More than 200 bus drivers working for Stagecoach at Blackwood, Brynmawr and
Cwmbran depots in Wales have been out on strike for six days. They are demandinga rise to £10.50 from £9.50 an hour. Stagecoach at first offered £10.10 an hour,then raising it to £10.30 an hour, but this is only slightly above the minimumwage. At the same time Stagecoach has cut paid breaks and sick pay, and isexcluding new employees from the pay offer, creating a two tier system. ----Meanwhile the managing director of the three depots has had a pay rise, goingfrom £181,000 to £229,000 a year! Stagecoach has made a pre-tax profit of £2.1million this year. This included £1 million government funding for COVID furloughs.Whilst Stagecoach receives massive funding from the Welsh government, it chargessteep fares for passengers.SAGE workersCare workers working for SAGE Care home in North London came out on strike lastweek and demonstrated outside Freshwater House, which houses companies owned byBenzion Freshwater, who sits on SAGE's board of trustees and is a billionaireproperty developer.The workers, organised in the grassroots union United Voices of the World, aredemanding wages parity with NHS workers and recognition for the UVW, as well assick pay and holiday pay. They are also outraged that two workers have beendismissed by SAGE for their workplace organising.Churchill cleanersCleaners working for Facebook and on the railways, employed by the outsourcingagency Churchill, demonstrated outside Churchill's main offices on October 25th.The workers who are members of the rail union RMT and the grassroots union CAIWU,are demanding a rise in pay, travel expenses and sick pay. Many workers arepaying up to £200 a week in travel costs to get into work. The railway cleanersclean Thameslink, Southern, Great Northern and Southeastern stations.Churchill pays its cleaners the minimum wage whilst trousering profits of £3.8million in 2020.The joint action by workers in different sectors is commendable.https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2021/10/30/workplace-notes-15/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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