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Your messages:
"I have been very impressed by the solidarity I have seen shown by members regarding pension cuts. By sticking together we can show strength in numbers. Stand together shoulder to shoulder for our rights as one voice!"

Julie

"Support the staff at Southend Hospital, join the rally at 12:30 outside the hospital."

Dean

"We need to bring a loud message to the government. This short-term fix will have long term consequences in 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 years time; long after this government is around to face the blame for increased poverty in old age."

Pete

'Today you made history. Every single UNISON member supporting the day of action has played their part in this fantastic day.

UNISON members, mostly women, many low-paid and many taking strike action for the first time ever - stood up and said, with quiet resolve, enough is enough.'

Videos:

UNISON Pensions strike 30th November 2011

The Workers: Let's Work Together music video

Dave Prentis message to UNISON members

News from UNISON:

12:10, Swindon: Packed rally roars backing for UNISON message
(30/11/11) UNISON assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie urges members to 'stand strong, stand tall and stand firm'

12:55, Brighton: Attacks on public sector workers are final straw
(30/11/11) Chancellor's further attacks on public sector workers - final straw for many workers.

13:39, Bristol: Movement gathers pace in west country
(30/11/11) Thousands of strikers, demonstrators and activists gather at Castle Park in Bristol.

14:00, Bristol: 'Today is about women - women who care, women who clean, women who teach''
UNISON women are striking for decent pensions

14:10, Sheffield: Most imaginative picket of the day?
(30/11/11) Sheffield lays claim to one of the most unusual pickets of the day

13:00, Cambridge: "We need to make a stand" - strikers say
(30/11/11) Over 2,000 trade unionists march through centre of Cambridge

14:37, London: Ambulance staff stand together
(30/11/11) Ambulance staff in London among first on picket lines this morning

15:10, Leeds: 'We are being scapegoated'
(30/11/11) ' It is not local authority pensions that has left a big hole in government coffers'

15:04, Cambridge: Reality of life on 'gold-plated' pension
(30/11/11) NHS worker reveals truth behind 'gold-plated' lies

15:40, Brighton: Rally takes its place in history
(30/11/11) UNISON assistant general secretary Karen Jennings tells Brighton: 'This is history in the making'

13:55, Birmingham: Take heart, take courage
(30/11/11) Dave Prentis tells Birmingham rally: 'this is the day we turned the tide'

16:36, Manchester: 'All out in the North West'
(30/11/11) 12 marches across the region demonstrate strength of feeling

11:50, Scotland: Pipers call out the workers
(30/11/11) Strike day kicked off in Scotland with a piper and reception committee welcoming the security guards at Glasgow Caledonian University as they came out on strike at midnight.

11:46, Newcastle and Gateshead: Voices from the North
(30/11/11) Newcastle and Gateshead out on strike

11:40, Brighton: First-time strikers on picket lines
(30/11/11) 'The worse thing we can do is nothing': NHS and university staff show their anger in Brighton

13:10, Durham: 'Amazing' morning on Northern picket lines
(30/11/11) "It has been an absolutely amazing morning," UNISON northern region activist Julie Wynn says.

15:25, Nottingham: Workers march for pensions justice
(30/11/11) Workers unite to march for pensions justice in Nottingham

15:32, Birmingham: Action is empowering
(30/11/11) A sea of purple and green, as UNISON members like Jo stand up and said: enough is enough

10:33, Nottingham: 'I was crying as I walked out, but I had to do it'
(30/11/11) Nurses describe moment they went on strike

11:59, London: GLA workers defy Boris
(30/11/11) 'It's a difficult and brave step for these members to strike'

12:47, Bristol: Thousands attending rally
(30/11/11) 'A great turnout'

15:51, Nottingham: We can win this struggle - rally told
(30/11/11) Nottingham rally told biggest UK strike since 1926 "is a struggle we can win"

16:09, London: 20,000 march to parliament
(30/11/11) Twenty thousand public service workers marched to parliament this afternoon, bringing the day of action in London to a passionate crescendo

11:10, Brighton, Value of public services strikes home
(30/11/11) 'People are going to realise what public services really are today'

11:17, Birmingham: We can do this if we stand together
(30/11/11) Strikers in Birmingham say pensions attack is the final straw

14:20, Glasgow: 10,000 descend on Barrowlands
(30/11/11) More than 10,000 trade unionists and supporters marched through the streets of Glasgow in defence of pensions fairness this afternoon.

