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SNP join Tories in refusing any pay negotiations with nurses

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THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Scotland has voted overwhelmingly to reject the final pay offer from the nationalist SNP government, meaning Scottish...

‘Huge support from public’ – say striking ambulance strikers

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Thousands of ambulance workers, paramedics, emergency care assistants, ambulance technicians and other 999 crew members in Britain held a one-day strike on Wednesday. Ambulance staff...

Tories Accuse Striking Nurses Of Murder As They Move To Knife...

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YESTERDAY Tory Health Secretary Barclay, who is refusing to negotiate with the NHS trade unions over NHS pay, accused striking nurses of putting patients’...

Unite Leader Graham Condemns Barclay For A ‘Blatant Lie!’

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STRIKING ambulance workers and their union leaders responded with fury at Tory Health Secretary Barclay’s article in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, in which he...

Victory To Striking Nurses!

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‘THE damage that you’re doing to families like mine is terrible,’ the mother of a sick three-year-old girl told Tory Health Secretary Stephen Barclay...

‘Take a stand to save our NHS from Tories!’ – Unite...

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AMBULANCE worker members of the GMB, Unite and Unison unions will take national strike action on 21st December, with paramedics, emergency care assistants, call...

Tory Plan To Use Troops To Break NHS Strikes Condemned

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NHS TRADE unions, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Unison and Unite condemned Tory Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi’s announcement yesterday morning that he is...

Another huge show of strength! – UCU strike rally, King’s Cross...

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‘Vice chancellors are about to witness another huge show of strength,’ UCU (University and College Union) General Secretary Jo Grady said yesterday, speaking ahead...

‘The Tories crashed the economy while working people are taking the...

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TRADE union leaders on Thursday gave their response to Chancellor Hunt’s austerity war on workers in his Autumn Statement. TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:  ‘The...

TUC leaders condemn Autumn Statement but refuse to take any action!

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THE TUC leaders are unanimous in their condemnation of the latest Tory autumn statement, but yet again refuse to call any action to bring...

Unions Warn – Increase Pay To Fill The 132,000 NHS Vacancies!

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UNIONS representing more than a million staff working across the NHS met with Health Secretary Steve Barclay on Tuesday to discuss the growing workforce crisis...

Increase of maternal deaths a tragic indictment of the lack of...

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THE ‘STATISTICALLY significant’ increase in maternal deaths reported on Thursday by MBRRACE-UK is a tragic indication of a lack of government investment in maternity...

All trade unions must come out with the nurses to bring...

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THE 10,000 workers and youth who took part in the ‘Britain is Broken’ march in London on Saturday were marching for action to bring...

Marchers call for Tories to be brought down on ‘Britain is...

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Over 10,000 workers and youth joined the ‘Britain is Broken’ march through London on Saturday, called by the People’s Assembly, with big delegations from...

Rejected Sunak brought back as Tory leader – unions must call...

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Rishi Sunak was appointed Tory Prime Minister yesterday after his opponent Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race at the last minute. Sunak was overwhelmingly rejected...

TUC must call a General Strike to kick the Tories out...

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Tory Chancellor Hunt declared that the entire cost of British capitalism’s crisis is to be dumped onto the backs of the working class yesterday. Hunt...

‘THERE COULD BE A MILLION PEOPLE ON STRIKE VERY SOON!’ –...

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‘THERE could be up to a million people on strike very, very soon,’ Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said yesterday morning. On the eve of...

Labour Party Conference sings ‘God save the King’

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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...

Join the lobby of the TUC to demand they call an...

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OVER 100,000 Royal Mail workers are striking again today. 30,000 BT Openreach engineers, along with 10,000 BT call centre workers are also on strike,...

Workers pressure mounting but the TUC still won’t call a general...

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WORKERS pressure is mounting on the TUC to call a general strike to bring down the Tories at its Annual Congress in Brighton next...

‘It’s Time For A General Strike’ – RMT Pickets Tell News...

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RMT pickets at Elephant and Castle Underground station were joined by supporters from Unite Community and members of the public yesterday morning. RMT member Ebony...

Palestine – the UK unions must take action in support of...

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THE Palestinian Presidency has strongly condemned the ‘dangerous Israeli escalation against our people in the Gaza Strip, which so far has resulted in the...

Nurses pay cut plan a ‘death knell’ for Truss!

