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Academics, politicians and trade unionists join boycott of UoL's use of outsourced workers
University of London's Senate House
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MORE than 100 academics, politicians and trade unionists backed a boycott of the University of London (UoL) today over its continued use of outsourced workers.
Supporters including Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell and the National Union of Students are demanding that the university directly employ the workers who provide services such as cleaning, catering and security.
These workers, who are worse off in terms of sickness, holiday, maternity pay and pension contributions, have been campaigning to be made direct employees on equal terms to other staff for over a year and have taken 15 days of strike action.
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