This is a picture of local trade union and Labour Party members meeting up outside Stratford Station on Saturday morning to go on the TUC March. East Ham MP Stephen Timms, Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales and about 50 Councillors, trade union activists and local residents marched together against these Tory led government cuts and for an alternative economic policy.
Many more from Newham of course marched with their trade unions and affiliates or with friends and families. I was by then already with my UNISON branch and London region at Embankment.
The joint leafleting beforehand across Newham by Party members and union activists helped contribute in a small but symbolic way to the success of the March. It encouraged many ordinary Newham residents to attend who would not have gone otherwise and showed that the Labour movement family when working together can deliver.
Picture Ali G.
