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Ed Miliband urgently needs a story to understand what actually happens in reality in our classrooms shows to find - a reality at a time can be reduced budgets classroom assistants harder to find that a lot of hard work and responsibility, a kind of which sometimes requires on-the-spot, hands in her heart she support.If to understand more about everyday pressures within the class, could Ed Miliband and colleagues find it easier to articulate in their minds, what must be done to to resolve issues in these changing circumstances.
H?l?ne Mulholland writes of central London rally:
Paul Gardner, English lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire, is on his first strike. The reason? Both personally and 'social'. Be "the personal is that it involves an attack on my immediate living space of standards, because I pay with a ? 100 more in my pension per month. My pension is reduced, and I will have to work longer. The social reason is that the cuts are completely unnecessary. "
"People will look back on this situation in 50-100 years time and think how crazy that people in the middle and the bottom were being asked to pay for mistakes made by those at the top."
The Scottish parliament and the Scottish government's headquarters in Edinburgh, Faslane nuclear submarine base, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, museums and job centres were affected by the strike, although there was little reported impact on the public.
"Radical hairdressers" The Haircut Before The Party have been giving demonstrators free haircuts at the demonstration in Trafalgar Square.
Polly Curtis is also at the rally in central London. She says strikers attending the Methodist Central Hall rally are angry about their pensions, public spending cuts, and the government's handling of the union negotiations – but judging by their reaction to the speeches, they are angriest with the Labour leadership.
Michael White, who is with me, said, ". \ In politics, people usually hate their side more than the other It's the old politician 'joke: that' s opposition, the rest are behind you ".
Jessica Shepherd writes that Joe Davies, the master of Haileybury, a leading public school in Hertfordshire, has a message on the school 's website.
. There is a section 60 in place meaning officers can stop and search, the Met said.
writes from the London rally near the Houses of Parliament. She writes:
This tweeter posts an image of a young man being put into a police van – alleging his arrest was for violent language.
Another poster says she has heard of a girl being arrested for having camouflage found in her bag.
Here's a gallery of the strikes so far today.
writes from the London march:
Under the new government plans, teachers will have to pay more into their pension scheme, work longer and receive less when they retire. Members of the teaching staff who belong to the unions are very much aware of the impact strike action could have on students' learning, and they are conscious that as a boarding school we have a duty of care towards our boarders. We are also very aware that our dispute is with the government and not with Trent College.
BMA Chairman Hamish Meldrum said the voice, supported by 87% of the representatives did not mean, doctors are taking industrial action, but expressed an intention to vote "in the event that there is a plan of government for final salary scheme to replace stop and it with an unfavorable career average scheme for doctors '...
Manchester consultant paediatrician Andrew Rowland said: "This does not mean it has to be a strike. It could be sticking to job plans, not doing unpaid overtime or working without enthusiasm."
At work without enthusiasm is as action I know a number of people who should be voting members every day.
I just spoke with H?l?ne Mulholland
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Members of the NUT are holding a rally in George Street in Liverpool city centre.
Schluessel said there was not a great police presence, but four policeman on horse back to control the crowds – which were made up of members of the UCU, ATL and NUT. Many members on strike had brought along their children too.
"We're a bit worried about the possibility of rain, but everyone is smiling and chatting with friends and there's a feeling of support for the strikes – people were driving past the picket lines honking their horns this morning."
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H?l?ne Mulholland, who is with the march in central London, just listened to an update on the police radio: ". A few suspects have been taken from the set"
Some of our readers on Facebook have to tell us whether they favor or strike in our survey, Hannah Waldram are reporting. Out of 445 votes to be saying as much, 358, which they support the strike in any way actually striking and 87 said they won 't obvious. Gordon commented on the poll, writes:
I am unable now to a vigil, as I am a member of the NASUWT! The greatest teacher 'Union has decided on a strike today. On the basis that the negotiations would be hindered by such a step with the government? I am angry and disappointed with my trade union, as I feel that it does not correctly reflect the feelings of its membership!
The London march is peaceful and buoyant so far, H?l?ne Mulholland reports. The turn-out seems very big; she has not been able to get out of Lincoln's Inn Fields yet. A lot of people have brought their children, she reports.
Eddie Garner, Manchester branch secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, said that most court staff had walked out.
H?l?ne Mulholland has more miles from central London, where the march is only setting is disabled, a bit late.
She just walked past five police officers stopping and searching two non-white 17-year-old sixth formers, Aamir Kadir and Jean-Claude Goddard, in Lincoln's Inn Fields to the dismay of onlookers. They were searched because of their keffiyeh scarves. A police officer said they were searching them under section 60 of the Criminal Public Order Act. H?l?ne asked him why he had chosen to stop and search two young non-white people when surrounded by white women with scarves round their necks. He said because of violence at previous anti-government protests, the police were watching people who were wearing scarves in case they were using them to commit violence. Another protester called Greg Muttitt asked an inspector why the police were doing this. He said it was an empirical judgment - people used keffieyehs to mask their identity.
