Public service workers will stand up to defend their pensions outside hospitals and town halls across London on 30 November.
A massive TUC rally has been organised for central London with union members and supporters meeting in Lincoln’s Inn Fields from noon, before marching across the capital to a rally on Victoria Embankment.
Just a stone’s throw from the House of Commons, Ken Livingstone will join speakers from the local staff side outside Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals.
Chris Remington, UNISON regional manager in London, says that the emphasis across the capigtal has been on a joint union approach, with rallies including unions involved in the strike and those not involved in the strike.
“We are getting support from the RCN and support from the BMA,” he reports. “There is a mood to stand together, which is very good.”
He says that despite the day of action starting at midnight for some workers, “people are really rising to the challenge”.
“We have branches who have never done anything like this before who are getting it and we’re seeing new activists coming through in branches. This has really focussed people’s attention.”