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CLEANERS in three high-profile London workplaces will begin a simultaneous strike campaign next Tuesday.
United Voices of the World (UVW) is co-ordinating disputes at the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) Petty France HQ, the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Town Halls (RBKC), and HCA Healthcare UK.
The cleaners’ shared demands are for the cost-adjusted London living wage, occupational sick pay and parity of terms with directly employed staff.
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