Tag: arts
STOP THE THEATRE CLOSURES! – actors to march today from Piccadilly
ACTORS will demonstrate in the centre of London today against a wave of threatened theatre closures. Actors in white masks will take part in today’s...
‘I WILL NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE’ – Glenn Close says...
ON STRIKE writers of US daytime TV dramas, short stories and online serials are set to host a special picket event, Daytime United, in...
10,000 Marchers Force Police To Lift Ban
TEN thousand people forced the police to retreat from their stated position that a march on parliament would be illegal, and that they would...
REGULARISE MIGRANT WORKERS say MPs
Labour deputy leader contender Jon Cruddas is leading a private members debate in Westminster Hall at the House of Commons, on, ‘Regularisation of Migrant...
Nut Condemns Academies’ Attack On State Education
The National Union of Teachers says the involvement of private sector companies in education over recent years ‘is of grave concern’. It stresses that the...
SMASH ALL FEES, RESTORE GRANTS –demand students
‘ONE, two, three, four – education, not war!’ ‘Five, six, seven, eight – occupy and demonstrate!’ shouted large contingents of students on Sunday’s national...
‘THE MONEY’S THERE WHERE’S OUR SHARE!’ – demand lecturers
‘The money’s there, where’s our share!’ was the popular slogan chanted by over 5,000 university lecturers from across Britain marching through central London last...
Police Halt Beacon Hill Picket
HEATHROW Airport police dismantled the Gate Gourmet locked-out workers’ picket tent on the hill at the Beacon Roundabout yesterday, threatening the workers’ TGWU Branch...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers are aiming for a New Year victory!
‘OUR fight is continuing and so is our picket,’ locked out Gate Gourmet worker Parmjit Bains told News Line yesterday. ‘We have rejected the Compromise...