Having won the London Living Wage at UCL, and inspired by the vibrant campaigns at SOAS, Birkbeck and the University of London, we have relaunched our campaign with a similar energy and resolve as UCL Justice for Cleaners!
In 2006, students and staff began this campaign for the Living Wage at UCL. In 2010 UCL agreed to our demand, but it took the university until August 2013 to implement the wage for outsourced workers. Now, UCL pays all of its outsourced workers, including cleaning, catering and security staff, the London Living Wage. There is undoubtedly more to be done: UCL is not accredited by the Living Wage Foundation, and there seems little institutional will to do so, as the Provost recently refused to commit to the Living Wage for the future. However, under the moniker ‘Justice for Cleaners’, led by the workers and with the support of the trades unions and student union, we intend to broaden our campaign and our demands from a single issue to a wider platform of issues and grievances.
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