London, UK. 10th July 2018. Catherine Mayer, co-founder of the Women's Equality Party, who withdrew from the University of London #LeadingWomen event when she heard about the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) protest speaks instead at this, supporting outsourced women workers in the University of London who are demanding equal rights with those directly employed by the university. While the university holds events in favour of women's rights in its #LeadingWomen season which aims ‘to break down the barriers women still face in education and the workplace today’, it is still den
London, UK. 10th July 2018. Catherine Mayer, co-founder of the Women's Equality Party, who withdrew from the University of London #LeadingWomen event when she heard about the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) protest speaks instead at this, supporting outsourced women workers in the University of London who are demanding equal rights with those directly employed by the university. While the university holds events in favour of women's rights in its #LeadingWomen season which aims ‘to break down the barriers women still face in education and the workplace today’, it is still denying decent terms & conditions to migrant and BAME women who work there, by using outsourcing companies which offer minimal rights, often with bullying management and zero hours contracts. The protest forced the university to cancel one of the events in its #LeadingWomen series planned for tonight and Ayesha Hazarika and Catherine Mayer who would have been speaking came instead to speak at the protest. Along with other employees the women are demanding to be directly employed by the university; although the university has stated hat outsourcing will end, it refuses to give these workers the dignity of any concrete details or a clear timescale. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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