March sequel planned
NZPA-Reuter London Britian’s trade unions planned to capitalise on the success of the “people’s march for jobs,” which ended in London on Sunday after a month on the road, the “Sunday Times” reported. Trade Union Congress chiefs wanted to continue highlighting the plight of the post-war record of 2¥z million unemployed. Several plans were being considered. Among them were a . lobby of Parliament by 100,000 unemployed school-leavers; a follow-up jobs march, involving
t thousands rather than hun- ; dreds of unemployed; and a > network of more than 30 i social centres for the uneml ployed nationwide. i The report said that the ■ march had had a profound effect on union leaders, who ; were initially sceptical of the s planned re-enactment of the . famous 1936 Jarrow crusade. Sunday’s finale to the march, which started in ; Liverpool on Maj’ 1, saw an ’ crowd estimated by the pol- . ice at up to 50,000, and I estimated by organisers at i up to 150.000 thronging the ; centre of London.
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