Cleaners protest luxury car dealers HR Owen
South Kensington, London. Sat 30 Sep 2017
The UVW and supporters gathered in front of South Kensington Station
A new banner 'Striking for Justice'
Class War had brought their Luch Parsons banner 'We must devastate
the avenues where the wealthy live' amd
South Kensington is very much a place where the wealthy live
Ian Bone leans on his stick
'Justice for the Ferraris 2 - Angelica & Freddy'
Class War banner at South Kensington Station
with Ian Bone
The march begins - but then waits at the traffic lights
while Class War dash across to protest at another HR Owens luxury
car showroom - Lamborghini London
The protesters carry on down the road with one of the Ferrari 2, Angelica
in the middle behind the banner
and they go to the gates leading into the yard behind the Lamborghini
showroom where HR Owen have their office
and protest there very noisily
Cleaners desever Dignity and Respect and a living wage
Victor seizes the cahnce to speak
Freddy, the other sacked cleaner speaks in Spanish - and Claudia waits
to translate
Vera hold a poster
and Petros Elia, the UVW General Secretary another
Angelica speaks
and the protesters continue down the Old Brompton Road
The cleaners get only the national minimum wage - around £2
per hour less than the London Living Wage, while
the Ferrari CEO gets an astronomical rate
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