Cleaners, porters and catering staff at Lewisham hospital
in London had to walk out in protest last week to be paid
and given protective clothing. In the middle of a pandemic!
Their employer, ISS, rakes in billions of dollars across
the globe from services contracts with public bodies like the
NHS and with other wealthy corporations.
ISS’s failures at that hospital are all over local news thanks to
the courageous workers and their union -- but the issue is still not
resolved, and the workers can’t take it anymore. And neither
can we.
Tell
ISS to pay its coronavirus frontline workers fairly - right
now!
These workers are at the frontline of the UK’s NHS
protecting patients, medical teams, and the public from the
spread of the coronavirus. It’s simply unfair.
According to Helen O’Connor, a GMB union organiser, for
many of these workers missing just one pay cheque means not being
able to pay the rent, or put food on their families’
tables.
We can change this. ISS’s annual shareholder meeting is
on April 2, and so execs and investors are watching the company’s
public reputation very carefully.
Tell
ISS to pay at least the local living wage to all its healthcare
workers around the world, and ensure that they have adequate
personal protective equipment.
For the past 3 weeks, our community has been stepping up efforts
to ease the devastation of Coronavirus, and push for a
people-centred response from governments and corporations.
Tens of thousands of SumOfUs members like you demanded that
gig economy workers get paid sick leave -- and you’ve
already made a difference: Uber, Lyft, Hermes, and now Amazon have
announced they’re offering sick pay to drivers who’ve been diagnosed
with coronavirus or placed into quarantine. It’s got a way to go,
but it’s a start.
Now let’s make ISS treat vital hospital workers
fairly.
