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*the trend of educational institutions has been to out-source cleaning, leading to a decline in the pay and conditions of cleaners, ‘invisible’ workers without whom tertiary education institutions could not function! In London, however, an important victory has been won by cleaners at the London School of Economics. This victory shows what can be achieved by ‘precarious’ workers when they decide to fight and have a union which is focused on serious struggle. The union is called United Voices of the World and consists almost entirely of migrant workers, especially from Latin America. UVW recruits its members mainly in the low-pay and outsourced London economy – cleaners, porters, construction, childcare workers, people working in customer service and security, etc.* *The following statement was released by the union on June 10:* UVW is proud to announce that the LSE cleaners will be BROUGHT IN-HOUSE and become employees of the LSE from Spring 2018! This will ensure they get, among other things, 41 days annual leave, 6 months full pay sick pay and 6 months half pay sick pay, plus proper employer pension contributions of up to 13% of their salary. This is the most significant victory for any group of workers in UK higher education today, and will hopefully set a precedent to follow for other degraded, outsourced workers across the country. This announcement comes on the back of an awe-inspiring 10-month battle for. . . full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/important-workers-victory-in-london-the-cleaners-at-the-london-school-of-economics/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
