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Operational Note: Central London march and other protests finalised for 30 June pension strikes

22 June 2011

Members of the University and College Union (UCU), National Union of Teachers (NUT), Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and Public and Commercial Services (PCS) trade unions will march through central London on Thursday 30 June as part of nationwide protests against plans to change pensions for teachers, lecturers and civil and public servants.

Protestors will assemble at Lincoln's Inn Fields from 11am and the march will set off at 11.40am. The route will take them down Kingsway, along the Strand, down Whitehall and across Parliament Square to Central Hall Westminster for a rally.
 
The Central Hall Westminster rally will start at 1.15pm and speakers will include UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt; NUT general secretary, Christine Blower; ATL general secretary Mary Bousted and PCS general secretary, Mark Serwotka.
 
Directions:
Start of the march at Lincoln's Inn Fields
 
Rally at Westminster Central Hall
 
Contacts:
UCU - Dan Ashley t: 020 7756 2600; m: 07789 518 992;
e: dashley@ucu.org.uk
 
NUT - Caroline Cowie t: 020 7380 4707; m: 07879 480 061;
e: c.cowie@nut.org.uk
 
ATL - Christine Gregory t: 020 7782 1589; m: 07918 617 466;
e: cgregory@atl.org.uk
 
PCS - Richard Simcox t: 020 7801 2747; m: 07833 978216;
e: richard@pcs.org.uk
 
Selected regional events:
Exeter - TUC general secretary, Brendan Barber, will address protestors an 11am rally at the Corn Exchange. There will then be a march to Belmont Park for a music festival, led by Billy Bragg, from 1pm.
 
Bristol- Protestors from Bristol and Bath will assemble outside College Green at 10.30am and march to Castle Green for a rally at 12noon.
 
Oxford - Protestors will assemble at Oxford Town Hall on Pembroke Street at 1.30pm and march through the city centre to Bonn Square for a 2.30pm rally.
 
Birmingham - Protestors from across the west midlands will meet in Victoria Square for a rally at 12noon.
 
Nottingham- Protestors will assemble outside Forest Recreation Ground at 11.30am before marching to Trinity Square for a rally at 12noon. At 1pm there will be a meeting at the Albert Hall on North Circus Street.
 
Liverpool - Protestors will assemble at the top of William Brown Street at 11.30am and march to the Black-E arts centre on Great George Street for a rally at 12.30pm.
 
Manchester - Protestors will meet at 11am at All Saints Park on Oxford Road and march to the Castlefield Arena for a rally at 12.30pm.
 
Newcastle- Protestors from across the north east will assemble at the Centre for Life in Times Square and march through the city centre to Grey's Monument for a rally at 12.30pm.

Last updated: 11 December 2015

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