UK: Migrants employed by co. DB Services to clean private school vote on strike action over contract changes & denial of sick pay
摘要
日期: 2024年6月18日
地点: 英国
企业
DB Services - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 , 清洁与保养 , Men , Unknown migration status ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 厄瓜多尔 , 清洁与保养 , Women , Unknown migration status )议题
Denial of leave , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time回应
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后续行动: 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.
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“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.