Student activists set up impromptu holiday camp in support of 3 Cosas campaign

Submitted by AWL on 31 May, 2013 - 7:17

The University of London Union (ULU) mobilised student activist to set up an impromptu "holiday camp" outside the office of Vice Chancellor Adrian Smith in the university's iconic Senate House building.

The action aimed to highlight the inequality between the holiday entitlement of outsourced workers (cleaners, catering staff, and security guards) and directly-employed staff, and was part of a summer of direct action called by ULU and the University of London branch of the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB), the union which organises many outsourced workers.

The "3 Cosas" campaign, demanding sick pay, holiday entitlement, and pension equality, has been active since 2012, and follows the workers' victory in winning the London Living Wage in June of that year.

Click here to see a video about the action.

Click here for an article on the ULU website.

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