The Background
In September 2008 five Colombian cleaners working for Amey Plc at the
National Physical Laboratory were suspended for daring to criticise Amey
for putting an excessive workload onto ever fewer staff, for
unilaterally changing terms and conditions and for disrespecting
grievance procedures. The five have since been sacked.
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Amey, NPL and the Struggle for Workers Rights
Why campaigning against Amey plc?
It is by exploiting their precariousness that Amey can make its £75 million net annual profit.And what if they find organised workers who won't accept such exploitation? That's when immigration controls come in handy: to punish or threaten with deportation and sacking; to replace them with others who won't "cause any problems".
Letter sent to NPL by Latin American Workers Association
http://www.revleft.com/vb/letter-sent-npl-t91297/index.html?s=7ae758d6eb...
London Protest
http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/75
http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/130
https://london.indymedia.org.uk/events/270
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/11/412669.html (Interview)
http://caic.org.uk/node/22
Bristol Protest:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/411359.html
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/689103
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJcQ6n7kTRI
After lost appeal:
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/689297
Bristol Latin America Forum
http://bristollaf.blogspot.com/2008/10/solidarity-picket-with-sacked-ame...
Public Meeting in London:
http://london.noborders.org.uk/node/3
Report from the meeting: http://london.noborders.org.uk/node/3
More articles:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/11/412552.html
Amey plc at Corporate Watch:
http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=3149
http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=267