Cleaners and security staff are set to protest outside Downing Street on Friday in disgust at their colleagues’ treatment by those at the top of Government.
Cleaners cleared up vomit and red wine after parties in Number 10, Sue Gray’s report found
‘I was made aware of multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff. This was unacceptable.’ General secretary Petros Elia explained: ‘We’re not in the least bit surprised by the revelations in the Sue Gray report. We have thousands of members who work as cleaners and security guards and these workers face disrespect and discrimination on a daily basis in offices and government buildings across London, not just in Downing Street.
He continued: ‘We represent cleaners at the Ministry of Justice who had to walk off the job during the pandemic because they were not given adequate PPE and were denied full sick pay, which they eventually won for Covid-19 absences.‘One of our members who worked as a cleaner at the MoJ tragically died an untimely and avoidable death. That’s how far the levels of disrespect and mistreatment went and goes towards low paid workers.
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