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Parliament cleaners say so much for new deal for workers as they face mass lay-offs
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A UNION took aim at the Labour government for pledging to strengthen workers’ rights while it subjects cleaners in its own Parliament to outsourced contracts under precarious conditions.
Up to a quarter of cleaners at the Houses of Parliament face losing their jobs, the Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU) has revealed .
It reported that The Churchill Group, the outsourced company that was awarded Westminster’s cleaning contract in May, is planning to cut staffing by 30 to 50 people.
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