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‘Stop NHS medical records sale to Capita!’ urges Unison

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CHRISTINA McAnea, Unison National Secretary for Health, has written to Tory Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt about the proposed transfer of Primary Care Support services...
Greek hospital workers marching in Athens – remain defiant in their opposition to EU austerity

Bankers ‘don’t trust’ Greece

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A EUROGROUP (eurozone’s finance ministers) marathon meeting on Greece ended on midnight Saturday without a decision as the French and German ministers fell out. The...

Syriza Surrenders To Troika!

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THE GREEK government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a treacherous U-turn has turned the landslide ‘NO’ to austerity vote in last Sunday’s referendum,...

13m families will lose out due to Osborne’s Budget!

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THIRTEEN million families will lose an average of £260 each year because of Osborne’s cuts to working-age benefits, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)...
Greek workers demanding the Syriza government fight Troika-imposed austerity

Greece mass rallies on Sunday!

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THE Greek government’s spokesperson Gavriil Sakelarides stated yesterday morning that ‘he was optimistic of a deal’ with the European Commission by this Sunday. He said...

Osborne hammers poor!

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CHANCELLOR Osborne launched his vicious class war budget yesterday, signalling massive Tory attacks on the working class, with the young and the poor his...
Greek workers remain absolutely defiant while the Syriza leadership is desperate to achieve a non-existent compromise with the EU

Tsipras Pleads With Eu Bankers

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THE Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke at the European Parliament on Wednesday morning stating that he was seeking an ‘honourable compromise’ with the...
The huge enthusiastic crowds that turned out to demonstrate and vote ‘NO’ shook the centrist Syriza leadership to its foundations

Tsipras Turning ‘No’ Vote Into ‘Yes’!

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GREEK Prime Minister and SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras initiated a meeting of all the political parties’ leaders in Athens on Monday. A ‘joint statement’, issued...

Barnet Strike Action Today

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UNISON’s Barnet branch members will be taking strike action on budget day, today, as part of their ongoing battle against the rampant privatisation of...
Young mother GLEISA LIMA with her one month-old baby Victoria joined the West London Council picket of Ealing Hospital to demand the hospital’s Maternity Department be reopened

Reopen Ealing Maternity!

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‘MY BABY Victoria was born at Ealing Hospital and is one month old today,’ said mother Gleisa Lima outside the hospital yesterday morning. She...

Osborne knifes working families & slashes Welfare!

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IN a savage attack that will cost workers hundreds of pounds a week, Chancellor Osborne has said he will use Wednesday’s Budget to announce...
Greek workers and youth rally outside the Greek parliament for a ‘no’ vote in Sunday’s referendum

Greek Workers Voting ‘No!’

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SOME 3,000 mostly young people marched to the European Commission offices in Athens on Thursday evening calling for a ‘NO’-‘OXI’ vote in Sunday’s referendum. A...

Savage attack on disabled planned!

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THE PCS union, which represents JobCentre workers, yesterday denounced as ‘appalling’ planned savage cuts to social security for sick and disabled people. It was commenting...

Greek bosses stop wages!

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HUNDREDS of workers and youth demonstrated in front of the Greek Business Association (SEV) building in Athens on Wednesday afternoon demanding that firms pay...

Syriza Caves In–But Workers Will Vote ‘No!’

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DESPITE last minute frantic efforts by the Greek government on Tuesday, an agreement with the EC, IMF and ECB for cash assistance was not...
Marchers show their enthusiasm and determination before the march started in Southall yesterday

‘We will reopen Ealing Maternity!’

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OVER 500 workers and youth marched to Ealing Hospital yesterday on the day that its Maternity Unit was closed, pledging that they would battle...
Southall College students – will be be joining today’s march to stop the closure of Ealing Hospital Maternity Deparment

‘We need Ealing Maternity!’

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TODAY is the final day for Ealing Hospital Maternity, but the residents and staff remain completely angry at the planned closure. They are marching through...
GMB members employed by private company Medirest are organising to join tomorrow’s march from Southall Broadway to Ealing Hospital

Defend Ealing Maternity!

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EALING Hospital workers and other workers throughout Ealing and Southall are stopping work for two hours tomorrow and joining the march to keep the...
Campaigning on Saturday afternoon in Southall Broadway to stop the closure of the Ealing Hospital Maternity Department

Keep Ealing Maternity open!

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A CAMPAIGN team was out on Southall Broadway yesterday fighting for this Wednesday’s march and occupation to stop the closure of Ealing Hospital Maternity...
Youth take part in a People’s Assembly meeting in Syntagma Square, Athens

Greek Revolution Statement

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STATEMENT BY THE REVOLUTIONARY MARXIST LEAGUE Athens, Saturday 27/6/15 For a strong class ‘NO’ vote in the referendum! No to the austerity accords! Out of EU, IMF and...
Workers at Greenford bus garage supporting Wednesday march on Ealing Hospital

Ealing Gmb To Take Action!

