Tag: unions
GMB official arrested
A GMB National Officer was arrested at the protest against the lockout of 430 workers at BP Saltend, in Hull yesterday morning. GMB national officer...
‘Down with the IMF Accord! Down with the euro! Bring down...
Tens of thousands of workers, students and youth in Greece participated in the May Day rallies and marches held last Sunday in all Greek...
Defend The Post Office! Stop Royal Mail Privatisation!
THE CWU revealed yesterday that 9,360 post offices will close once Royal Mail is privatised and the inter-business agreement with the Post Office is...
9,000 Post Offices To Close!
Government plans to sell Royal Mail, ending the inter-business agreement with the Post Office, would lead to over 9,000 post office closures, a poll...
Privatisation Threat To Midwives Jobs
Pregnant women living in the borough of Wirral, northwest England, face being put under the care of a private healthcare company rather than the...
Bin Laden killing opens Obama election campaign
When US President, Barack Obama, announced on Sunday night that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a dawn raid by US special forces...
‘BRING DOWN THIS GOVERNMENT WITH A GENERAL STRIKE’ – YS editor...
It is young people who are leading the struggle. Young people demand a future and the only way is socialism. The Young Socialists stand...
US Democrats Attack Trade Unions!
TRADE UNION supporters had a rude awakening last Wednesday with news of the Massachusetts state House vote to slash collective bargaining rights for municipal...
UK-NATO attempt on Gadaffi’s life fails!
THE murderous attack on the home of Saif al Arab, the youngest son of Colonel Gadaffi, killed Saif and three grand children of the...
‘Murderous Nato Are Child Killers’
WRP general secretary Frank Sweeney yesterday condemned the ‘attempt of the NATO gangsters to murder the Libyan leadership headed by Colonel Gadaffi.’ He called them...
POSTAL WORKERS FACE BIGGEST EVER ATTACKS – new leadership needed
STATEMENT BY THE ALL TRADES UNIONS ALLIANCE POSTAL WORKERS COMMITTEE POSTAL workers and their union are facing the biggest ever attacks upon their jobs, wages...
A Revolutionary May Day
THE News Line sends its revolutionary greetings to the workers and the oppressed peoples of the world on this historic May Day. The world...
Stop NHS Cuts And Closures
Public sector union Unison yesterday slammed a demand from foundation trust (FT) regulator, Monitor, that NHS hospitals make at least 50 per cent bigger...
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY – Commemorates those who have died at...
TODAY is International Workers’ Memorial Day, when Public Services International (PSI) members, their families and communities are joining together to remember and mourn sisters...
When The Victim Becomes The Criminal
STUDENT Alfie Meadows, who underwent an emergency brain operation after his head was broken by a police truncheon, when he was kettled during a...
SCRAP ‘RISKY’ NHS BILL – says Unison
In a report published today, the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts has warned that the reorganisation of the NHS in England could...
Teachers Vote For General Strike
AT THEIR annual conference last Saturday the NUT (National Union of Teachers) passed a resolution committing the union to a strike ballot over attacks...
‘cowardly’ Attack On Gadaffi Compound
Libya condemned as ‘cowardly’ a series of NATO air strikes targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi’s Bab al-Azizia compound in Tripoli early yesterday. Gadaffi’s whereabouts at...
STRUGGLE FOR UNION RIGHTS ESCALATES IN THE UNITED STATES –Oklahoma senate...
A bill that would strip collective bargaining rights from public employees in Oklahoma’s largest cities is on its way to Republican Governor Mary Fallin’s...
The Police Spy In Your Pocket
THE millions of people throughout the world who rushed out last June to buy the latest must-have piece of technology from the Apple company...
Bma Condemns The Abduction Of Bahraini Doctors
The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday condemned as ‘unacceptable’ the terrorising and detention of doctors in Bahrain by the feudal regime that is armed...
‘We Are Determined To Keep Chase Farm Hospital Open’
‘WE’RE having a very good picket today, enjoying the sunshine,’ North-East London Council of Action Secretary Bill Rogers told News Line on Tuesday. He continued:...
Capitalist Debt Crisis Demands A Socialist Revolution!
