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Music graduation accompanied by strikers’ vuvuzelas
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.
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