UK: Migrants employed by co. DB Services to clean private school vote on strike action over contract changes & denial of sick pay
Résumé
Date indiquée: 18 Jui 2024
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Entreprises
DB Services - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Équateur , Nettoyage et entretien , Women , Unknown migration status ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu , Nettoyage et entretien , Men , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Refus de congé , Substitution de contrat , Horaires de travail et temps libre raisonnablesRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par Journalist
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Mesures prises: The cleaners demand no changes to contracts or cuts in hours and sick pay, for their wages to remain at £13.15 an hour and to increase in line with the London Living Wage each year. According to UVW, DB Services responded to the cleaners demands by saying that sick pay is “economically unachievable”. The private school has allegedly refused to negotiate, according to the union. In August 2024, the planned strike was called off as the company and workers had reached a settlement; the company offered higher backdated pay and guaranteed annual increases, as well as to meeting the London living wage from the following year.
Type de source: News outlet
“Cleaners at £24,000 a year private school ballot over strike action”
Cleaners at a £24,000 a year girls private school are preparing to vote on strike action over contract changes.
The ballot comes after cleaners from James Allen’s Girls School in East Dulwich Grove, were informed by their contractor, DB Services, of changes to terms and conditions in their contract without consultation.
One cleaner, Gloria Chalaco, 48, from East Dulwich said: “They didn’t consult us at all—they just started implementing cuts and changes, ignoring our voices.
“We can’t just find another job to make up for such a significant income loss, especially with scattered weeks off throughout the year. Our bills and rent don’t stop.”
Ms Chalaco said the workers are also denied sick pay…
The migrant workers – members of United Voices of the World (UVW) union – resorted to “working under protest” after being informed last month that changes to their working hours and contracts would take effect imminently…
So far, UVW said JAGS has “refused to negotiate”. …
JAGS and DB Services has been approached for comment.