The next protest in support of the 5 Mitie cleaners including Unite shop steward Edwin Pazmino sacked from the Willis Group building in the City of London under the guise of redundancy will be held this Friday. These cleaners formed partof the Justice for Cleaners campaign, but when they secured the 'living wage' the company changed their shifts to all-night working, making it impossible for them to continue. The group comprises 4 women and one man from different parts of Africa and Latin America.

Friday 27 March and then every following Friday

1300 hours onwards

51 Lime Street London EC3M 7DQ (tube: Liverpool Street / Bank; bus 25)

EMAIL BOMBARDMENT! Please email the two companies concerned ON FRIDAY 27 MARCH.

Write to  clean@mitie.co.uk y  castlesea@willis.com

You can use this letter if you wish:


Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing to demand the reinstatement of the five cleaners made redundant from the Willis Buildng by Mitie Cleaning and Support Services at the end of last year. They are Edwin Pazmino, Lucinda Villarroel, Domingas Dias, Etelvina Cristo and Cristina Sergio.

Mitie is a huge company and I am sure they are able to accomodate these workers who helped Mitie to retain the cleaning contract at Willis through their hard work in previous years. Many of the cleaners are women and have children. As a socially responsible company I am sure you appreciate the effects on families of making people work unsocial hours and even worse making them lose their jobs.

I urge you to ensure that Mitie meets with these cleaners as soon as possible and come to a speedy resolution.

Yours faithfully


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