Friday that loan instalments expected this week will be reduced or...
600,000 workers take part in nationwide protests in France! – CGT union opposes savage...
NEARLY 600,000 people participated in nationwide protests across France on Thursday, according to the CGT union, responding to a strike call by trade unions...
Fresh Round Of College Strikes Begins
THE FIRST day of a five-day strike yesterday marked an escalation in the college lecturers’ struggle with eleven colleges out on strike. At the College...
Government Refusing To Disclose Torture Evidence
A BRITISH Court yesterday ordered an expedited hearing on whether the British government can ignore the plea by London man Binyam Mohamed for evidence...
Luton Night Shift To Go!
WORKERS at GMM Luton yesterday condemned the refusal of their union leaders to fight, as they waited the outcome of the General Motors board...
STOP UNIVERSAL CREDIT CUT! – Labour insists maintain £20 uplift
‘REDUCING Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit would be fundamentally the wrong decision. It would be a profound mistake and put millions of families...
BA Talks Breakdown!
British Airways has asked ACAS to mediate after failing to get the unions to agree to plans to cut thousands of jobs and freeze...
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...
St Mungo’s 10 weeks on strike – as rough sleeping soars
TEN weeks into their indefinite strike for a 10% pay increase, over 200 St Mungo’s homelessness charity workers and their supporters held a festival...
‘100,000 PCS MEMBERS TO STRIKE IN JANUARY!’ says Union leader Serwotka
‘COORDINATED’ public sector strike action will escalate significantly in January and continue right up until May, PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka warned yesterday in...
Hamas message to Riyadh Summit
THE Hamas Movement has called on the Arab and Muslim summit in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to form an international Arab-Islamic alliance to pressure...
450 jobs axed at BBC
FOUR hundred and fifty jobs are to be axed at the BBC, it was announced yesterday. The cuts include the closure of the Victoria Derbyshire...
INSURERS GRAB FOR WELFARE STATE – TUC ‘concerned’
The Trade Union Congress yesterday expressed ‘serious concerns’ at proposals for private insurance companies to take over the payment of benefits such as unemployment...
Unemployment highest in 5 years!
UNEMPLOYMENT in the UK rose to its highest rate in nearly five years at the end of 2025, official figures show. The unemployment rate climbed...
Six-year-old Hind Rajab and two paramedics are still missing!
THE Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported yesterday that more than 89 hours have passed, and the fate of its ambulance crew, consisting of paramedics...
John Breen (1938-2010)
OVER 100 people packed out Hither Green Cremat-orium yesterday for the funeral of John Breen. His wife Doreen, their two daughters, family, friends and a...
‘Labour a government in waiting’ – Corbyn responds to Queen’s Speech
‘MY GOVERNMENT’S priority is to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the European Union,’ the Queen said yesterday, outlining the Tory...
Bank Alarm Over Inflation Rate – Prices Still Above Target
BANK of England Governor Mervyn King was rattled yesterday after the latest UK inflation figures showed that prices are still soaring. Although the figures for...
FBU Agrees To Limit Pickets
The Fire Brigades Union yesterday gave an undertaking in the High Court not to hinder or intimidate emergency crews provided by private company AssetCo...
1,000 Southern trains a year: Driver Only!
SOUTHERN are running the equivalent of a 1,000 trains a year with just a driver and no other member of staff on board, RMT...
‘Standing up’ to a bullying employer
TEACHERS were on strike at Alec Reed Academy in Northolt, west London for the third day yesterday, with three more days of strike action...
COLLUSION! – Britain and US condemned over Jericho raid
The Arab league yesterday condemned British and United States collusion with Israel, after Israel attacked a Jericho prison containing six Palestinian militants, 20 minutes...
School Youth Climate Change Demo
HUNDREDS of school youth staged a strike for climate change in Parliament Square yesterday. Lana Daly came with friends from west London and said: ‘The...
Hattersley condemns ‘invasion of Labour’ by Corbyn’s ‘Revolutionary Guard’
‘THE LABOUR Party faces the greatest crisis in its history,’ claims former deputy Labour leader Roy Hattersley. ‘Momentum – a party within the party which...
3 Days Of Public Sector Strikes
ALMOST a quarter of a million civil servants will take part in 72 hours of action in the public sector with a strike on...
Unacceptable! – Doctors Condemn 2% ‘Pay Rise’
A NEW BMA poll shows nine out of ten doctors regard the latest government pay award as ‘unacceptable’. As well, the BMA poll of...
7,000 NURSING POSTS GONE! – in just two years of the coalition
‘ONE by one, David Cameron has broken all the promises he made on the NHS. It is now struggling with his toxic medicine of...
Unions unite to defend the NHS
‘I would support a Day of Action to defend the NHS. That’s what I’ll be recommending to my executive,’ GMB National Officer for Health,...
29 Palestinians killed, 3,000 wounded in Gaza – ‘There are no innocent people in...
TWENTY-NINE Palestinian civilians have been killed and 3,000 wounded by Israeli snipers and tanks firing at unarmed demonstrators near the Gaza border over the...
‘We Will Have The Last Word’ Say Greek Youth
THOUSANDS of school students in all Greek cities participated in militant mobilisations against the government’s austerity laws and police violence on Thursday, the fourth...
‘NOT ONE STEP BACKWARDS!’ – Greek workers demand of Syriza
OVER 40,000 Greek workers, many with their families, shop-keepers, professional people and youth rallied at the central Athens Vouli (Greek parliament) square calling on...
Israel disregarding ceasefire agreement!
THE Hamas Movement yesterday accused the Israeli occupation government of disregarding the ceasefire agreement and ignoring diplomatic efforts aimed at maintaining calm, warning that...
May hands Parliament power to delay Brexit
TODAY a motion is to be put to Parliament where MPs will vote on the sequence of events leading up to Brexit. On the eve...
Tories move to replace NHS with regional healthcare!
TORY Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock outlined the new White Paper in Parliament yesterday pushing a complete reorganisation of the NHS, breaking...
Corbyn backs a general election – while Labour MPs voice opposition
YESTERDAY in Parliament Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke in favour of a general election and said this is now Labour’s position. He said: ‘Labour backs...
No More ‘Planned Births’ At Ealing From June 24!
A LETTER has been sent out to pregnant women and their families in Ealing announcing the closure of the maternity services on July...
Universal Credit is ‘here to stay’ – says Hammond
TORY Chancellor Hammond, yesterday in his budget claimed to jeers: ‘the era of austerity is finally coming to an end.’ This is...