THE deepening world capitalist crisis is poised to see entire nation states defaulting, plunging their banks into an even more desperate crisis, deepening the...
NHS rationing hitting the elderly – warn surgeons
RATIONING is denying many thousands of patients much-needed surgery, leaving them in excruciating, unnecessary pain as NHS trusts proscribe certain procedures in unofficial ‘local...
‘We will resist Met Uni cuts!’
‘UCU and Unison staff will resist all cuts to courses, jobs and provision at London Met by whatever means, including industrial action.’ University and College...
DEATHS IN POLICE CUSTODY MUST STOP! – says Smiley Culture march
‘Today is a momentous day. It is time to let the people know we are not going to accept this,’ Merlin Emmanuel told a...
Children Going To School Hungry!
THE survey by the ATL (Association of Teachers and Lecturers) into child poverty has exposed what the reality of bankrupt capitalism means for millions...
Coaliton Policies Put The Elderly On The Breadline
RISING costs and rampant price inflation are leaving half of older people living on the breadline. According to the AGE UK charity nearly half are...
No admission at BP AGM!
BP yesterday faced angry protesters – including Louisiana fishermen, Canadian Indians opposed to Tar Sands, and locked out UK construction workers – at its...
Now Smash The Bill And Bring Down The Coalition!
THE RCN (Royal College of Nursing) yesterday carried a 97% vote of no confidence in Health Secretary Lansley, with 478 for six against and...
98.7% NO CONFIDENCE IN LANSLEY – frightened Miliband urges ‘junk the...
NURSES passed a motion of no confidence in Health Secretary Lansley and his Health and Social Care Bill, with a vote of 98.75% in...
South African Unions Fight For Democratic Rights In Swaziland
The Swaziland government has banned a peaceful protest planned by the trade union movement for 12-14 April. South African trade unions are supporting Swaziland workers. The...
General Strike to defend the NHS!
On the eve of its annual conference the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has produced damning evidence that explodes the lies that the savage...
BP under siege over oil spills and cover-ups
IT is reprehensible that neither the contractors nor BP seem to give a toss about these 430 workers who have been locked out but...
Egyptian revolution in permanence!
THE Egyptian army opened fire on thousands of workers and young people in Tahrir Square on Saturday morning, killing four and wounding 117. ...
Job Centre Strike!
Thousands of Jobcentre Plus (JCP) call centre staff will strike on April 18 after bosses refused to improve working conditions and customer service, the...
Tories Cynical ‘Pause’ Slammed
HEALTH unions Unison, Unite and the GMB have scornfully condemned the attempts of the Tory-LibDem coalition to involve the trade unions in new talks...
Bury The Health And Social Care Bill Now!
ON March 15 at the historic Special Representative Meeting (SRM) of the BMA, which its Council was forced to call to decide on the...
NO TO NHS SELL-OFF! – say angry workers and patients
Unison on Monday sent a file of hundreds of testimonies from health workers, patients and members of the public who care about the NHS,...
‘WE WANT THE HEALTH BILL SCRAPPED’ – Prentis tells Lansley
Unison general secretary, Dave Prentis, yesterday pledged the union will ‘fight and fight’ until the Health and Social Care Bill is defeated and the...
HALT ATTACK ON LIBYA – demands unite
Unite, the biggest union in the UK and Ireland, yesterday called upon the governments of the UK, France and the US to halt the...
Yemeni Police Open Fire On Taiz Protesters
YEMENI police killed at least one person and injured scores of other protesters when they opened fire in the city of Taiz on Sunday,...
Irish banks ‘death spiral’ – forward to socialist revolution
THE latest stage in the complete disintegration of the Irish banking system was described by one analyst of the capitalist market as a ‘death...
Greek Teachers And Doctors Strike Against Closures
Some 4,000 primary and secondary school teachers, from both state and private schools, plus state hospital doctors, short-contract workers of the Athens municipality, university...
‘HAMMER BLOW TO FAMILIES’ – TUC condemns benefit cuts
THE Trades Union Congress yesterday condemned cuts to housing benefit and other vital support, as sweeping changes to the Welfare State began to take...