No Borders and Campaign against Immigration Controls have called a demo at Amey HQ in Oxford in response to their sacking of several cleaners for trade union involvement, and their general attempt to force worse conditions and pay on the workers, using intimidation and deportation.
In September this year 5 migrant cleaners were sacked by Amey Plc for "bringing the company into disrepute" (ie for belonging to a trade union and leafletting other staff with information about what was happening). Since them they have had their appeal against dismissal rejected.
The demo is specifically in solidarity with them but also in protest at Amey's general attitude of bullying its staff by various means in order to reduce pay and conditions.
More background is here:
http://caic.org.uk/node/18
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Monday 8th December, from 11am
Amey HQ, The Sherard Building, Oxford Science Park,
Edmund Halley Road, OX4 4DQ
http://openstreetmap.com/?mlat=51.7145&mlon=-1.22&zoom=15
There are regular buses running to the Science Park (no 106, which leave the train station at 37m past every hour and stop at St Aldates around 45m past), and it's cyclable from the town centre. Bring instruments and noise making equipment!
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The demo is specifically in solidarity with them but also in protest at Amey's general attitude of bullying its staff by various means in order to reduce pay and conditions.
More background is here:
http://caic.org.uk/node/18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday 8th December, from 11am
Amey HQ, The Sherard Building, Oxford Science Park,
Edmund Halley Road, OX4 4DQ
http://openstreetmap.com/?mlat=51.7145&mlon=-1.22&zoom=15 There are regular buses running to the Science Park (no 106, which leave the train station at 37m past every hour and stop at St Aldates around 45m past), and it's cyclable from the town centre. Bring instruments and noise making equipment!
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