Johnson Gov Must Answer Over The 20,000 Care Home Deaths!
THE Johnson government must answer for its actions over the 20,000 Care Home deaths says the GMB. Ministers ignored science, evidence and the GMB Union...
‘TORIES WANT TO SUPPRESS THE UNIONS!’ says RMT leader Mick Lynch
‘GRANT Schapps doesn’t respect the right to strike. He wants to make strikes ineffective. I don’t believe him at all. I don’t think he’s...
Put Elbit in the dock! – First six of Filton 24 appear in court
THE first six defendants in the Filton 24 case appeared at Woolwich Crown Court yesterday, after being held for more than a year on...
115,000 postal workers out today!
115,000 postal workers are out today in a 24 hour strike for a ‘dignified, proper pay rise’, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said yesterday. Members...
Criminal Police Officers To Face Automatic Sackings!
POLICE officers guilty of gross misconduct in England and Wales will face automatic sackings, the government has announced. The change follows high-profile cases of officers...
Families are struggling with cost of living admits Reeves
FOOD, clothing, footwear, fuel, non-alcoholic drinks, alcohol, tobacco, and gig & play tickets all rose at a faster pace last month, leading to another...
More than 300,000 workers, students and youth march on Downing St to support Palestine...
MORE than 300,000 workers, students and youth marched on Downing Street to mark the anniversary of the start Israel’s Gaza genocide on Saturday. At least...
BAN ‘FIRE AND REHIRE’ – Manchester bus strikers demand of Mayor
A PROTEST of striking Manchester bus drivers took place outside the Mayor’s Office yesterday afternoon, demanding that Andy Burnham takes action to stop the...
250,000 UK Workers And Youth March For Liberation Of Palestine
A QUARTER of a million, mainly young people, marched from Victoria Embankment to Hyde Park in London on Saturday afternoon, demanding trade union action...
CALL HEATHROW OUT ON STRIKE! – demand defiant Alpha workers
A DEFIANT meeting of Alpha catering workers was held yesterday midday at Cranford Park, Heathrow. The workers unanimously dismissed Alpha Catering’s plan to cut the...
New Police Bill attacks right to protest! – Labour votes against
‘THIS GOVERNMENT was elected a year ago on a manifesto to support the police and uphold law and order,’ Tory Home Secretary Priti Patel...
‘We need a general strike’ – the Tories have to go!
‘WE NEED collective action and a general strike. This Tory government has to go. It’s spent the last ten years looking after the bosses...
Unite & GMB Take On Energy Giants!
‘THERE is a real possibility that supplies of petroleum products could be affected,’ union leaders warned yesterday as Unite and the GMB unions announced...
‘Ignore us at your peril!’ – nurses warn Tories
SCORES of striking nurses spoke out angrily on the picket lines yesterday to condemn the Tory public sector pay cuts programme. Hundreds of thousands of...
Insufficient government spending pushing medical students into hardship!
THE British Medical Association is warning that insufficient government funding for medical students in England for their lengthy degrees is pushing many into financial...
Covid-19 Crisis – London Moves To Tier 3!
‘WE MUST act now to shift the curve, when the virus develops exponentially there is not a moment to spare.’ This is what Matt Hancock,...
Heathrow boss threatens to sack third of workforce
THE BOSS of Heathrow airport has warned of making 25,000 job cuts as the Tories’ 14-day quarantine system came into force yesterday morning. Heathrow boss...
Tories threaten councils – to try to force reopening of schools
THE TORY government has launched a three-pronged attack on parents, teachers and councils in a bid to force schools to open – despite all...
Tories withdraw infection control fund today!
TODAY, the Tory government withdraws the infection control fund. This was support for those working in care to help them when they fall sick. Unison...
Labour scraps 4-hour A&E waiting time target
THE LABOUR government’s so-called refreshed NHS Workforce Plan, which essentially is to keep patients out of hospital and treat them in the community instead,...
Teachers fear schools still unsafe as millions return
‘TEACHERS are concerned that the government have not taken the safety measures that they should have done,’ Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of...
‘Abysmal response’ to corona – experts warn antibody tests are ‘invalid’
EXPERTS have heavily criticised the Tories’ ‘ad hoc system’ for coronavirus tracking, testing and contact tracing, stating that the government’s ‘abysmal response’ means that...
