'We are the working class and we are back': Mick Lynch addresses 40,000-strong ... trends now

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Mick Lynch, the headline act at a huge rally in central London yesterday, told the crowd: ‘We are the working class and we are back.’

Forty thousand people crammed into Whitehall as union members across the country staged demonstrations in support of striking teachers, public workers and civil servants.

In London, the RMT rail boss, whose members were also on strike, had a message of unity for workers from all industries.

Mr Lynch said ministers were ‘trying to ban the working class’ and ‘our message is every worker needs a pay rise’. 

He continued: ‘And our message is, sod this, we demand, and we are united. We will not be divided on the basis of who we work for.