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Union Anger as Royal Mail Plan to Hire 30,000 Temps During Strike

Royal Mail have reveled plans to hire upto 30,000 temporary workers as strikes and Christmas aprocahes to help keep mail flowing. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) have expressed this as a "stupid move" but...

British postal workers vote to strike on a national scale

For the second time in two years Royal Mail postal workers are to strike regarding working conditions and pay.Out of 80,830 votes counted 61,623 said yes to the industrial action.Royal Mail have been loosing money and said this strike will hit them hard, today they...

al Qaeda Admits US Drone Attacks Working in Afghanistan

"The document blames the accuracy of the strikes on "spies … (who) have spread throughout the land like locusts … So many brave commanders have been snatched away … so many hidden homes have been leveled." ...

Failed strategy in Afghanistan

Obama said a surgewould not be successfulin Iraq so now he istrying a surge inAfghanistan"When will the Obama administration stop transplanting the Bush administration's failed methods from Iraq to Afghanistan...

Car struck three-year-old boy, driver arrested

A three-year-old Mississauga boy was struck by Car around 1 a.m. Its believed that the baby had put on his father's running shoes, walked through the front door, squeezed though a break in the fence and was...

60 US drone hits killed 14 al-Qaeda men, 687 Pakistani civilians

A report has made some important disclosures about the US drone strikes inside Pakistan between January 14, 2006 and April 8, 2009. It reveals that out of 60 such strikes, actual targets were hit only in 10...

50 million job losses projected worldwide for 2009 - ILO

Massive job losses around the world will mark the end of the first decade of the 21st century, with the United Nations' International Labour Organization (ILO) projecting 50 million by the end of 2009. " Worldwide...

Council considering sacking their 7,000 work force

A Scottish council who, over the years have had more strikes in recent years than most over pay and  working conditions is considering sacking all their staff. Renfrewshire Council, who borders with Glasgow has...

Oil slick strikes river in Sussex, England

A local oil slick has struck a river in Sussex, England. It has spilled into the River Ouse and has spread for six miles between the towns of Newick and Maresfield. The Environmental Agency are on the scene at the...

Greek government fights for its political life

Latest opinion poll results show that nearly half of Greek voters believe that neither of the country’s two major political parties is capable of governing. The ruling right - wing New Democracy was given an...

UK oil refinery protests spreading - hundreds walk out

Yesterday, as a nation-wide general strike shut down much of France, oil refinery workers in the UK were also striking. Today they have been joined by workers from another plant. They say they are protesting...

'Obama not ruling out striking Iran'

.Certainly all options should be kept open but a military action should be the last resort  only." US President Barack Obama is not ruling out military strikes against Iran to stop its nuclear program, the...

UK strike escalating as 1500 Scots join protest

In response to this story created by Dave Keating -UK oil refinery protests spreading - hundreds walk out Around 1500 Scottish workers have now began to take part in protest to what has happened in England. The...

France faces ‘Black Thursday’ of strikes, protests

Parisians woke up to a difficult day ahead as commuters across France face transportation disruptions as government and transport workers stage walkouts in a major test for French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his...

Radio France Internationale protests job cuts

Staff from Radio France Internationale went on strike on Thursday to protest the French government's decision to cut more than 200 jobs or 25% of the workforce. RFI's language services will suffer, with six...

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