Keep the red flag flying

"On Friday 13th July, the first strike in the history of the John Lewis Partnership will take place at the Oxford Street store – the cleaners who are members of the independent union Industrial Workers of the World will begin a campaign of strike action.

The cleaners consider they are treated as second-class citizens by John Lewis who excludes the cleaners from their Partnership and shares in same pay and benefits of other workers at John Lewis. Instead cleaners are hired through a contractor – ICM part of the Compass Group..."

socialistresistance.org/3727/solidarity-with-john-lewis-cleaners-strike