Need for free school meals soars
MORE than one in five pupils are now eligible for free school meals (FSM) following a steep rise during the pandemic, new government data...
Labour Party Conference sings ‘God save the King’
THE LABOUR Party Conference in Liverpool opened yesterday with a minute’s silence, followed by leader Sir Keir Starmer leading the hall in singing God...
Drivers picket Bow bus garage
THERE was a well-attended picket line at Bow bus garage yesterday as drivers continued their fight for safe scheduling. Tom, a driver with 30 years’...
Tory plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda illegal!
A COURT RULING that the UK government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful has been welcomed by the charity that challenged...
Corbyn calls for Customs Union and Single Market
‘IT IS TIME for Parliament to take control,’ Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said yesterday, responding to Tory PM May’s statement to Parliament on the...
NHS must run vaccinations! Unison warns of private firms using unqualified staff
CORONAVIRUS vaccinations must be managed entirely by the NHS and public bodies, and not allow the involvement of private firms and the use of unqualified staff,...
CWU defiant and fighting Royal Mail asset-stripping
ROYAL MAIL is to seek a High Court injunction on Tuesday to stop a postal strike. The company said it woulmake a formal application on...
Angry Nurses To Escalate Strikes!
NURSES’ strike action will escalate and spread across the UK in the new year, after RCN Scotland members overwhelmingly voted to reject the Scottish...
DICTATOR BERCOW! – ready to forcefully remove PM from office
THE OUTGOING Speaker John Bercow, due to leave on October 31, has said that he will forcibly remove PM Johnson from office if he...
RCN calls 48-hour national strike
THE ROYAL College of Nursing (RCN) has announced a round-the-clock 48-hour strike from 8pm on Sunday 30th April to 8pm on Tuesday 2nd May,...
Turkish invasion escalates! – condemned by 13 UK unions
ON THE SECOND day of the Turkish invasion of Syria, after a massive bombing raid striking northern Syria over 180 times, killing at least...
Labour hits back after Panorama attack
‘WE COMPLETELY reject any claim that Labour is anti-Semitic,’ said a Labour Party spokesperson, responding to BBC Panorama’s programme aired on Wednesday evening, attacking...
‘We will strike for as long as it takes!’ – says BMA chair of...
‘WE WILL strike for as long as it takes,’ British Medical Association (BMA) Chair of Council Professor Philip Banfield told the doctors’ union’s cheering...
Serco hospital workers are set to strike!
PATIENTS at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, East London, are facing the prospect of ‘food chaos’ later this month, after workers employed by...
Big Support for WRP Candidates
WRP PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE for Kensington, Scott Dore campaigning outside the busy Ladbroke Grove tube station yesterday gained the support of local residents. Kathleen Jones who...
‘THEY ARE WORKING TO PRIVATISE THE NHS!’ – Unite’s Graham condemns Tories
‘GENUINELY I believe that they are looking that this is the moment that they can privatise the NHS,’ Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said...
‘It’s Everybody’s NHS! All Unions Must Defend It!’
NURSES were yesterday striking at many hospitals in England, all but one health board in Wales and the whole of Northern Ireland, for the...
Ealing strikers in high spirits
THERE were high spirits on the parking services workers’ picket line outside Ealing Town Hall in west London yesterday morning, with dhol drummers keeping...
Junior Doctors Want A 35% Pay Rise!
PICKETS were out yesterday morning at the Royal London Hospital on day two of the Junior Doctors’ strike. They are determined to fight whatever government...
Public ownership of energy – urges Unite
UNITE hit out yesterday at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that he would halt new gas and oil production in the North Sea...
NHS consultants take 48-hour strike ‘against savage wage cutting!’
NHS consultants in England are on 48-hour strike today and tomorrow, with the BMA hosting a rally at its London headquarters in Tavistock Square,...
School nurses and health visitors – County Durham swings axe!
THE THREAT to cut health visitor and community nurse jobs in County Durham, while Covid-19 is still widespread, was branded as ‘incomprehensible’ by the...
Dr Bawa-Garba victory –‘a defining moment’
DR BAWA-GARBA’s victory, in reversing the General Medical Council’s decision to strike her off the medical register over the death of a patient was...