800 Hospital cleaners locked out after strike action
Around 800 workers contracted to Spotless Services Ltd have been locked out of their kitchen, orderly and cleaning jobs at 13 public hospitals across the country on Thursday July 12th after they attempted to start industrial action, striking for 55 minutes of every hour, 24 hours a day in their struggle for better wages and conditions.
The workers are members of the Service & Food Workers Union (SFWU) and have all been served with 14 day lockout notices. The SFWU took Spotless Services Ltd to the Employment Court, after Spotlight claimed the strike action would pose a health and safety hazard at the hospitals, but the Court agreed with Spotlight and said the lockout notices were justified. The lockout is the largest ever of public hospital workers.
SFWU spokesman Alastair Duncan said striking workers planned to present themselves for work and take industrial action as planned, but if they were physically prevented from working they would comply.
Pickets at the Hospitals will continue, and workers and their supporters will also picket outside the headquarters of Spotless Services in Auckland on Friday 13th July at 12 midday, 600 Great South Road, Penrose.
Automatic $10 donations to the lockout fund can be made by calling 0900 LOCKOUT (0900 56256)
Links: Service & Food Workers Union
Photos | Video: Picket at Waitakere Hospital | Picket at Middlemore Hospital | Delegate speaks to members
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Great work on feature. Actual time is midday today.
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Time updated - cheers for the info :)
Asher (AIMC Editorial Collective)
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This is plain boring! www.caff.org.nz is much more interesting!
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Boring??
Wow what an arse hole.
I had a look at ur lame site and well done but it has very little to do with this issue. If u wanna make a comment on animal rights please do so in a seperate article. This is a very seriuos issue for these low income workers. Please support them .Spotless are typical of the sort of people that condon torture of both humans and animals. I am aware we should not forget animals but please do it in ur own space and time.
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Here, here! It's disappointing to see someone overly zealous/passionate about AR that they have forgotten about its foundation: compassion and respect. Most unfortunate!
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I agree, it is sad to see that someone is so brainwashed by the animal rights movement that they believe that it is the be all and end all of the universe.
Spotless is one unenlightened organization that exploits people and animals just so the selected few can make hugh amounts of money.
I think there is a better way to advertise the animal rights cause without upsetting people here by posting silly comments.
Re: 800 Hospital cleaners locked out after strike action
If anyone wants to find out more about Spotless Services (NZ) Ltd you can go to http://www.companies.govt.nz/cms/banner_template/OBNAME and type in their name to come up with their annual accounts, the names and addresses of the directors and other information. Here you can find out how bad they really are.
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It is an interesting read that the Spotless accounts, etc makes at the Companies internet site but you need to use the companies registar to find them. Anyway, it only shows just what a cunt of a company that it is.
Re: 800 Hospital cleaners locked out after strike action
If anyone wants to find out more about Spotless Services (NZ) Ltd you can go to www.companies.govt.nz/cms/banner_template/OBNAME, go to the company registar and type in their name to come up with their annual accounts, the names and addresses of the directors and other information. Here you can find out how bad they really are.
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me and peter jennings (Spotless Cleaning Company Operations Manager) had a nice wee chat last night. give him a ring yourself...
027 571 5723
omar
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I've coughed up-don't forget our EPMU comrades
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APFUTU & GFTU Pakistan with you comrades. We are behind of you and we are in power.
thank you.
www.labourunity.org , www.gftupk.org
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I've set up a pledge for those who want to commit to ongoing support for the locked out workers:
http://www.pledgebank.com/SFWUsupport
The more people who sign it (and contribute), the better.
Idiot/Savant
No Right Turn - New Zealand's liberal blog
http://norightturn.blogspot.com
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Contractors have no place in our public hospitals.For years we were managed by the local hospital board employers with no problems,now it seems with all the managers they have they can't seem to cope so they kick out ORDERLIES, CLEANERS,and KITCHEN staff to private contractors who know absolutely nothing about the workings of a hospital. It's bloody shameful.
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There is no place for contractors in our hospitals.All the hospitals in the country should be capable of running the domestic workers like they used to.If you don't strike to get rid of these snakes you will allways have problems.[they don't care about you and never will untill you get rid of them].