Check out yesterday’s piece on BBC London News, where IWGB members speak on proposals by the Green Party to make the LLW mandatory – http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01s9dgc/?t=14m20s.

There’s also footage of demos at Clifford Chance and at the Barbican.

The cleaners at Birkbeck are facing a cut in hours of 15 minutes a day each, as a result of the new contract that the college awarded to Ocean last December that changed the requirements to clean the non-public offices from every day to just once every two days. For the cleaners, most of whom work just two hours a day for Birkbeck and have to work several jobs to survive, this is a significant cut. Before any deductions they will lose around £10 each week from a weekly income of just £85.50.

Please sign and share the petition – https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/birkbeck-say-yes-to-a-clean-university-and-justice-for-the-cleaners.

The IWGB has entered discussions with BBW (currently in charge of the University’s facilities management contract) regarding a voluntary recognition agreement.  BBW says they will consider recognition when we reach a certain membership threshold.  We’re almost there!

Check out yesterday’s IWGB action against Capgemini and ISS. The cleaners are fighting against the cuts, racism, and for the London Living Wage.

You can find full details here.

Our first AGM is coming up soon – Saturday May 18 at 3pm. All members are of course invited to attend, but please do come along too if you are just interested in the IWGB and want to find out more.

Full details to follow soon – or email JasonMoyer-Lee@iwgb.org.uk for the latest…

The University of London IWGB is a branch of the Independent Workers of Great Britain, a trade union representing workers of all kinds regardless of sector or occupation, and independent of political parties. The branch, while committed to the same aims as the wider IWGB, is autonomous, and run entirely by and for its members.