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WORKERS at a prestigious London music school banged the drum for sick pay and pensions yesterday, bringing uproar to a graduation ceremony.
The cleaners and facilities workers at the Royal College of Music (RCM) staged a loud protest outside the school’s main entrance, with the monotonous sound of vuvuzelas leaving security on edge.
Their 3 Cosas campaign is demanding sick and holiday pay as well as a pension scheme that goes beyond the mandatory requirements.
Remembering the 1787 Calton Weavers strike, MATT KERR argues that golden thread of our history needs weaving into the fabric of every community in the land
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
