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HUNDREDS of support staff at University College London (UCL) protested yesterday against outsourcing and demanded equal pay.
Caterers, cleaners, porters and security guards working at UCL — one of the country’s wealthiest universities — called for their jobs to be brought back in house.
They were joined by trade unionists and the university’s Labour Club at a rally outside UCL’s main building in Bloomsbury.
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
ROGER McKENZIE calls for greater support from trade unionists and the general public for female workers involved in industrial disputes
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart