{"id":11796,"date":"2021-01-28T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=11796"},"modified":"2021-01-26T14:30:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T14:30:03","slug":"3-cosas-28-jan-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=11796","title":{"rendered":"3 Cosas – 28 Jan 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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It was the second day of the 3 day strike by the IWGB for union recognition and better conditions for outsourced workers at the University of London, and the union had hired an open-top bus to take their campaigners around London to protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ‘3 Cosas’ campaign was calling for Sick Pay, Holdidays and Pensions for the workers, who were only getting the minimal statutory provisions from the cost-cutting contracting companies who employed them. They worked alongside people who were employed directly by the University who enjoyed considerably better conditions of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although the majority of the workers were members of the IWGB, the University and the contractors refuse to talk with this union. The University management instead recognises a union that has few if any members, using this as an excuse not to recognise the union the workers belong to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a lengthy tour of London, stopping at some of the workplaces and elsewhere for speeches from the top of the bus, we came to Parliament Square, where there was a short rally and MPs John McDonnell, Jeremy Corbyn and Andy Burnham came to show their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve written about the day at some length on My London Diary<\/a> so I won’t go into much detail and repeat myself here. There are of course many more pictures, rather too many, as I got a little carried away and there was so much to photograph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the idea through the morning had been to draw as much attention to the strike and protest noisily, the next event was a suprise protest at another location where the IWGB were campaigning for union recognition and a living wage, the Royal Opera House. The bus stopped a short distance away and then members rushed into the foyer to hold a noisy protest there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We then left and went for a final protest outside the offices of the contractor who employ many of the workers at the University, Cofely GDF-Suez. There the gates were locked and the protest took place on the street outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More pictures and text from the day:
‘3 Cosas’ Strike Picket and Battle Bus<\/a>
IWGB at Parliament<\/a>
IWGB in Royal Opera House<\/a>
IWGB at Cofely GDF-Suez<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All photographs on this and my other sites, unless otherwise stated, are taken by and copyright of Peter Marshall, and are available for reproduction or can be bought as prints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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