On 24 November members of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and supporters occupied the foyers of two buildings at City University in London to demand justice for members who work as night cleaners there.
Three workers have been victimised after a wider group registered a collective grievance about issues of mistreatment and overwork with the university’s subcontractor, Julius Rutherfoord Ltd. One worker (Bianca) has been sacked, one (Maria) disciplined and one (Ana Maria) physically attacked, by the son of the manager the grievance was against.
Updates and links on twitter/X: @IWGBunion. Send a letter of protest here. Messages of solidarity to charlesaprile@iwgb.co.uk.
So far City University management has tried to pass the buck to Julius Rutherfoord – shamefully but perhaps predictably, illustrating the dynamics of outsourcing.