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Striking cleaners push on after their action wins concessions from LSE
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Striking cleaners push on after their action wins concessions from LSE

Striking cleaners and their supporters rallied outside the LSE university in central London yesterday, Wendesday.
30 May 2017
LSE cleaners strike continues in defiance of management threats
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LSE cleaners strike continues in defiance of management threats

Cleaners employed by outsourcing firm Noonan at the LSE university on Wednesday continued their strike for equal pay and conditions as workers employed directly by the LSE. Cleaners currently get the statutory minimum sick pay of just £83.95 a week for a maximum of 28 weeks.
23 May 2017
London School of Economics cleaners strike for equality
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London School of Economics cleaners strike for equality

Outsourced cleaners at the London School of Economics have struck for the same pay and conditions as similar directly-employed workers.
16 May 2017
Cleaners strike for equality at university in London
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Cleaners strike for equality at university in London

Cleaners at the London School of Economics (LSE) university began a 48-hour strike today
21 March 2017
Striking cleaners take on KCL bosses
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Striking cleaners take on KCL bosses

Cleaners at Kings College London (KCL) began a 48-hour strike today, Thursday, in response to massive workloads and understaffing.
26 January 2017
Kinsley 3 school cleaners sacked after resisting attacks on pay
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Kinsley 3 school cleaners sacked after resisting attacks on pay

Three cleaners at Kinsley primary school in Barnsley were sacked just before Christmas by their private employer, Barnsley-based company C&D Cleaning.
03 January 2017
Support the strikers taking on 'Southern Fail' and London Underground
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Support the strikers taking on ‘Southern Fail’ and London Underground

the Tories are ignoring the woeful service of their favourite rail firm Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). But Southern rail workers are continuing their fight into the New Year.
03 January 2017
Reports round-up: immigrant cleaners take on John Lewis
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Reports round-up: immigrant cleaners take on John Lewis

Also: Nazis suffer humiliated in Telford and Darlington | UAF trip learns lessons from the Holocaust |Aberdeen UCU members balloting | Aberdeen Seatruck ferries slammed over pay | Don’t close Crown Post Office in St Leonard’s
08 November 2016
Reports round-up: Kinsley cleaners win backing in Barnsley
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Reports round-up: Kinsley cleaners win backing in Barnsley

Also: Forced redundancy pushed back at Hull College | Coventry University contracts victory for union | Firefighters strike at nuclear plant | Protest at John Lewis poverty pay | Solidarity event for people in Turkey | Organising for free labour movement
25 October 2016
Trade unionists blockade Amazon depot
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Trade unionists blockade Amazon depot

Also: LSE cleaners insist they are not second class
04 October 2016
Reports round-up: Anti-fascists humiliate Nazi EDL in Nottingham
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Reports round-up: Anti-fascists humiliate Nazi EDL in Nottingham

Also: Unions slam payouts for post office bosses | Walkouts can win at London Met | Pride marches in Brighton and Leeds | Sussex hospital drivers vote to strike for liabilities | Nationwide gets shifty in Swindon | Cleaners' fight is over at 100 Wood Street | French state plans attack on ‘jungle’ | Protest in Brixton against arch-enemy council | Magistrates find against reverend’s tax protest
09 August 2016
Health workers take on ISS privateers at east London hospital
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Health workers take on ISS privateers at east London hospital

Health workers employed by outsourcing giant ISS at Homerton Hospital in east London are fighting attacks on their hours and jobs.
04 August 2016