On 4 and 5 March, after an unprecedented 100% yes vote, the outsourced cleaners at SOAS will be taking strike action! The decision comes after
a long running dispute between the workers and management, who refuse to grant them the same sick pay, holiday alloance and pensions as workers employed directly by the university.
Three ways to support:
- You can donate to the strike fund online - every little helps to cover the pay lost through strike action!
- Come down to the picket lines to support the workers on strike: we'll be there at 8.30am on 4 March (info here) and join the Festival of Resistance on the SOAS steps (info here).
- Follow the SOAS J4C Facebook page to stay up to date!
Outsourcing creates a two-tiered workforce in which outsourced workers become second-class members of the university. With their unanimous yes vote, the cleaners are sending a clear message to management that they will no longer be treated as inferior workers within an unequal system! You can read more about their struggle in
student and
national news media.