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TORY leadership candidate Liz Truss was forced into a humiliating U-Turn yesterday, after saying in a ‘hustings’ meeting on Monday night that, as Prime...

Labour MPs to attend CWU pickets today!

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LARGE numbers of Labour MPs will attend Communication Workers Union (CWU) picket lines again today, in defiance of the anti-union stance taken by party...

Unions Strike Ballots To Achieve Inflation-Busting Pay Rises!

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UNIONS representing nurses, firefighters, teachers, council workers and every other section announced strike ballots and ‘calls to action’ to achieve inflation-busting pay rises in...

Rcn Demands Inflation Plus 5% Nurses Pay Rise

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THE RCN (Royal College of Nursing) called for a pay rise of ‘inflation plus 5%’ for members over the weekend as it called on...

Bolivia Coup Leaders Jailed For 10 Years

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BY MIRIAM AMANCAY COLQUE – Bartolina Sisa Resistance ON JUNE 15, 2022, in the Coup d’etat II case, the 1st Court of Anti-corruption read the...

‘The workers are with us and that’s why we are going...

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‘A GENERAL STRIKE to bring down the Tories and kick them out now!’ was the main demand on the 100,000-strong TUC march from the...

An inflation-busting pay rise is needed to keep key NHS staff...

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FOUR out of five NHS staff say pay is the main reason they would quit their jobs. An exclusive poll of NHS staff yesterday revealed...

TUC warns nurses of huge wage ‘hit!’ – says Johnson will...

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NURSES will suffer a huge wage ‘hit’ this year if the Government imposes a pay rise well below the soaring rate of inflation, unions...

‘We will resist until every inch of Palestine is free!’ –...

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OVER 15,000 workers and youth demonstrated in London on Saturday to mark the 74th anniversary of Nakba Day, marching from BBC Broadcasting House near...

Tories Exacerbate NHS Crisis In ‘Urgent Care’ To Rush In Their...

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‘THIS Easter will be worse than any winter for the NHS,’ warned Alastair McLellan, the editor of Health Service Journal (HSJ), in a leading...

US warns India of ‘consequences’ of evading sanctions on Russia!

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A TOP US national security official has called on India to scale back its economic and military ties with Russia, warning of ‘consequences’ for...

Tories withdraw infection control fund today!

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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...

NHS staff facing £845 pay cut during 2021-22 – as a...

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AN ANALYSIS by the Health Foundation shows that soaring inflation means NHS staff face an average pay cut of £845 during 2021-22 and will...

Sunak statement: ‘Ordinary people bear the broadest burden’ – Unite

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TRADE unions have highlighted the acute crisis facing millions of families facing steep rises in the cost-of-living, declaring that measures outlined in Tory Chancellor...

Trade unions must call a general strike to stop Tories ending...

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YESTERDAY, Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the ending of all remaining Covid restrictions in England this week. The Tories’ ‘Living with Covid’ plan means...

Imperial College No Confidence Vote Against Gast & Sanderson!

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STAFF at Imperial College London have voted ‘no confidence’ in the university’s President Alice Gast and Muir Sanderson Chief Financial Officer demanding that they...

Answer Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill with a general strike...

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THOUSANDS of workers and young people took to the streets at the weekend in mass ‘kill the bill’ demonstrations across the country against the...

‘No cover-ups, no concealments’ – demand bereaved families fighting for justice

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BEREAVED families, were joined by speakers from academia, sports, journalism and the arts at an event last Friday for a ‘Hillsborough Law Now’ event...

NHS Is Reeling As Staff Sickness Grows

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THE NHS is reeling under the weight of staff absences, with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine warning that up to a quarter of...

Johnson cannot rule out Xmas lockdown!

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THE TORY government ‘can’t make hard, fast guarantees’ that there will not be a Christmas lockdown, Deputy PM Dominic Raab said yesterday. The cabinet met...

60 per cent of gig economy workers injured at work get...

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THE MAJORITY of gig economy workers are injured at work and suffer from sprains, cuts that require stitches, and even fractures and broken bones. According...

BBC Panorama exposes HC-One – UK’s largest care-home operator!

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MONDAY night’s BBC Panorama documentary exposed the operations of HC-One, which, with 265 facilities and a bed capacity of 16,116, is the UK’s largest...

‘We are starting fightback against pay-pension cuts!’

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OVER 300 University and College Union (UCU) striking lecturers and student supporters rallied and marched to the Royal Exchange Building in the City of...