London, UK. 8th March 2018. Alberto Durango shouts at the protest by the CAIWU which was supported by a a large crowd from the London Womens's Strikeat the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The protest was against the victimisation of cleaners working there for taking part in trade union activities. In January, actions by Independent Workers Union - CAIWU (members were successful in getting the cleaning service provider Kier to pay its workers the London Living Wage. Only a month later, Kier, a company who have a record of blacklisting trade unionists, fired four cleaners and porters from


London, UK. 8th March 2018. Alberto Durango shouts at the protest by the CAIWU which was supported by a a large crowd from the London Womens's Strikeat the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The protest was against the victimisation of cleaners working there for taking part in trade union activities. In January, actions by Independent Workers Union - CAIWU (members were successful in getting the cleaning service provider Kier to pay its workers the London Living Wage. Only a month later, Kier, a company who have a record of blacklisting trade unionists, fired four cleaners and porters from their jobs for minor timekeeping misdemeanours. Another is being disciplined and a sixth is on a final written warning. All are CAIWU members. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News


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