Over 400,000 public sector workers from the PCS, UNITE, RMT, UCU and NUT Trade Unions joined a 24 hour strike on May 10th over government cuts to pensions.
In London pickets were well attended with some strikers marching from St Thomas’s hospital to a rally in Westminster Central Hall addressed by Union leaders. Photos by Guy Smallman
Film length: 4:38 As the Fire Brigades Union’s battle to stop the Government’s dangerous pension changes intensifies, 5,000 firefighters from all over Britain march through London. They explain that cuts to fire stations, fire engines, […]
Film length: 4:50 Pension plans for firefighters will put them, and the public, in danger. Firefighters explain why, and talk about the added danger in London of 10 fire stations being closed down.
Slideshow Today thousands of Fire and Rescue Service workers came from across Britain to protest at the government’s plans for their workplaces. The national demo was called by the Fire Brigades Union and exceeded the […]
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