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Articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in the service sector, as distinct from retail, energy and communications.
Canary Wharf cleaners to ballot for strike action
Cleaners at some of Britain's leading banks and financial institutions are to vote on strike action after a long-running campaign to make bosses improve working conditions and pay them a living wage.
The cleaners' union T&G announced the ballot - which will begin on Monday - at a rally today (Friday) in London's Canary Wharf, where the invisible army of 850 cleaners help to maintain some of the world's costliest real estate while being paid a pittance.
Tube cleaners shafted by Blue Diamond
A £20 million contract to clean London Underground stations has been terminated after it was revealed hundreds of cleaners had been underpaid.
Blue Diamond, Britain's largest independent cleaning firm, had been paying about 400 workers £5.05 per hour instead of the agreed £5.50. The three year contract, which started in October last year, was for cleaning the District, Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith and City and East London lines.
House of Commons cleaners to strike again
Cleaners at the House of Commons plan to strike for a second time in a bitter dispute over low pay and poor working conditions
The action follows a breakdown in negotiations with the parliamentary authorities to increase the wages of cleaners from £5.20 an hour to £6.70. The adult minimum wage is £5.05 an hour.
The strike means MPs and peers will face picket lines as they go to work tomorrow.
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