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CLEANERS at the Welsh government’s headquarters are employed on zero-hours contracts, GMB reported yesterday, just a month after ministers pledged to take action against the practice.
The general union said contractor Vinci was also planning to change the staff’s working conditions for the worse, putting some workers on “poverty pay.”
Vinci provides cleaning and security services at the Welsh government’s administrative headquarters in Cathays Park, Cardiff.
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
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