Further to our report
(https://communist.red/tube-cleaners-leader-sacked.htm)
Mary Oboakye was dismissed at her disciplinary hearing earlier in January, while Clara Osagiede’s case was
deferred.
We don’t accept that management can just
push these people around and treat them like dirt. Calls for Mary
Oboakye to be reinstated will be backed up with an action at Metronet
offices at lunchtime on Wednesday January 28th.
Mary’s crime was to sit down after finishing her work
while she was waiting for the train doors to be opened. 3 days earlier, she had
sustained an eye injury at work – but was denied sick pay and annual leave. She
was targeted for her union activity. Mary must be reinstated!
John
McDonnell has added his voice to the campaign to defend the tube cleaners. He said, ‘Being able to engage in trade union
activities is a basic human right. It is a disgrace that since the strike
action in July, large numbers of trade union activists have faced victimisation
and disciplinary action.
‘I completely support the living wage campaign led by the RMT tube cleaners –
who provide an essential job for Londoners and yet face daily exploitation and
abuse.’
WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY – 1PM – REINSTATE MARY, RMT CLEANERS REP, UNFAIRLY
DISMISSED
1pm, RMT Demonstration at Metronet, Templar House, 81-87 High Holborn, WC1V
6NU. (2 minutes walk from Holborn station)
