On The Picket Line

That's my picket line above, (obviously I'm behind the camera). Despite the apparently small numbers, the fact is that there are less than twenty members of staff (several part-time) at my place of work. S0 five of us represent 25% of the workforce. In addition to those on the picket line, many others stayed at home. Later on we joined the march through Crapchester, joining striking council and hospital workers, teachers, librarians and lecturers, amongst others. There was a surprising amount of public support for the march. Incredibly, we even had the support of the local Labour Party and councillors. If only Ed Miliband and the national party would have the courage to follow suit...

Inevitably, there are those who didn't support us, and I've heard all the jibes about how we should be glad we've even got jobs and so on. I'd just say this to them and their ilk, when, a few years down the line you suddenly wake up and find your civil rights eroded, your pay slashed and your state pensions worthless, perhaps you'll look back on today and wished that you'd joined us.