People's March for Jobs

A joint statement in support of the march was issued by the Anglican Bishop of Liverpool, David Sheppard, the Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool, Derek Worlock, and leading members of the Methodists, the United Reformed Church, the Baptist Union and the Salvation Army.

The co-ordinators of the march were Jack Dromey, Colin Barnett and Pete Carter, all of the Trades Union Congress.

[2] The march ended on 1 June with a rally outside the Greater London Council, a lobby to Parliament and a party in the evening, before the 500 unemployed dispersed.

Paul Routledge, Christopher Warman and Richard Evans in The Times claimed that the labour movement regarded the march as its biggest propaganda success since Margaret Thatcher had become prime minister.

[5] On 5 June between 15,000 and 20,000 people attended a rally in Hyde Park, London, to mark the end of the march, addressed by Labour leader Michael Foot and the general secretary of the TUC, Len Murray.