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Latin cleaners sacked by contractor Mitie at City insurance giant
The Willis Group handed in a cross-union and community petition to the Unite union on Friday lunchtime, asking deputy General Secretary Jack Dromey to give full support to their four month old campaign for reinstatement.
The petition has attracted the support of Labour MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, who met with shop steward Edwin Pazmino earlier in the week. Union notables such as Jane Loftus (CWU vice-president) and Jerry Hicks (recent Left challenger to Unite co-president Derek Simpson) also featured, along with Unite's London construction branch and Ford Visteon Enfield workers. Meanwhile the involvement of Latin American workers has attracted the support of a host of Latin American community organisations.
The workers handed in the petition accompanied by Unite activist Alberto Durango, who was arrested in a company sting whilst playing a leading role in winning support for the campaign at his own workplace and the wider trade union movement.
They were accompanied by a lively crowd of trade unionists and other supporters, who were addressed by Pazmino and others at outside Transport House beforehand. Many were decked out in Unite colours and those of the Justice for Cleaners flagship campaign. It was through this campaign that the Willis cleaners had won the Living Wage, only for the company to respond by switching to all-night working, slashing the workforce in the process.
The only sour note on the day was when a subject emerged from inside the union offices to film the people present. When questioned he disappeared into nearby streets rather than give any explanations. The Latin American Workers Association, which helped organize the petition, will be asking the union for a full investigation.
Meanwhile the cleaners and their supporters have pledged to continue their weekly pickets of Mitie sites, and to continue gathering support through the petition and public meetings, possibly at the House of Commons.
Willis campaign info: 07904 329 679 / 07818 667 192
Notes:
The cleaners, originally from Latin America and Africa, were made redundant between December 2008 and January 2009 after the company failed to relocate them.
They were made redundant whilst still in negotiations. The company claimed to have received a text from one of the cleaners rejecting an agreed deal on behalf of the whole group affected. The cleaners reject this version of events, which was unfortunately accepted by union officials at the time.
The four still fighting are those left from an original workforce of around 27, which was gradually broken up due to the decision by the company to switch to all-night working in mid-2008. Of the original group only one is now part of the 10-odd cleaners at the Willis Building.
They have been demonstrating weekly outside the Willis Building since late January, despite personalised legal threats early on from Mitie to dissuade them from doing so.
The petition was framed in the form of an Open Letter and accompanied by the letter of presentation; both attached. When handed in it contained 315 signatures, which has since risen to over 400. The same letters and petition were also delivered to Tony Woodley, Unite president.
Other Mitie sites include Microsoft, UBS, Transport for London amongst others. The Latin American Workers Association. TODOS LOS VIERNES A LAS 12:30 HORAS MITIN EN EL MACDONALD DE LIVERPOOL STREET PARA QUE SE VAYAN A HACER PIQUETES EN DEFENSA DE LOS DESPEDIDOS EVENTS YACURUNAS " Legendary Amazonian spirits of life"
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