Social Developments: EPO - People's March for Jobs Flashcards
1
Q
What did unemployed people from Liverpool do in 1981?
A
They marched from Liverpool to London
2
Q
What did the unemployed people from Liverpool do once they arrived in London?
A
They protested outside of the Greater London Council Headquarters
3
Q
How many people attended these marches?
A
Thousands
4
Q
What were the protest organisers hoping for the scale of the march?
A
They were hoping hundreds of thousands of people would participate
5
Q
What is significant about where these marches started?
A
They started in Northern Areas
6
Q
What is significant about the protestors protesting outside of GLC?
A
It showed not everyone liked the ideas of the Greater London Council
