anyone travelling to windsor show thurs 30th june allow extra extra time for getting there as roads may be very bizzy as theres going to be big protests taking place in london and ppl travelling from all over uk to get there,
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forewarned..

Mass Strikes over pension reform planned

Around 750,000 public sector workers including civil servants, teachers and lecturers are striking on 30 June to protest the coalition government's cuts that will cause job losses, pay freezes and pension reforms which have been described as "daylight robbery" by unions. It is expected courts, ports, jobcentres, schools, colleges and universities will be brought to a standstill.

The workers, from major unions including the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lectures (ATL) are expected to be joined by students and direct action activists including the anti-tax avoidance group UK Uncut who have promised to join picket lines. UK Uncut have also announced they are planning on staging a "public spectacular" in London on 30 June to show solidarity with the widespread industrial action taking place that day. Organisers are keen to highlight the growing trend of closer cooperation between anti-cuts groups and trade unions as proof of widespread opposition to the government's plans, which include major reforms to pensions and an increase of the retirement age.

UK Uncut activist Mark Williams, 26, from London said: "By joining the unions we can help show there are alternatives to the governments cuts - for example, making the banks pay for a crisis they created or stopping tax dodging by corporations and the rich. But the government is making a political choice in making ordinary people pay with job losses and savage spending cuts. As a national movement working together we can stop the coalition's cuts and defend vital public services."

UK Uncut, which occupied Fortnum and Mason during a TUC protest in March, has offered to provide food for the strikers on the day in what it's calling the "big society breakfast".

Jane Harris, 34, a teaching assistant from Birmingham said; "We are used to taking part in sit-ins, now it's time to stand up with the people going on strike and the trade unions who are challenging the government's cuts agenda. These strikes are about much more then public sector pensions. They are part of a fast-growing national movement against the cuts. These cuts do not have to be made and will punish teachers, nurses and students who did not cause this crisis. That's why on the 30th I will be out on the picket lines, side-by-side with the unions."

Although a spokesman has announced the exact plans for a "public spectacle" in London on the day are still being decided, UK Uncut activists have invited union members to join in "creative protest to highlight the injustice behind the government's cuts".