"Union demands living wage for workers at Johnson backer's club", 19 August 2019

[Independent Workers Union of Great Britain] has launched a petition to support migrant kitchen porters who say they were suspended after campaigning for the London living wage...one worker was suspended at the end of July and seven others were suspended later, according to the union...

...The union launched a petition accusing the cleaning company of victimising workers and suspending them on trumped-up charges while denying them occupational sick pay...the petition calls for the workers to be guaranteed the London living wage of £10.55 per hour and for an end to the outsourcing of kitchen porters...

Henry Chango Lopez, the IWGB president, said: “The 5 Hertford Street kitchen porters had a very simple and fair demand: to not be treated like the dirty dishes they clean. Management’s response has been to intimidate workers with suspensions on absurd grounds...

...ACT Clean and 5 Hertford St have been approached for comment.