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Burston strike school rally – Sunday 4 September 2016
Annual rally to celebrate the longest strike in history: Schoolchildren ‘went on strike’ in 1914 to support their teachers, sacked by the rural squirearchy for organising agricultural workers.
Confirmed speakers/musicians:
- Mick Whelan General Secretary ASLEF
- Jeremy Corbyn Labour leader
- Steve White and the Protest Family
- Richard Allday Unite
- Jo Rust Kings Lynn trades council
- Attila the Stockbroker
- Red Flags
- NASUWT Brass Band
- Banner Theatre 1st May Band
Chairs:
- morning: Megan Dobney SERTUC Regional Secretary
- afternoon: Teresa Mackay SERTUC Vice President/Suffolk CATC
COACH TO THE RALLY FROM GREAT YARMOUTH
Organised by Waveney trades council with support from Great Yarmouth & District Unite branch – a FREE bus…
9am The Troll Cart pub, Great Yarmouth
9.30am Birds Eye then East Coast Pavilion, Lowestoft
via Beccles and Bungay
4pm return from Burston
Additional stops may be possible. Reserve your place at richard_chilvers@sky.com or call 07517 544 669 or 01502 574 010
COACH TO THE RALLY FROM LONDON
Organised by Unite London & Eastern Region. £5 for Unite members, £7 for others (payment by cheque in advance)
8am Moreland Street (Regional Office) London
8.15am Euston Station
picking up at Babraham Road Park & Ride, Cambridge
4.30pm return from Burston
Reserve your place with Peter Kavanagh, Regional Secretary on 020 8800 4281
COACH TO THE RALLY FROM NORWICH
Organised by Norwich trades council. A donation is requested
9.30am Theatre Royal, Norwich
4pm return from Burston
Reserve your place at sarahlark@ymail.com
COACH TO THE RALLY FROM CLACTON
Organised with support from Unite
8.45am Roaring Donkey, Holland on Sea
9am Rail Station, Clacton
9.30am Crouch Street, Colchester
10am Magdalen Street Bus Station, Hadleigh
4pm return from Burston
Reserve your place at sarah@sarahsanford.orangehome.co.uk or 01473 3211 180
COACH TO THE RALLY FROM FELIXSTOWE
Organised with support from Unite
9.10am Great Eastern Square, Felixstowe
9.30am Park & Ride bust stop, Martlesham
9.40am Kesgrave Kitchen lay by, Kesgrave
9.55am Crown Street lay by, Ipswich
10.15am Rail Station, Stowmarket
4pm return from Burston
Reserve your place at sarah@sarahsanford.orangehome.co.uk or 01473 3211 180
