From jo at xs4all.nl  Mon Mar  1 09:25:42 2010
From: jo at xs4all.nl (Jo van der Spek M2M)
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:25:42 +0100
Subject: <m2m-eng> Support the cleaners' strike
Message-ID: <2574CDFADFF7428784A0396399264AFE@jom2m>

The cleaners at Amsterdam Central Station are on strike for respect and good
wages. Since the 23rd of February a nation-wide strike is gaining momentum:
stations, public offices and Schiphol Airport are becoming dirty.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fnvbondgenoten/sets/72157623374626161/

At Amsterdam CS the cleaning company CSU and NS are putting scabs to work.
They have forced illegal migrants to work against their collegues. The union
FNV responded by calling in the  Labour Inspection. This insitute however is
focussed on chasing undocumented migrants. Two cleaners from Ghana were
caught and put in detention on the prison boat of Zaanstad.

The Cleaners Union explicitly caters for migrants, with and without papers.
The undocumenetd cleaners had been warned, the orgniser told us. And he
promised to support them after their arrest.

M2M calls for support of all cleaners, with or without papers.

You can do this by leaving your dirt on the train and the station as long as
the strike holds.

Respect!

follow this at

http://m2m.streamtime.org/index.php/2010/support-the-cleaners/




From jo at xs4all.nl  Tue Mar 16 13:09:37 2010
From: jo at xs4all.nl (Jo van der Spek M2M)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:09:37 +0100
Subject: <m2m-eng> Cleaners in action
Message-ID: <871CE81B349643B09734F12BB5A5DC63@jom2m>

Thousands of cleaners working at Schiphol Airport, railway stations, 
hospitals and offices are on strike for better wages and respectable working 
conditions. The majority of cleaners are migrants. Cleaners are receiving 
minimal wages and are object of intimidation by the bosses. Companies like 
CSU, ASITO and HAGO are competing for contract with the railroads the 
airport and banks by exploiting their workforce.

The picket against striking breakers at Amsterdam Central Station

That is why the cleaners are not only striking but also targetting the 
contracting companies: they should be more to the cleaning companies, to 
stop the degrading wages and working conditions.

One tactic is to target undocumented workers. Some have been forces to work 
and were arrested by the Labour Inspection. Cleaning Company CSU has 
demanded all cleaners to present their papers.This is an act of intimidation 
and an attempt to create division among the cleaners. In response a goup of 
anarchist activists blocked the CSU office in Amsterdam urging workers to 
boycot the demand to show their papers.


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