Medical school cleaners secure London living wage <\/p>\n
7:40am Tuesday 29th May 2012 in News By Alexandra Rucki <\/p>\n
Campaigning cleaners were celebrating after securing a pay increase up to the London living wage. <\/p>\n
The cleaners for St George's Hospital Medical School, housed within St George's Hospital, Tooting, have been running a campaign for increased pay through posters, leafleting and petitions. <\/p>\n
They will be paid a new hourly rate of 8.30 per hour from August 1, an increase from their current wage of 6.08 an hour after UNISON signed a deal with contractors Ocean Contract Cleaning Ltd. <\/p>\n
However, trade union Industrial Workers for the World (IWW) have said the cleaners could face having their hours cut, which would make the pay rise futile. <\/p>\n
UNISON have denied signing anything agreeing to cuts, with a spokesperson accusing IWW of being an anarchist group. <\/p>\n
A protest to raise awareness of the issue was staged by IWW outside St George's Hospital last Friday, May 25. <\/p>\n
Cleaners, medical students and families took part to raise awareness staff were being paid below the London wage. <\/p>\n
A spokesperson for UNISON said: \"We managed to secure the London living wage for hospital staff, but never for the teaching school. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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