{"id":13515,"date":"2011-11-27T15:23:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T15:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigsmoke.org.uk\/?p=13515"},"modified":"2011-11-29T17:39:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T17:39:25","slug":"strike-wednesdays-events-around-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigsmoke.org.uk\/?p=13515","title":{"rendered":"Strike! Wednesday&#8217;s events around London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wednesday sees the largest UK-wide strike for decades, if not ever. If you&#8217;re on strike best of luck to you &#8211; if you aren&#8217;t here&#8217;s a list of things you can do around London on the day to show your support. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are also hundreds of picket lines, far too many to list so if you want to visit one just stumble about and you&#8217;re bound to trip over one sooner or later!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Main march: <\/strong>12 noon, Lincolns Inn Fields march to rally on Victoria Embankment<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Education feeder march: <\/strong>12 noon, ULU, Malet Street,\u00a0WC1E 7HY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Barnet<\/strong>\u00a0Hospital protest 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brent<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 9.30am, rally at the Torch Pub, 1-5 Bridge Road, Wembley, HA9 9AB. Backed by ATL, GMB. PCS. NAHT, NASUWT, NUT, UCU and Unison &#8211; the bar will be open!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brixton:<\/strong> strikers&#8217; breakfast 9-10.45am, Vida Walsh Centre, Windrush Square, SW9 7AA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brixton<\/strong>:\u00a010.45\u201411.30 Local Rally, Windrush Square, SW9 7AA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camden:<\/strong> rally 11am Camden Town Hall<\/li>\n<li><strong>Croydon<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 10.30am, assemble in Queen Elizabeth Gardens, Park Lane, Croydon, CR9 3JY, for rally and march.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Croydon<\/strong>\u00a0Hospital Protest 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ealing<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 10.30am, assemble at Ealing Town Hall, W5 2BY.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Euston<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Noon to 2pm, protest outside UCLH, 235 Euston Road, NW1 2BU.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GLA buildings:<\/strong> protest 12 noon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gravesend:<\/strong> 12 noon rally\u00a0\u00a0Three Daws Pub, Gravesend, South East DA11 0BJ<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greenwich<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon to 2pm, protest outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, Greenwich, SE18 4QH.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hackney<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon, protest outside Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, E8 1EA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Haringey:<\/strong>\u00a010.00am, CONEL (College of NE London), Tottenham High Rd: UCU, Haringey TUC and Haringey Alliance for Public Services<\/li>\n<li><strong>Haringey<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon, protest outside Haringey Civic Centre, High Road, N22 9SB.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harrow<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon to 2pm, protest outside Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3UJ.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hillingdon:<\/strong>\u00a0High Street, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Greater London UB8 12 noon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Islington: <\/strong>UNISON\u00a0Circle House, 1-3 HIghbury Station Road, N1 1SE 7am<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Islington:<\/strong>\u00a0Islington Green Protest 12 noon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kingston upon Thames:<\/strong>\u00a0Outside Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames KT1 9.30am:\u00a0Called by Hands Off Our Pensions in Surrey (HOOPS), Kingston GMB, Kingston Anti-Cuts Group, Surrey UNISON and Surrey Save Our Services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lambeth<\/strong> Protest 10am, Windrush Square<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lambeth<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/lambethsaveourservices.org\/2011\/11\/28\/picket-lines-in-lambeth-come-and-show-your-support-on-wednesday-n30\/\">list of all picket lines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lambeth<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon, protest in Windrush Square, SW2 1JG.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lewisham<\/strong> &#8211; 8am Goldsmiths Student Union building for the Lewisham &#8216;battle\u00a0bus&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lewisham<\/strong> &#8211; 9am Goldsmiths \u00a0Picket line &#8216;teach out&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lewisham<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon to 2pm, protest outside Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paddington<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Noon to 2pm, protest outside St Mary\u2019s Hospital, Praed Street, W2 1NY.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Southwark<\/strong> \u2018Strikers canteen\u2019 10.30 \u2013 11.30 London Rd, Elephant &amp; Castle then march to Lincolns Inn Fields<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tooting<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Noon to 2pm, protest outside St George&#8217;s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, SW17 0QT.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tower Bridge<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon, protest outside Greater London Authority, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 2AA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tower Hamlets<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon, protest outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall, 236 Cable Street, E1 0BL.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wandsworth\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 11am, rally outside Wandsworth Town Hall, High Street, SW18 2PU.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Westminster<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon to 2pm, protest outside St Thomas\u2019 Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7EH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>London Hospitals<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blood Transfusion, Oxford Street 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea &amp; Westminster Hospital, Fulham 12- 2pm<\/li>\n<li>LAS HQ, Waterloo 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>Lewisham Hospital protest 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>London Hospital, Whitechapel 12 -2pm<\/li>\n<li>Northwick Park Hospital protest 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>Queen Elizabeth Hospital protest 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>Queens Hospital protest 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>St Pancras Hospital, Camden &amp; Islington 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>St Thomas\u2019 Hospital protest \u2013 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>St Mary\u2019s Hospital 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>St Georges Hospital Protest 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<li>UCLH protest 12 \u2013 2pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>There must be loads of things we&#8217;re missing here: let us know in the comments or by <a href=\"mailto:editorial@bigsmoke.org.uk\">email<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also thanks to resources at the <a href=\"www.pcs.org.uk\/en\/campaigns\/30-november\/n30events.cfm\">PCS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/righttowork.org.uk\/2011\/11\/n30-battle-map\/\">Right to Work<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldsmithssu.org\/blog\/entry\/84\">Goldsmiths SU<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/falseeconomy.org.uk\/nov30\/london\/all\/t1\">False Economy<\/a> among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday sees the largest UK-wide strike for decades, if not ever. 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