What do we want?
ations,
What do we want?
Sign up, petition, stop the cuts.
Support the strikes on the 30th.
Defend jobs and services.
Sign up, petition, stop the cuts.
Sign up, petition, stop the cuts, sign up.
Stop the cuts, support the strikes.
Sign the petition.
Defend public services.
We ran stalls throughout the week.
We've been lift the tape.
Sometimes we've got a good response.
Other times you get ignored,
but you keep at it and in the end you want to get somewhere.
You got a final go on to university later on?
Oh, yeah.
Right?
Too expensive now.
Yeah, you're thinking it's in a job that...
On occasion you do get some drysic laughs.
Sometimes even a comment about why striking is terrible
and it should be done.
Mostly said by Tories, but...
Andy was out as well.
The university is looking good as well.
Picket lines outside most of the buildings on Manchurian vocation.
MMU, even more so.
There's more people out there than in Manchurian first.
And then I was just thinking of walking up towards getting a coffee
because I'm done now.
Well, I'm going to head down to Salford in a minute
because it's the Bexley Square thing down there.
And then head back to Liverpool Road.
What time will we meet?
Well, it starts from 11 up there.
So you effectively get an hour off now, I think,
because everyone's starting to drift down there.
A lot I'm going to do until 10.30 here.
I'm leaving to go there now.
This is our official picket line, the stud here.
And you can tell by the handbamps.
So, yeah, going alright.
I'm heading off in a minute, heading down to Salford.
So go down there and do a bit down there
and go to Liverpool Road.
So, yeah, looking good so far.
Everywhere that should be done is done.
So we're going to start at...
Well, I'm going to start at 7 in the morning.
I'm only going to most of the picket lines
that are going to be around my area,
which include the Job Centre, Zavarian College,
and then Walk Up Oxford Road,
go past both universities,
and then head towards Mainmarch.
And we have a NSSN meeting afterwards,
which I'm going to be covering as well.
And after that, I think the day's done.
The rest of it's mine.
So which is why I'm doing this,
I'm trying to get the workers involved,
trying to get them to meetings
and ask them to pressure the unions
into the next stage of action,
if nothing is accomplished.
Well, there will be small concessions made after this day,
but not enough to state the anger.
So that's why I think it's necessary to escalate the action.
And I'm freezing.
Morning. Morning. How's it going?
Good, all. But it's worth it.
We only hope that we're making impacts on the government.
But if they don't, what do you reckon,
having to 48 hours next year or something?
Oh, it will. We'll be doing more.
We'll be doing more. Definitely doing more.
Absolutely. They're not listening.
They're not listening. They've got to listen to us.
They have to. You know, we're not working for nothing.
All these pensions are off.
What do you say? What do you say, Anna?
Go on, if it's the way it is.
Well, you say your bit is worth long enough,
and I think we're in our pension.
Yeah, I definitely agree with you guys.
Definitely. I mean, last night, you know,
they're saying that we haven't had a rise for three years.
1% we're getting a rise in it.
1%? 1% and everyone that's on benefit, they're getting 5%.
It's wrong, you know.
One thing, they're not going to cover the inflation at all.
No, definitely not. The inflation sky-high at the minute.
Absolutely. All the bills going...
All the domestic bills going right through the roof.
We can't afford it, you know. I mean, it has to listen.
It has to listen to us.
But if it doesn't, definitely do more next year.
We have to. We have to. No, that was shadow-offered out.
But today's looking really good.
I mean, they're around the hospital. I've been walking around.
All around, yeah. There's loads of people.
It's going to be in town. We're going to be, you know,
we're just hoping that they're going to listen to us.
We have to.
Thank you very much, Lord. Have a good day.
Right, thank you. And you're going to be at the protest later on.
Yes, we are, yeah. On the front, yeah.
Yeah, that'll be good. Have a good one.
All right. Thanks a lot.
How's it going? Is it going well? Good, good?
Yeah. Freezing. Actually, you guys are wrapped up pretty well.
Thought about this one.
With this meeting and this summit about what's going to happen next
after today and hopefully we're going to escalate the action stuff.
A general strike? Yeah, that's what we're hoping for.
Another 48 hours of public sector general strike
or, you know, just keep the microphone, keep the action coming.
That's what we're hoping for.
All right, you guys have a good one.
I've got a few more corners to chip around here.
I will have to mix them, shouldn't I?
Thank you guys so much. Good to see you.
I've just used a garage, yes.
I'm just going to show you what my dad can support.
How's it been going this morning?
It's cold.
How are you telling me?
Quarter past six it was very quiet.
Quarter past six?
What time are you guys here today?
Well, there's a meeting.
They're leaving town at 11 o'clock.
Oh, you're going to join in with the one that's going into the park?
Yeah.
It's gone quite a while ahead of you.
Where are you from?
I'm from the Socialist Party.
I'm here supporting the NSSN meeting today.
These guys are just filming the strikes
and all that's going on and stuff like that.
So pretend they're here.
You've got the good side.
Good morning. Are you going to work today?
So many people have been going in today?
Yeah.
Do you reckon more or less than normal?
Less than normal.
You guys are out here?
Are you all up?
We've done no strike business.
What do you reckon is going to happen after the strike?
Hopefully.
It's done a few U-turns up to now, haven't they?
Yeah.
One in off, I'd say go for a 40-hour one next year.
Yeah, that's what the U-turns are all about.
1% wait increase next year, which is what?
1%
One bread and milk and all that.
And that's after 3 years, 3 years already.
1%
But if you're at the door, you get 5%?
I'm going to say something.
No, come on. Benefits, you get 5%.
So you don't need to work for a living in England any more, do you?
But sometimes you get people who are like, yeah, I'm a student who's going to become a teacher.
Yeah, I'm planning to go into nursing, so these are necessary.
We have to do them.
So those kinds of people, when they come up, really give you a boost,
and you think, yeah, we're doing something that matters.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
The reason I do it is because I want to have a small part to play in something that's going to be big.
And I can say, yeah, I was there and I really helped out.
Maybe if I'm talking to someone younger, I would say I really helped out.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Pretty good, pretty good.
March is about at least 20,000 strong, apparently.
So looking good.
I think we're so big that we're late getting to the park.
Yeah, I think we're just about going to make it there for about 20 pounds or something.
But it's been massive all over the country, 100,000 or so in London.
Huge demonstrations in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast.
It's really been even bigger than we could have ever expected.
So it's the ultimate message to the government yesterday after that budget report.
They sought again to make working people pay for the crisis and this is our answer today.
It's massive, about 40,000 to 50,000 here.
It's still got a look.
It's still at the end of it.
It's looking massive.
You cannot see the end of it.
It's looking absolutely phenomenal.
I was expecting it to be smaller than this.
Today has been great.
It's been phenomenal.
It's really lively.
People are talking and discussing about what's going to happen next.
I think that's really good and really important.
So yeah, today has been excellent.
What I would really like for it to escalate to if the government does not make concessions,
the next stage would be maybe another 24-hour public general, public sector strike, or 48 hours.
Health workers, local government workers, civil servants, teachers, university lecturers,
police injustice are all out in solid strike.
Let's hear it for Manchester!
I want it to keep on building momentum and not to just die down after a show of strength.
I want the unions to realise they do still have power
and they can make a positive impact to the community.
So that's what I'm hoping for.
So we thought, well Manchester would be big, but you know, 5,000.
We reckon the estimate is at least 30,000 people.
Thank you.
