Workers united to march through Nottingham for justice over pensions today.
They came with babies in buggies, bikes and dogs in a mass show of solidarity for the day of action.
Health workers, teachers and firemen walked through the lunchtime sunshine as the song ‘Let’s get together’ pumped out over a sound system.
It was a vibrant, noisy protest as marchers blew vuvuzelas and whistles and banged drums, surrounded by union balloons, flags and placards – all with a clear message: ‘Everyone deserves a decent pension’.
At the head of the march, which ended in a rally at Nottingham’s Albert Hall, were healthcare assistants from the City Hospital’s dialysis unit.
UNISON member Sue Hilton, an NHS worker for 30 years, had earlier been on the picket line at her workplace.
“I am worried about pensions,” she said, “and I do not think the government will stop there – they will go for everything else. I am 57 now and thought I would retire at 60 and now it is 66.”