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| Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party |
On 4 March 2017, Reading Trades
Union Council joined 250,000 other protesters in London, marching to defend the
NHS. Nada Al-Sanjari, Vice-President of the RTUC, had organised the production
of a banner and several trades council delegates took a hand in parading it
from Tavistock Square to Parliament Square. Jan Bastable and Cllr Sarah Hacker,
Unite delegates to the RTUC, marched with their trade union while John
Partington, Correspondence Secretary, flew a flag for the TSSA.
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| John McDonnell MP Labour Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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| Len McCluskey, General Secretary of unite the Union |
On the conclusion of the march, a
host of speakers rewarded the gathered crowd with words of solidarity and
inspirational calls for continued pressure on the Government to properly fund
the NHS and halt the creeping privatisation of our health service. Among the
speakers were Len McCluskey, General Secretary of the Unite union, John McDonnell
MP, the Labour Party’s shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Jeremy Corbyn MP,
Leader of the Labour Party. All three speakers, leaders of the industrial and
political wings of the labour movement, pledged support to NHS workers in their
struggle for an improved health service, including backing strike action if the
Government again placed unfair restraint on heath workers’ pay.
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| Nada Al-Sanjari, Vice-President of the RTUC |
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| Cllr Sarah Hacker and Jan Bastable of Unite and RTUC |
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John Partington, TSSA and RTUC Correspondence Secretary |
Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite, visits Reading, 6 March 2017
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| Reading trade unionists with Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union |
The Reading Trades Union Council
was out in force to greet Len McCluskey during his visit to Novotel Reading to
address trade unionists during his campaign for re-election as General Secretary
of the Unite union. Len spoke for half an hour before fielding questions from
the audience, members of Unite and non-members alike.
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| Sue Stevens, Unite branch chair from Reading Buses, introduces Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite |
Jan Bastable, Cllr Sarah Hacker,
Keith Jerrome, Ray Parkes and John Partington were among RTUC delegates at the
event.
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| Ray Parkes (left) and John Partington (right) of RTUC with Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union |
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