Address: Devon House, 58-60 St. Katharine's Way, London E1W 1LB, U.K (Click for Google Maps)

Report and pics on this protest: http://london.indymedia.org/events/7308

Hospital users, workers, trade unionists and migrants’ rights activists took part in a demonstration of solidarity with 72 disappeared migrant workers, who had been part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals’ ancillary staff.

The activists believe that the disappeared workers were either arrested or deported after a rec…

The IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), activists from labour unions, demonstrated outside the offices of London & Regional Properties in support of Swedish S.A.C. cleaning staff that have been mistreated. London, UK. 17/09/2010.

Lancaster Cleaning Services, a contractor for Swiss bank UBS, reportedly colluded with the UKBA by forwarding details of one of the workers who had just left the company. As a result the ex-employee's house was raided and he is currently being held at an unknown location. This follows after a continuous struggle by the unionised workforce, after a decline in working conditions and wages, imposed b…

UBS HQ, 100 Liverpool Street

http://www.freesoascleaners.blogspot.com/

Our revised list of demands (unfortunately our computer had a trojan horse which meant we lost the document that we had worked hard on to word water tight so had to re-write it again late last night. We hope the school take it on face value based on the general gist and dont conitune to provaricate over the odd incorrectly worded statement.)



This morning the school responded by saying no to all …

On Friday 12th, SOAS University was raided by immigrantion police, who rounded up several cleaners employed by ISS contractors amidst threats of immediate deportation. The detained persons are held at Old Street and Borough Immigration Centre and are set to be deported on Monday. SOAS staff and students have condemned the raids in a press release.

Updates Monday morning: A demonstration has taken…

Without any advance warning from their ISS bosses nor the university management, SOAS cleaning staff were confronted by a hefty team of immigration officers at 6.30am this morning (Friday 12 June). Fearful cleaners were detained on SOAS premises as the officers demanded to see their papers. Some were taken into rooms of the university to be interviewed. A shocked witness said that someone had to i…

This morning at 8, SOAS University was raided by Immigration police who rounded up 9 of our cleaners and are threatening to deport them tonight.



We have fought hard with the cleaners to get them union representation and a decent wage (which we have now got). many of them have been working here for years, and have their whole lives here in london..

WORKERS sacked by Mitie after organising a union defied the multi-million pound cleaning privateer again yesterday by demonstrating in the City of London.

The cleaners have now been protesting for three months - in defiance of legal threats from Mitie - in a determined effort to win their jobs back.