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400 under-18s disappear from the UK’s government-supervised hotels!

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WHEN young Jay (name changed), an Iranian teenager, set foot on UK shores, a myriad of emotions swirled within him: relief, uncertainty, hope, and...

50 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN MODERN SLAVERY says the Arthur Svensson...

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FIFTY million people live in modern slavery, says the Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights. Modern slavery is hidden in plain sight and...

‘Our policy for the TUC is to call a general strike’...

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‘OUR policy at the TUC is to call a general strike,’ RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch told News Line on the picket line at...

Hands off our ticket offices! – RMT leads march to 10...

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Over one thousand angry RMT rail union members and their supporters marched from the Department of Transport offices to Downing Street on Thursday evening...

To disband the police force and defend the NHS from...

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ON Thursday, Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman announced new government reforms of the police disciplinary system which means that in future any police officer...

Sri Lankan government bringing in a ‘slave labour bill’

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TRADE unions worldwide have condemned the latest attack on workers in Sri Lanka. Different Global Union Federations (GUF), including the Building and Wood Workers’ International...

Disband the police and go forward to a Workers State and...

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TORY Home Secretary Suella Braverman announced another government ‘initiative’ this week, this time ordering the police to ‘crackdown on crime’. The very idea that the...

‘WE ARE DETERMINED TO WIN’ – striking RMT workers tell News...

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TRANSPORT union RMT members were on the picket line at Waterloo Station on Saturday morning as their strike carries on in defence of pay,...

Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Shows Her Tory Hand, Declaring There Will Be...

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WITH the Tory Party split and divided, Labour is now revealing its own pro-Tory proposals to make the working class pay for the continuing...

Kick out privatising hospital managers – place NHS under the management...

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THE aftermath of the sentencing on Monday of Lucy Letby for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others at...

Starmer cuddles up to the Financial Times as he gets ready...

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WORLD capitalism and in particular British capitalism is in its greatest crisis ever with sections of the Tory party compeletely demoralised by the ‘Oceans...

Short-term contracts driving teachers out of the profession

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THE EIS (Educational Institute of Scotland) has warned that the increasing use of short-term contracts in Scottish schools is driving many newly qualified teachers...

SA cops use water cannon and teargas against striking diamond miners!...

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HUNDREDS of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) members began a strike at the Ekapa diamond mines on August 7th; then on...

Revolution is the only way out of capitalist debt crisis

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THE COLLAPSE of the popular discount high street retailer Wilko, with 12,500 of its workers facing being thrown out of a job, has thrown...

‘The Tories leave us no choice but to strike!’ – junior...

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A FIFTH round of strike action by junior doctors in England begins this morning, from 7am today until 7am on Tuesday 15 August. There will...

TUC warns interest rate increases driving unemployment but has no answer...

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YESTERDAY the Bank of England hiked interest rates up to 5.25%, the 14th time in a row that rates have been increased as the...

Tory Government Is Making War On The Rail Trade Unions –...

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THE RMT has revealed that the private rail companies war on the rail trade unions is being financed by the UK government, who are...

Warehouse workers join California Amazon drivers strike

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STRIKING Amazon delivery drivers and despatchers from Palmdale in California, who are members of the Teamsters trade union extended their strike and were joined...

Putin Makes An Offer To Africa That The Capitalists Are ...

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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has told a summit of African leaders that Russia will give them tens of thousands of tonnes of grain within...

US Raises Interest Rates To The Highest Level In 22 Years...

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THE US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years, as it fights to stabilise prices in the world’s...

Huddersfield University UCU fighting large scale sackings

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THE University and College Union (UCU) yesterday slammed the University of Huddersfield for large-scale redundancy proposals that could see staff lose their jobs by...

Israeli troops shoot dead 3 Palestinians in a car in Nablus

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THREE Palestinians were killed on Tuesday after Israeli forces opened fire at their vehicle in al-Tur area in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus,...

‘We will continue to fight Macron by all means’ – Force...

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FRENCH trade unions are continuing their fight against the Macron government’s increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 which was forced through...

