“What we are asking for is simply the bare minimum—that those who keep Net-A-Porter’s premises clean and safe are paid enough to live on.”
The Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU) have put out the following statement asking supporters to use their template to write a letter to the CEOs of NET-A-PORTER and Mitie.
Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU) needs your support.
Our members at NET-A-PORTER have been paid poverty wages by their outsourced employer, Mitie. Mitie has refused to guarantee payment of the London Living Wage (LLW) from the date of its official announcement last November. Mitie has stated that it will implement the new rate in April each year, but for the cleaners, this delay is unacceptable.
Expecting cleaners to survive on poverty wages for five months after the announcement undermines the very purpose of the LLW. What we are asking for is simply the bare minimum—that those who keep Net-A-Porter’s premises clean and safe are paid enough to live on.
Our members have voted to take strike action over their underpayment, and have voted overwhelmingly in favour with a 100% turnout and 100% yes vote.
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