The people of Derby gathered in the Market Place today to speak out against the Government's attack on the working class of Britain.
The Government insists that the Public Sector cuts announced by Chancellor George Osbourne are fair (Spending Review 2010 key points). DATUC believes that there are alternatives that would not decimate the young, the workers and the disadvantaged in our communities.
The event was hosted by Ian Wilson (President of DATUC); introducing a variety of speakers including Cheryl Pidgeon (Regional Secretary of the Midlands TUC) and DATUCs own Moz Greenshields (UNISON), Bill Greenshields (NUT) and Keith Venables (NUT). There were also speakers highlighting the effects on the young, women, the elderly and the disabled members of our communities with Daoud Hamdani (Midlands Young Communist League) calling for young people to take action school academies in defence of free education.
As well as the speakers there were several stalls circulating information. Among them were the joint organisers of Derby People's Day, The People's Charter, and the Right to Work Campaign.
Even after good old British weather brought an early close to the day, discussions continued at the Silk Mill pub to discuss the next steps.
This day was a great start to our fight against the Government attacks on our community. This is a fight we can win together, not as a "big society" but as a united community.
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