Friday 19th March will see an international day of action in solidarity with cleaners at Swiss bank UBS in the City of London. The cleaners are facing cuts in working hours – effectively an 11 percent wage cut – and shop steward Alberto Durango has been sacked. For more background see Alberto’s article on events at the bank.
The day of action follows two strong and vibrant demonstrations on 12th February and 5th March at UBS’s 100 Liverpool Street site in London (as depicted in video). Tomorrow there will be protests in London (100 Liverpool St from 5pm), Manchester (1 Marsden St from 3pm) and also in Edinburgh, Zurich, Kyiv, Stockholm, Buenos Aires and New York.
Come along and show your solidarity with these exploited migrant workers. There will also be a meeting of the Cleaners’ Defence Committee – established in solidarity with the dispute – at 7pm on Wednesday 24th March, email uncaptiveminds@gmail.com for venue details.
Chris Ford on Colourful Radio talking about the dispute
http://podcasts.colourfulradio.com/breakfast/
See ‘listen again’ on ‘Colourful Breakfast with Bonsu and Juju’, Fri 19th March 8am, from about 8 minutes in…