10:40, Cardiff: 'We won't pay for the greedy bankers'
(30/11/11) 'It's unfair that we are being penalised for other people's mistakes'

08:35, Bristol, Beeping horns greet picket line
(30/11/11) Picket lines began in darkness at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital, where UNISON members joined forces with Unite and GMB in protest.

06:23, London: 'History is being made today'
(30/11/11) General secretary Dave Prentis boards bus bound for picket lines

08:30, London: Pensions anger at London hospitals
(30/11/11) UNISON NHS workers were striking from dawn outside London's Guy's and St Thomas's hospitals

08.45, Cambridge: NHS staff take action at Addenbrooke's Hospital
(30/11/11) NHS workers picket Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge

09:59, Sheffield: Pensions chill hits NHS workers
(30/11/11) Sheffield NHS workers feel the chill of the pensions proposals

06:49, Sheffield: Pickets out in Yorkshire
(30/11/11) Members across Yorkshire are out early

08:00, Sheffield: Messages from South Yorkshire
(30/11/11) Police staff, youth workers and council staff all out

10:44, Nottingham: Women on the frontline in pensions fight
(30/11/11) All-women picket line outside West Bridgeford police station show pensions plan anger

01:10, Birmingham: 'We just want to be heard'
(30/11/11 01:10) The day of action is up and running - UNISON is on the march

00:20, Bristol: Vigil starts day of action
(30/11/11) Candlelit vigil begins day of action at midnight in Bristol

07:33, London: Enough is enough
(30/11/11) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis tells Radio 4 Today programme: "Enough is enough"

07:30, Bristol: Council workers say fair pensions for everyone
(30/11/11) Bristol City Council workers were out on strike from 6am to defend their pensions

08:17 Northeast England: Northeast England brought to a standstill
(30/11/11) Public sector workers have brought services to a standstill across the northeast of England.

08:17, Cardiff, Wales shutdown takes shape
(30/11/11) Cardiff Town Hall and Bute Tunnel were shut down as the strike took shape across Wales

09:20, Swindon, Support even among working staff
(30/11/11) As a community psychiatric nurse living in Swindon, Paul Gore proudly states that today he is sstriking for the first time ever'

09:29, Suffolk: Labour councillors show solidarity with strikers
(30/11/11) Two Suffolk Labour councillors send message of support to UNISON members today

10.10, Swindon, Workers stand up for pension fairness
(30/11/11) Striking workers stood firm outside the offices of Swindon Borough Council.

10:35, Cardiff: Rallies at County Hall
(30/11/11) 'We are getting wonderful support'

Speaking out for pensions fairness
(28/11/11) 30 November countdown: South west members will fill the streets from Bristol to Bournemouth and Swindon to Plymouth

Northern Ireland to be 'brought to a standstill'
(29/11/11) 30 November countdown: Most members will walk out for second time in two months

'30 November will be an historic day'
(28/11/11) Dave Prentis tells media: women say 'enough is enough'

Public service workers will stand up for pensions
(25/11/11) 30 November countdown: unions join together to defend pensions in London

'We're keen to demonstrate our strength'
(24/11/11) Eastern region working for a massive turnout on 30 November

North west members urged to 'make some noise'
(23/11/11) Public service workers across the north west will make sure government ministers hear their voice on 30 November

'Make sure your voice is heard'
(23/11/11) Dave Prentis issues rallying call as final week's countdown to 30 November begins

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