IWGB members and supporters staged a suprise protest on Friday inside Senate House, headquarters of the University of London. Armed with flags, drums and the righteousness of their cause they brought conference events to a standstill and noisily serenaded the Vice-Chancellor in his office …

… assuming, of course, given his leisurely three day a week schedule, that he’d bothered to turn up for work that day.

Fiesta this Saturday- music, dancing, food and drink!

Celebrate the foundation of the new branch and its integration into the IWGB.

5pm til Midnight at SOAS.

According to Robinson, ‘our fight is built with happiness, with inspiration and with love’  – what’s not to like!

Any questions – email JasonMoyer-Lee@iwgb.org.uk or call 07771783094

All members are invited to the first IWGB branch meeting, which is to be held in the Bloomsbury Suite on the second floor of ULU at 1pm tomorrow, Friday 21 June 2013.

Please come along if you can – all members get a voice and a vote. We’ll be discussing 3 Cosas campaign, the Garden Halls, and training among other things.

Give Jason a call or drop him a line if you need more information:

JasonMoyer-Lee@iwgb.org.uk / 07771783094

See minutes in English and Spanish from our AGM, held on 18 May 2013.

Students at the University of London have once again taken part in high visibility direct action as part of the continuing ‘Summer of Action’ this time focusing on the lack of sick pay entitlements for outsourced staff at the institution.

Several students wore masks of the Vice Chancellor Adrian Smith and exhorted others dressed as sick cleaners to sweep, mop and pick up litter. Water was poured in the central hallway of the building to be mopped up, and the student ‘Vice Chancellors’ explained to conference guests that the cleaners did not deserve equal levels of sick pay to the directly-employed staff.

See full report.

The next branch committee meeting will take place on 21 June at 1pm.

All members are welcome to attend, to join in discussions of plans for the branch and to vote.

Any questions or suggestions for the agenda – email JasonMoyer-Lee@iwgb.org.uk or call 07771783094.

Details of the room will follow shortly – see you there!

A lively protest at Senate House called for London University’s low paid security guards to be given proper pensions, sick pay and holiday pay in line with colleagues employed directly by the university, and for an end to the outsourcing of jobs.

See full details.

Students at the University of London today carried out a high-visibility publicity stunt at the heart of the University to highlight the lack of holiday pay for its outsourced workers.

In a stunt focusing on the issue of holiday pay, the students marched into Senate House, the administrative centre of the University of London, adorned with beach towels, snorkels, and panama hats, blasting Calypso music through the corridors of the institution.

The ‘holiday-camp’ stunt was part of the ‘Summer of Action’ called by the University of London Union (ULU), the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), and the 3 Cosas Campaign for sickpay, holidays and pensions for all outsourced staff at the University.

See here for full details.