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EALING Hospital workers are stopping work for two hours next Wednesday 1st July and joining the march and occupation to save the hospital’s maternity...
At 6.30am yesterday morning, hospital staff and workers came in and immediately declared their solidarity with the occupation

Ealing Hospital Workers Welcome The Occupation!

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EALING Hospital staff members and patients welcomed the occupation of the entrance to the closure-threatened Maternity Unit yesterday. The occupation, to keep the unit open,...
Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington John McDonnell holding the occupied banner with workers from Southall inside the maternity department

Occupied!

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Ealing Hospital is Occupied! Local residents, workers and youth occupied the entrance to the Maternity Department of Ealing Hospital yesterday to stop its closure. The...
Disabled people stormed Parliament yesterday, angry at the abolition of the Independent Living Fund (Picture: John McDonnell)

Disabled Occupy Parliament

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Disabled people occupied the Central Lobby of Parliament yesterday against the abolition of their Independent Living Fund (ILP). They attempted to storm parliament itself,...

Suspend Cqc Says Bma

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GP LEADERS at the BMA’s Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) have called on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to suspend its current inspection regime...
Postal workers at Hanwell Sorting Office gave their full support for the march to and occupation of Ealing Hospital maternity department today

Workers support Occupation!

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EALING Hospital workers are ready to welcome the occupation of the maternity unit today. Today, the hospital management intends to commence turning away expectant mothers...

Rcn Warns Tories

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TORY changes to immigration rules, will mean thousands of NHS nurses being driven out of the UK ‘causing chaos’, the RCN nurses’ union...
Southall College students give their support to tomorrow’s march to Ealing Hospital to occupy the maternity unit

Ready To Occupy!

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‘IT’S BABIES, the newborns coming into this world, they must be protected and they must continue to be born in Ealing Hospital,’ Southall College...
Stop Maternity Closure Tomorrow!

Stop Maternity Closure Tomorrow!

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The Maternity unit at Ealing Hospital is set to close tomorrow, Wednesday 24 June. This is a disaster for the densely populated part of...

BMA leader to condemn unreal government demands!

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ADDRESSING the BMA’s Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) this morning, Dr Mark Porter will reaffirm the BMA’s position on seven-day hospital services – that patients...
Busworkers & campaigners at Greenford Bus Garage yesterday – they are determined to occupy Ealing Maternity to keep it open

Ealing Maternity must not close – demand Greenford bus drivers

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‘THEY HAVE abolished capital punishment in this country, but closing Ealing maternity is a sentence of death for mothers and babies,’ Greenford Bus Garage...
West London Council of Action pickets looking forward to the march into the hospital next Wednesday

‘We must save Ealing Maternity’

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‘I HAD both my babies here and I had the best possible care. I live in Southall, I know how important Ealing Maternity Unit...

ASLEF calls July 8 Tube strike

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ASLEF has announced a July 8 strike on London Underground after members voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay and...

Labour Rescues Cameron Government

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PM Cameron was rescued by Labour from a humiliating defeat in the House of Commons on Europe on Tuesday night after he faced his...
West London Council of Action picket outside Ealing Hospital yesterday morning determined to keep the Maternity Department open

Women will give birth in A&E!

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‘I WORK in A&E and I have the feeling that we will actually get women coming into A&E to have their babies and it’s...
Ealing midwives on the picket line outside the hospital during last year’s strike – The meeting tonight is called to plan next Wednesday’s march & occupation of maternity to stop the closure

Save Ealing Maternity! Occupy Now!

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THERE was enormous support for tonight’s meeting to stop the closure of Ealing Hospital Maternity Unit yesterday morning. Hospital workers, patients, local residents and youth...

50 MILLION REFUGEES! – warns Amnesty

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‘IN 2013, for the first time since World War II, the number of those forcibly displaced from their homes exceeded 50 million,’ warns an...
Sue Tobin, Kaniz Malik, Sue’s daughter Danielle and Kaniz’s grandson Aslam

Defend Ealing Maternity

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SOUTHALL families are unanimous that Ealing Hospital maternity and A&E departments must not close. Over the weekend, scores of tickets for tomorrow night’s meeting to...

Publish austerity death rates!

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A PETITION launched by campaign group Change.org has called on the Courts and Tribunal Service to force the release of data on the number...
The picket of Ealing Hospital yesterday morning got a big response for Tuesday’s public meeting and the march on 24th June to stop the closure of the Maternity Department

Stop Closure Of Ealing Maternity

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‘OCCUPY to save Ealing Hospital, the time to act is now,’ Bill Rogers, train driver, chairman of Chingford ASLEF Branch and Secretary of the...

‘NO DEAL WITH EU’ –demand Greek workers & youth

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THOUSANDS of workers and students took part in marches held in several Greek cities last Thursday evening against any agreement which will continue the...
West London Council of Action pickets – determined to keep the Maternity Department open

‘We have to stop Ealing Maternity closure!’

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TRADE union members working at Ealing Hospital yesterday bought their tickets for next Tuesday’s meeting and pledged to march and occupy to defend the...