Two Events on Outsourced Workers’ Rights
14 October 2019
There are two upcoming events on outsourcing happening at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê - please consider attending
Two events on outsourcing are happening at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê which we encourage UCU members to attend and show solidarity to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s outsourced workers who experience genuinely discriminatory terms and condition.
Event 1: 17 October from 1-3pm (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Main Quad)
UNISON is having a #BringThemIn! demonstration in the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Quad as part of their campaign to bring outsourced staff back in-house at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.Â
- The protest is on 17 October from 1-3pm (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Main Quad). Please join our UNISON colleagues and UCU members in showing Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Council members that this issue matters to everyone in the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê community. UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis will be speaking around 1:30pm.  [If you work near the IOE concourse please assemble there at 12:40 to march to the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Main Quad]
Event 2: Tuesday 29 October from 3:30pm (meeting in Malet Place)
Outsourced security and cleaning staff, represented by IWGB union, have asked all staff and students to support them by calling on Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê management to agree that their current treatment by their management companies is unacceptable.Â
- Please support their campaign to put an end to exploitative outsourcing at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. They have launched a petition that you can sign . Please join the outsourced workers on the protest on Tuesday 29 October from 3:30pm, meeting in Malet Place, to demand an end to outsourcing.