CAIWU Mayday Mayhem at Royal Opera
Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London. Tue 1 May 2018
CAIWU and supporters have been touring London to protest at various
sites where they are in dispute
'Real Living Wage Now!!!'
The bus stops in Wellington St and they get off to go to the Royal
Opera House in Bow St
Cleaners at the Royal Opera House are employed by Kier, a company
notorious for blacklisting trade unionists
and they start a noisy protest in front of the Royal Opera house
They have new posters calling Kier and the Royal Opera House liars
'Royal Opera HOuse: LIARS! Giving with one hand, taking with the other'
A man comes and abuses Alberto for fighting for workers rights despite
not being British.
Alberto and the rest of us are apalled by this racist abuse
Alberto Durango
'KierL LIARS! Blacklisting Trade Unionists for over 30 Years'
A police officer speaks to Albeto in a very aggresive manner
but Alberto keeps calm and ignores the provocation.
The officer seems to have forgotten that the police are supposed to facilitate
protests and not take sides
Like the other protests CAIWU have taken part in this was meant to
be short - they have had a long day - and soon
Alberto is bringing it to an end with his usual promise that 'We'll be back'
I run for the tube. It's been a long day for me too, but there is just one
more event I want to cover.
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