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Gate Gourmet Locked-Out Workers Kept Out Of Tuc Congress

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CRIES of ‘TUC, let us in!’ rang out from locked out Gate Gourmet workers and their supporters outside the TUC Conference in Brighton on...

END THE EXPLOITATION OF BRITAI’S MOST VULNERABLE WORKERS – Brendan Barber...

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SPEAKING at a press conference in Brighton on the eve of the TUC Congress, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: ‘Today I launch a...

BARBER AND WOODLEY BETRAYED GATE GOURMET WORKERS – 2006 TUC Congress...

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THE following emergency resolution was carried unanimously at last year’s TUC Congress. The resolution was the TUC’s response to the Gate Gourmet management’s...

There must be ‘non-negotiable rules’ Kelly tells minorities

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COMMUNITIES Secretary Ruth Kelly, launching a Commission on Integration and Cohesion yesterday, declared: ‘I believe that we should celebrate and clearly articulate the benefits...

Tories and Labour unite to bar Bulgars and Romanians

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THE Tory Party yesterday called for restrictions on immigrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania when these countries shortly join the EU. The Tory Party immigration...

Smash imperialism to defeat terrorism

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YESTERDAY Home Secretary Reid dismissed the many appeals for a change in British Foreign Policy from a multitude of community and political leaders, who...

CEASEFIRE NOW! – Halt the massacre of the Palestinian and Lebanese...

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‘MY TOWN has been demolished. Children are still under rubble. Families are still under rubble,’ said Najid Faqih, from Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, as...

Second Forest Gate Inquiry

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The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced yesterday it is to conduct a second inquiry into last month’s armed police raid in Forest Gate. The...

UK CONTINUED TO ERODE HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2005 – says Amnesty...

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In 2005, the UK ‘government continued to erode fundamental human rights, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary, including by persisting...

‘The Wind That Shakes The Barley’

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The Wind That Shakes The Barley Directed by Ken Loach Written by Paul Laverty Starring Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald On General Release from June...

Blair – Bush’s Servant To The Bitter End

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THE knives were out for disgraced Deputy Prime Minister Prescott yesterday. He is the man who was important to the Prime Minister because he...

‘Imposing Pay Deal The Last Straw!’

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TODAY at the CWU conference postal section, an emergency motion for strike action will be presented. This motion comes after the imposition of the wage...

Stena Plan For Cheap Labour Crews

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The proposal by Stena Line to introduce a low-waged Polish crew on their Stena Seatrader ferry on the Dublin/Holyhead route from next July was...

Lessons of 1926 are vital for today!

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THIS year there is great interest in the 80th anniversary of the general strike of 1926. It is not hard to work out why....

Blair gang runs out of spin

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THE Blair government has finally run out of spin. It is now being destroyed by its own inner contradictions, the chief one being its determination,...

‘SKATING ON THIN ICE!’ – RCN warns Blair on NHS while...

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Yesterday the two biggest health unions warned prime minister Blair about the state of the health service. Royal College of Nursing general secretary Dr...

Occupy Peugeot! Build a new leadership in the unions!

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LEADERS of the trade unions said they were shocked by PSA Peugeot-Citroën’s announcement on Tuesday that it is closing its Ryton factory in Coventry,...

BARNET NHS CRISIS – faces £31m cuts in 2006-07

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Hospital trade unions and patient groups are demanding that the management of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust come clean on their plans...

Sack The Leaders Who Are Selling Out Pensions

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YESTERDAY the TUC leader Brendan Barber, who organised the betrayal of the 760 locked-out Gate Gourmet workers, and before that organised the betrayal of...

China Threat To US Dollar

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Fears that China intends to reduce the amount of US government bonds it holds as part of its foreign exchange reserves, shook the US...

US-UK Imperialists demand to make massacre legal

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DEFENCE SECRETARY Reid’s recent speech to the Royal United Service Institute entitled ‘20th-Century Rules, 21st-Century Conflict’ is a reflection of just how desperate the...

Israeli Missile Attack On Gaza

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Yesterday afternoon, Israeli military forces attacked Gaza from the land, sea and air. Aircraft launched two missile strikes against the Palestinian presidential headquarters in Gaza...

1.5 Million Take Strike Action

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YESTERDAY’s massive one-day strike stopped whole regions of the UK, but is only the start of the campaign, local government workers warned. Striking local government...

