Solidarity 265, 21 November 2012

John Lewis cleaners' win

Outsourced John Lewis cleaners have won an immediate and backdated 9% pay rise following their pledge of industrial action. The increase, backdated five months, takes their pay to £6.72 per hour at three central London sites, and £6.50 at one outer London site. Supervisors will now get £8.00 per hour and £7.84 respectively. The cleaners notified their employer, ICM, last week of the trade dispute and impending ballot for industrial action. This ballot could have seen visible and noisy industrial action by cleaners at four John Lewis sites in London in the run up to Christmas. John Lewis has...

Stop Israel's war on Gaza!

The Israeli military has launched new airstrikes against the people of Gaza, Palestine. Many people have been killed, including children. Download photocopyable poster as a PDF here Download photocopyable poster as a JPG here Buildings including the Interior Ministry had been destroyed. Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak said: “We are at the beginning of the event, and not the end", and Israeli Defence Force statements made clear that they were prepared to launch a ground invasion. The IDF has drafted 30,000 reservists into the main army. Most mainstream media sources are citing Israel’s...

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