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City cleaners ramp up protest

PICKETING City cleaners vowed to go on hunger strike and “fight to the ultimate consequences” yesterday if their calls for a living wage and sackings to stop go unheeded.

Cleaners contracted to work at the building that plays host to financial mammoth JP Morgan’s HQ staged a vibrant protest during the first day of their indefinite walkout.

The United Voices of the World (UVW) union members threatened to keep up their picket of 100 Wood Street until they were dragged away.

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