FRANCE HAS RISEN – Part two

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THE CRS and gendarmerie have remained on the streets of Paris since the uprising sparked by the violent state attack on demonstrators at Place...

‘Great support for march’

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GATE Gourmet locked-out workers are getting great support for their march through Hounslow on Saturday. Saturday’s march assembles at 1.00pm (see advert on this...

FRANCE HAS RISEN – Part one

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FRANCE has risen. After the brutal attack by the forces of the French capitalist state, led by the CRS, on demonstrators at the Place de...

Gate Gourmet Workers – Good Support For March 25 Demo

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A DELEGATION of locked-out Gate Gourmet workers visited Hillingdon Direct Works Council Depot yesterday to publicise their march through Hounslow on the 25th of...

COLLUSION! – Britain and US condemned over Jericho raid

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The Arab league yesterday condemned British and United States collusion with Israel, after Israel attacked a Jericho prison containing six Palestinian militants, 20 minutes...

Thirteen insurgents hung – Rumsfeld looks forward to a civil war

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THE Iraqi puppet authorities have hung 13 people accused of taking part in the insurgency, the first execution of militant nationalists since the US-led...

‘DISGUSTING HYPOCRISY’ –Buncefield firefighters invited to Downing Street are facing the...

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‘HYPOCRISY!’ That was the reaction of angry firefighters picketing Downing Street on Wednesday night – disgusted that crews who fought the giant Buncefield oil...

‘We are going to win this fight’

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‘The union is not paying us hardship money, we can’t get Jobseekers Allowance and we can’t get another job. What does the union think...

Haiti Rises Up!

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PRESIDENTIAL candidate, Rene Preval, has condemned the ‘gigantic fraud’ during last week’s elections in Haiti, where an insurrection is taking place by his poverty-stricken...

‘OUT WITH THE ID BILL!’ says Liberty

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‘THERE’S all hell breaking loose inside parliament right now about this identity cards scheme. The government is facing a hat-trick of defeats and they’re...

‘TELL HAMAS TO DISARM’ – US urges Putin

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Senior Hamas official Ismail Haniyah, who topped the Islamic movement’s national list of ‘Change and Reform’ in the parliamentary elections, said last Friday that...

Belfast Cwu – Still Out!

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Striking Belfast postal workers yesterday told union representatives that they are not going back to work. Communications Workers Union spokesman, Owen Davey, said after...

24,000 Jobs Under Threat

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Over 24,000 manufacturing jobs are at risk over the next three months as UK firms struggle with falling orders, bosses warned yesterday. The latest Regional...

Hamas Landslide!

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Jubilant Palestinian masses were yesterday celebrating the historic election victory of Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas. The final results declared at 5pm yesterday saw Hamas take...

‘Summary Powers!’

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Prime Minister Blair yesterday unveiled his viciously anti-working class ‘Respect Action Plan’ at a press conference. Announcing his ‘ActionPlan’ Blair said: ‘Anti-Social Behaviour law imposed...

Get British troops out of Iraq now!

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PRIME Minister Tony Blair told troops in Basra on Thursday: ‘We want to draw down our forces. We don’t want to keep people here...

Only 137 have signed ‘Compromise’ deal

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LOCKED-out Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line yesterday were determined that they will win their struggle to return to their jobs on their...

General Strike in Ireland

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OVER 100,000 workers turned out for a massive demonstration through Dublin yesterday, as the country was brought to a halt in a general strike...

Hundreds of us are fighting for reinstatement

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers were on the picket line yesterday determined to take their struggle forward to victory. Shop steward Gurdip Heer told News...

Gate Gourmet hardship payments – ‘No way will people be allowed...

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MORE than 20 locked out Gate Gourmet workers were picketing yesterday at Heathrow Airport determined to win their fight. Their lobby of the TGWU ...

NATO expands Afghan war – Britain to take the lead

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NATO foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, have endorsed a plan to expand the alliance’s role in Afghanistan with Britain taking the lead. It will...

1,000 MARCH FOR VICTORY Make dispute official demand Gate Gourmet workers

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‘I congratulate all the sacked workers who are standing up and fighting for their rights,’ said locked out Gate Gourmet worker Harbinder Singh to...