Striking French cashiers win a victory – as government attacks rights...

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CASHIERS, members of the CGT union, at the ‘Grand Frais, fresh food stores in France have won a partial victory. The CGT said: ‘After the...

Sunak wants to abolish university degrees that don’t churn out ‘high...

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YESTERDAY, Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak announced the latest attack on higher education with proposals to ‘limit the access’ to university degrees in England...

Starmer’s Labour Would Not Spend Any More Money On ...

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THE LABOUR Party leader Keir Starmer appeared on the Laura Keunssberg Show on the BBC yesterday where he refused to say whether a Labour...

ITUC accuses French state of ‘police brutality and indiscriminate mass arrests!’

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IN ITS annual report on the state of trade union rights in the world, the ITUC accuses the French State of ‘police brutality’ and...

Strike-Breaking Regulations Ruled Illegal By High Court

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MICK Whelan, general secretary of ASLEF, the train drivers’ union has spoken out after the Tory government suffered a major defeat in the High...

All The Trade Unions Must Come Out With The Junior Doctors!

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PM Sunak has said he is yet to make a ‘final decision’ on whether to accept the recommended pay rises for public sector workers. Official...

30 Canadian ports hit by dock strike

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SUPPORT has been pouring in from Canadian and international unions for striking dockers on Canada’s West Coast. About 7,400 members of the ILWU Canada employed...

Hunt and Bailey will ‘do whatever is necessary’ to save bankrupt...

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ON MONDAY night, 400 leading figures from the world of high finance and corporate business gathered at the Mansion House in London to hear...

1,000 Barts workers voting to strike – no 2-tier NHS!

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Over 1,000 NHS workers at Barts Health NHS Trust in the City of London began voting for strike action yesterday in a fight against...

‘If the government refuses meaningful discussions we will carry on striking’...

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‘IF THE government keeps refusing to enter into meaningful discussions, or any discussions, we will be forced to carry on striking because we do...

Starmer attacks strikers while ruling class prepares to ditch Tories for...

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THE general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU), Jo Grady, delivered a stinging condemnation of Labour leader Keir Starmer yesterday after he...

Striking teachers rally in London and Sheffield

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HUNDREDS of thousands of National Education Union (NEU) members are taking part in a second national teachers’ strike today, having also struck on Wednesday...

Blair sets out the plans to privatise the NHS for his...

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AS the NHS celebrated its 75th anniversary yesterday former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair launched his latest campaign for complete privatisation of the health...

British Columbia dockers strike continues

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THE MUA (Maritime Union of Australia) has thrown its support behind striking dockworkers in Canada this week. On Monday the MUA called on one of...

Actors to join screenwriters in Hollywood strike!

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WITH 160,000 performers – from A-listers to extras – voting to take strike action if a deal is not struck in time, the first...

COSATU calls public sector general strike in SA

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THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is to make Thursday a public sector general strike against the ANC government to press demands...

Tories won’t address NHS pay and workforce crisis!

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CLEARLY the Tory government is determined NOT to address the drastic workforce and pay crisis in the NHS which is at the centre of...

Bring us back into the NHS now! – demand...

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‘BRING us back into the NHS NOW!’ strikers from SLaM (South London and Maudsley) mental health trust are demanding as they converge on Downing...

Britain an economic ‘basket case’ – time to end capitalist crisis...

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Yesterday, Roger Bootle, a senior advisor to Capital Economics, wrote in the Daily Telegraph an article headlined ‘Basket case Britain is back – and...

Mortgage holders and public sector workers to be hit and hit...

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PRIME Minister Sunak made clear in his interview on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme yesterday morning that mortgage holders and public sector...

Reinstatement of Amazon union leader is a win says union

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‘JENNIFER Bates, BAmazon workers leader’s reinstatement by Amazon, is a win for workers,’ says the UNI Global Union. Last week, Jennifer Bates, the lead worker...

Bank of England pushes up interest rates again as it pushes...

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THE Bank of England yesterday increased the interest rate for the 13th time in a row from 4.5% to 5%, heaping economic catastrophe on...