by New Worker
correspondent
CLEANERS
at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas)
last year won a long battle for decent wages and terms and conditions.
Last
week they were out on strike again, supported by their union Unison, as ISS
broke the terms of that agreement by announcing that new vacancies will not be
given to cleaning staff already employed in Soas.
ISS
also demands that new staff must be fluent in English. Most of the Soas
cleaners are immigrants and are not fluent in English but have worked there for
many years, some for 18 years.
The
cleaners are calling for lessons in English and insisting that new workers
should not be employed on worse terms and conditions than those agreed by ISS
last year.
They
are angry that ISS has begun trying to recruit new workers on worse terms and
conditions, which is a breach of the agreement secured last year, and which
will create a two-tier workforce.
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