*[Enwl-eng] NHS contractors walk out

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                        Vital hospital staff working to protect us all from 
the coronavirus pandemic are being denied proper pay and vital protective 
equipment.

                        Cleaners, porters and catering staff in London were 
forced to walk out in protest last week.

                        Tell services contractor ISS to treat coronavirus 
frontline workers fairly!

                         Sign the petition


            Cleaners, porters and catering staff at Lewisham hospital in 
London had to walk out in protest last week to be paid and given protective 
clothing. In the middle of a pandemic!

            Their employer, ISS, rakes in billions of dollars across the 
globe from services contracts with public bodies like the NHS and with other 
wealthy corporations.

            ISS’s failures at that hospital are all over local news thanks 
to the courageous workers and their union -- but the issue is still not 
resolved, and the workers can’t take it anymore. And neither can we.

            Tell ISS to pay its coronavirus frontline workers fairly - right 
now!

            These workers are at the frontline of the UK’s NHS protecting 
patients, medical teams, and the public from the spread of the coronavirus. 
It’s simply unfair.

            According to Helen O’Connor, a GMB union organiser, for many of 
these workers missing just one pay cheque means not being able to pay the 
rent, or put food on their families’ tables.

            We can change this. ISS’s annual shareholder meeting is on April 
2, and so execs and investors are watching the company’s public reputation 
very carefully.

            Tell ISS to pay at least the local living wage to all its 
healthcare workers around the world, and ensure that they have adequate 
personal protective equipment.

            For the past 3 weeks, our community has been stepping up efforts 
to ease the devastation of Coronavirus, and push for a people-centred 
response from governments and corporations. Tens of thousands of SumOfUs 
members like you demanded that gig economy workers get paid sick leave --  
and you’ve already made a difference: Uber, Lyft, Hermes, and now Amazon 
have announced they’re offering sick pay to drivers who’ve been diagnosed 
with coronavirus or placed into quarantine. It’s got a way to go, but it’s a 
start.

            Now let’s make ISS treat vital hospital workers fairly.


             Sign the petition
            Thanks for all that you do,
            Eoin, Sondhya and the team at SumOfUs



            More information:

            Lewisham cleaners still without pay one week on, GMB, 19 March 
2020
            Cleaners at London hospital walk out after contractor fails to 
pay wages, The Guardian, 14 March 2020
            Cleaning staff walk out at NHS coronavirus hospital after 
private contractor fails to pay wages, Independent, 15 March 2020







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            From: Eoin Dubsky, SumOfUs
            Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 5:20 PM
            Subject: NHS contractors walk out








 
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