Solidarity Noontime Rally with Striking Nurses & Public Workers in the UK
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Nurses will rally
in front of the UK Embassy at noon today in solidarity with British nurses and
public workers. More than three million embattled British nurses and other
public employees are striking today to protest attacks by the British government
on pensions and retirement security. Like their U.S. counterparts, British
officials want to slash public worker pensions to cut public deficits — even
though, like Social Security in the U.S., British pension funds are financially
sound. The UK government position is “pay more, work longer, get less,”
according to the 19 striking unions, representing nurses, other healthcare
workers, teachers, and other public employees.
- photo by Paul Brown/Rex Features courtesy of The Guardian UK