Aamir said: "I 'm just a young man with government cutbacks and disgusted I wanted to show a little support". He seemed a little shaken.
The movement of a large majority of the 500 delegates at the conference confirmed 'calls for the BMA, in the event that there is a government plan to stop the final salary pension scheme and replace it with an unfavorable Career Average (CARE) scheme for doctors, the voting membership of the BMA in relation to all forms of industrial action. "
Speakers argued for that, if the government 's changes went through, doctors would have to work longer, do more of their income and receive fewer benefits. Dr Jan Wise, a psychiatrist, who proposed the motion said, "must be available at this moment all options" to exert pressure on the government to change its stance.
Dr Andrew Dearden, the chairman of the BMA's pensions committee, warned ministers that "there is a great deal of anger and fear among doctors and medical students" over the plans, adding: "we will use every means at our disposal to fight these changes and to fight for our pensions".
The reform of the NHS pension scheme was unnecessary, because it was superseded only in 2008 and provided a ? 2 billion surplus every year - money that the Treasury can borrow - Dearden added.
Speakers against the motion noted that industrial action could mean, doctors lost the confidence of patients and the public.
My impression is that the disputes are strongly supported, and the real sense of anger that is felt so strongly across all public services is coming across loud and clear today. Given the barrage of propaganda against the union position, I think the fact that [support] is about half and half is not a bad position.
Inside Housing is reporting a picket line outside the Department for Communities and Local Government.
says no independent schools are likely to close.
reports. The education secretary used the word "disappointed" three times to express his feelings towards those taking action:
I have \ disappointed 'm the man decided to go on strike today. We want to ensure that all public sector has in the ordinary pensions.
Children actually lose as a result of today 's strike, and in particular parents were a lot of inconvenience as a result of the strike.
Talks have not go a long way to go yet. The largest union [Unison] isn 't go on strike today. It seems to me a little disappointing that some people have decided to go on strike.
Gove is at his child's school (he has two children) as a parent today – putting into practice his plea earlier in the week for parents to help keep their schools open.
Denis Campbell
Manc judges have written the defendant not show up when they have a hearing today. Happy times. Besides loads didn 't get the ... Message and turned anyway
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H?l?ne Mulholland is at the heart of London with the demonstrators.
On the Times Educational Supplement's forum, teachers are asking each other what they hope to gain from striking today. One has this to say:
Pickets gathered outside "the Ministry" as the big Department of Work and Pensions offices in Longbenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, are known, cheerfully set up for the day with flasks of tea, sandwiches and placards. Hoots were encouraged from passing drivers and the strikers hope for more public support at rallies in Newcastle, at 1pm at Grey's Monument, and Middlesbrough, at 12.15pm on Linthorpe Road.
The Driving Standards Agency expects to cancel testing in both regions, is now offered with the customer transfers.
On his blog policy Andrew Sparrow
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Tina Hale, another union rep, said: "My members will be working longer and paying higher contributions for a smaller pension. They did not cause this crisis - the bankers did. Yet they are being made to pay for something that they had no control over. They should not be made to suffer when there is a workable alternative to the coalition's swinging cuts policy."
Hundreds, possibly thousands, are expected to attend a rally in the town later. There will be a brass band and Merthyr TUC will host speakers from unions, community leaders and Labour party activists.
Staff cuts are an underlying concern, in the midst of the publicity, the pension reform in recent weeks. Sue Smith, vice president of PCS Home Office Group, said, "many" UKBA staff of the strike had come today.
"They are absolutely outraged at the cuts that have already taken place in the border violence, including severance pay at Heathrow, where people have left and were not replaced \." She added: "Usually there are fewer staff and longer delays, passengers are always stressed out and screamed staff \."
Boris Johnson (left), mayor of London, was on Radio 4 's Today program this morning, where he renewed his call for changes in labor so should the unions a degree of voter participation in a strike to secure ballot valid for the industrial action.
He complained of "low" course for industrial action ballots by about one third of the voters, and said he would like to see legislation in areas where workers had a monopoly, such as public transport.
Sending love, best wishes and solidarity to all of you engaged in industrial action today. Let's send a loud and clear message to this government that we'll not lie back and allow them to pick away at everything that matters in this country. We are ready to fight!
Moutier Abraham, 42, who flew in on packed BA flight from Cape Town, said he endured much worse queues when he visited London two months ago. "We came here two months and we were standing in queues for a really long time today it was much faster \ .." He added: ".. In South Africa our strikes are more efficient, you would still be there" \
Were BAA, Heathrow 's owners said that all passport control queues within government targets, although some non-EU passengers at the terminal three, the home of Qantas and Singapore Airlines have had to wait as long as 45 minutes - the Government mandated limit. When T5 is the longest wait time of 25 minutes. "At the moment it is good. There is no significant queues, no more than you expect in a normal peak times," said a spokesman for BAA, added appear to have more reported UKBA staff to work as expected. UKBA and BAA were concerned that the closure of schools participating would have taken because the parents could be forced to stay home for child care.
Heathrow itself is operating normally, with nine out of ten flights arriving and departing on time.
Jessica Shepherd
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