CORBYN AT BURSTON

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: october 2016 :: RMTnews T housands attended Burston Strike School Rally in Norfolk to hear Jeremy Corbyn just before he was re-elected as Labour leader and other speakers from the trade union movement. Mr Corbyn was cheered when he introduced his plans for a National Education Service that would mean access to free education up to university level for all. He also said that he would introduce a £10-an-hour living wage. He slammed the Tory record on the NHS and the crisis the service faces with hospital departments at risk — and pledged support for the junior doctors in their contracts fight with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. His speech was followed by music and poetry from Attila the Stockbroker and Steve White and the Protest Family with a mix of radical songs and political music. Each year trade unionists from across the country gather in the small Norfolk village to celebrate the longest strike in history. Children marched out of their school when their much-loved CORBYN AT BURSTON