15 March strike day rally, London

Start date
End date
Location
London
Who's it for
PCS members and reps

When 100,000 PCS members in the civil service and public strike on 15 March there is a march through Whitehall with a rally outside Downing Street. After the PCS rally we will continue the march to Trafalgar Square to join with NEU members who will be arriving there, too. 

  • Assembly at Embankment Tube at noon
  • March leaves 12.30pm
  • Rally at Downing Street 12.45pm
  • Move to Trafalgar Square 1.30pm.

All members on strike in Greater London and the South East are encouraged to attend. Transport for delegations from the English regions is being booked subject to assurances that picket lines are all covered. If you are outside London and want to attend then ensure your branch picket lines are well covered and give the surplus names who want to travel to your PCS regional secretary.

 

For members living in the South East we have arranged free coach travel from a number of locations, including from the south coast, Oxford, Reading, Canterbury and Dover.  Please book your place on a PCS coach by checking the locations and filling out the online form. 

We have also put together the following advice regarding trains and buses coming from different areas to bus stops near the Embankment tube station because RMT and ASLEF are on strike on the London Underground and the tube network will be closed. But there are still plenty of buses available and Network Rail stations will be open with trains running as normal. 

For those coming from Euston and Kings Cross Stations the number 73 bus will bring you from there to the Embankment. 

See below for bus routes with stops near to the Embankment:

Bus Number 

Route 

Destination

73

Euston and Kings Cross Stations

Embankment

139

From North London starting at Golders Green

Charing Cross 

188

North Greenwich through Southeast London with bus stops at both ends of Waterloo Bridge 

Waterloo station and bridge and can walk to the Embankment tube station

24

Hampstead or Victoria Station

Charing Cross

3

Crystal Palace through South London (Dulwich, Herne Hill, Brixton and Kennington) 

Whitehall

6

Willesden, Kilburn, Marble Arch

Charing Cross 

9

Hammersmith and Kensington

Charing Cross

 

More information on bus routes and timetables can be found on the Transport for London website.

The following Network Rail stations are all open on 15 March and running trains as normal: Victoria, Charing Cross, Waterloo, Waterloo East, Blackfriars and Fenchurch Street, all of which are a short walk over to Embankment. 

In addition, The Elizabeth Line will be running as will South Western Trains, Southeastern and Thameslink.

Book your place on coaches booked by PCS from key towns outside London in the South East and Eastern.

If you need any more information, email londonse@pcs.org.uk

Please make every effort to come in to central London on 15 March and demonstrate outside Downing Street – for fair pay, for pensions justice, for job security.

Regional secretaries: