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Tens of thousands of workers, including many who have been on strike this week, took part in noisy protests today to call for an end to austerity and to highlight the need for pay to increase.
Public sector workers including teachers, nurses, civil sevants and hospital cleaners marched alongside railway workers, postmen and others from private firms.
Families, pensioners and anti-nuclear activists also took part.
The main rally was in London but protests were also held in Glasgow and Belfast.
The TUC organised the demonstrations under the banner Britain Needs A Pay Rise, following days of industrial action by public sector workers ranging from nurses and midwives to civil servants.
Midwives went on strike for the first time in their history in protest at the government's controversial decision not to pay a recommended 1% increase to all NHS staff.
Hospital radiographers and prison officers will take strike action in the coming week over the same dispute.
The TUC said people are facing the biggest squeeze on their incomes since Victorian times, adding that average wages have fallen by £50 a week in real terms since 2008.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2797922/Tens-thousands-join-pay-march.html
Public sector workers including teachers, nurses, civil sevants and hospital cleaners marched alongside railway workers, postmen and others from private firms.
Families, pensioners and anti-nuclear activists also took part.
The main rally was in London but protests were also held in Glasgow and Belfast.
The TUC organised the demonstrations under the banner Britain Needs A Pay Rise, following days of industrial action by public sector workers ranging from nurses and midwives to civil servants.
Midwives went on strike for the first time in their history in protest at the government's controversial decision not to pay a recommended 1% increase to all NHS staff.
Hospital radiographers and prison officers will take strike action in the coming week over the same dispute.
The TUC said people are facing the biggest squeeze on their incomes since Victorian times, adding that average wages have fallen by £50 a week in real terms since 2008.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2797922/Tens-thousands-join-pay-march.html
