Cleaners versus looters
Socialist Organiser1984 1984-04-12Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 17 →
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The 'hand-washing' strike last April.
BL Cowley
IF you're driving down past E London's Barking Hospi beware of tooting your horn support of the picket line. C car did that on Monday, 9th. i the police noted its registrati number!
Police behaviour is hotting: At Monday's mass picket, th women were arrested - one wr she was hit by one of the sci (obstructing the police); two pointing out to the police ti they had let the woman who her go (threatening behaviour).
The court cases are set June 6, with a condition of t being that these women don't on the picket line again. • The women on the pict were furious at the arrests. E they still remembered to ask w was looking after the child one of the arrested women.
One of the pickets went fetch the little girl down to i picket line, so her father col get to work 92 cleaners are picketing t Hospital. Cleaning has been pr atised for years but this year t contract was up for renewal.
Crothall's, a subsidiary Pritchards, took the opportuni given by the government's abr tion of the "fair wages agri ment" to reduce their tender by *Cutting cleaners' pay by average of 35%.
*Ăbolishing sick pay entit ment.
*Cutting annual holidays frc four weeks to three.
The cleaners didn't sign t new contracts and were sack from April 2.
Crothalls send in vans wi scab labour at about 7am, 2F and 5pm every day. The morni picket is the largest, with ma pickets every Monday.
Support is increasing as t message of the dispute's impr tance spreads. Kent miners al