And they won't be fooled by government ministers' claims that their justified action will hit jobs. "We know that today's strike is being led by women – 3.7 million could be affected by the plans to make detrimental changes to pensions. "There are hundreds of thousands of Unison members are taking action to protect their pensions today – with solid support across the country," said Dave Prentice. Among those in the crowd at the Westminster Bridge entrance were both young people and long-standing hospital employees looking to their retirement. Unison general secretary Dave Prentis was at St Thomas' Hospital at 6.45am on Wednesday to meet staff. The Government is not solving a crisis but creating one." "The biggest threat to the long-term well-being of the pension scheme comes from these proposed changes, which will reduce the number of people joining due to such prohibitive costs and force existing members to leave. The Local Government Pension Scheme, which many of our members pay into, is cash rich, taking more in contributions than it pays out in pensions each year. "Not only are these changes unfair, but they are unnecessary. "At a time of year on year real term pay cuts, sky-rocketing energy prices and spiralling transport costs, the Government is telling public sector workers that they have to pay an average of 50 per cent more in pension contributions," explains Bronwyn Murphy, Unison branch secretary at London South Bank University.
Some staff at Southwark Crown Court were on strike.Refuse and recycling collections in Southwark were disrupted.Some teaching at London South Bank University was disrupted.Some classes at Morley College were cancelled.Some galleries at Tate Modern were shut.London Ambulance Service control room in Waterloo was operating with reduced staffing.“The International Travel Planner is also being adjusted. “NS and its international partners are informing international travelers about the impact of this strike on their journey,” the NS said. These routes will still make their stops in Amsterdam and Utrecht before continuing on to Germany, where they may be affected by construction work. ICE trains operated by Deutsche Bahn, as well as the Nightjet service to Zurich, Vienna, and Innsbruck, will not stop at Den Bosch or Venlo.
The Intercity to Brussels will not stop in Breda. The NS said that the Intercity Berlin will not stop in Apeldoorn, Deventer, Hengelo, or Almelo.
They will instead be rerouted around the area. International trains will not stop at the stations in the area where the workers are on strike. Many international trains will also be impacted by the strike, though there will not be any changes to the Thalys and Eurostar service. To keep trains running on as normal a timetable as possible, this means many routes will begin and end at Rotterdam Centraal, Dordrecht, Utrecht Centraal, Geldermalsen, Driebergen-Zeist, Amersfoort and Zwolle. Train routes will be modified so that the origin and end points are outside of the strike area. “We advise all our travelers to consult the Travel Planner shortly before departure. NS finds it extremely irritating that this is causing so much trouble for passengers,” the NS said in a statement on Tuesday. Trains operated by regional carriers will not be affected by the strike. The strike in the south and east of the country will not be mitigated with a replacement bus service. The NS and its unions have been far apart in their collective bargaining negotiations for months. The labor unions will also hold their fifth single-day strike on Wednesday to demand an increase in compensation linked to any fare hikes, a 600 euro one-time payment for each worker, and adjustments to early retirement schemes. This means that travelers will have to take longer travel times and more frequent transfers into account,” the NS stated. “It is possible that not all trains are in the right place yet. The impact of this could have a knock-on effect beyond the 24-hour strike. The national railway cancelled nearly all of its trains on Tuesday because of the one-day strike in the center of the country, as many trains start or stop in Utrecht, or cross through the region. This is in addition to the fifth one-day strike workers will hold in the south and east of the country, mainly affecting the provinces of Gelderland, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Overijssel and Zeeland. The impact of the strike by NS workers on Tuesday will continue to have an impact on train routes across the Netherlands on Wednesday.
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