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Speak Up Lobby and Rally - Monday 9th June
Hundreds of public sector employees attended a rally in Central Hall and lobbied their MPs late into the afternoon over the issue of public sector pay. More details and photos
TUC Speaks out over low public sector pay deals, view video at Congress TV
Some things are just too important to be driven by profit.
Not just things like healthcare, education and criminal justice. But all the vital public services that protect people, bind the nation together and boost our prosperity.
Of course many public services can improve with better management and more investment. But pretending complex public services can be run just like a profit-driven business won't work.
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Thousands of northern region workers and trade unions taking to the streets for Pensions Justice
Thousands of workers across the North East and Cumbria will be showing their support for Pensions Justice and joining in with one of the four regional March and rallies across the region on Pensions Day of Action, November 30th.
As well as independent pickets all over the region, workers and trade unionists will be coming together in co-ordinated action in Newcastle-Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Carlisle and Whitehaven.
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