King's College employ your cleaners
King's College, London. Fri 1 Dec 2017
A large crowd was almost blocking the pavement outside King's Colleg
on the Strand
'#Back In House'
'Justice for Cleaners'
They chanted slogans and handed out a sheet explaining the campaign
to get the cleaners employed under
decent conditions of employment by getting them directly employed
by the college.
Servest are used by the College to employ staff who have essential
roles in the college but are treated badly
with much poorer conditions of service than if they were employed
by the college. The cleaners also say they
are bullied and overworked by Servest and that they are not provided
with proper materials to do their jobs
safely and well. They want to do a better job and want equal rights.
'KCL leners Back In-House!'
It was a noisy protest that couldn't be ignored
Many of the cleaners spoke at the protest
Most are Spanish speaking though most today spoke in English.
Many came here as refugees from Latin America
Some of the placards were in Spanish and King's has many overseas
students too
'End Outsourcing' - it always makes its profits by employing staff under
poor conditions and treating them badly
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