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ISS cleaners, who are members of SSP (Syndicat des Services Publics) and who clean airplanes at the Geneva Airport are in their 57th day of strike to prevent ISS from reducing their pay scale from 4,878 to 3,550 CHF per month, a 1,300 CHF reduction. This reduction would put workers with children below the Swiss federal income poverty level.



Several hundred allies, including a number of elected officials, rallied with the strikers in front of the Geneva City Hall at Rue de l'Hotel-de-Ville on September 2, in support of the cleaners. One of the speakers announced that ISS would lose the contract at the airport if this issue is not resolved within 15 days.



The ISS proposal of a 1,300 CHF reduction at the top step would put workers with children below the Swiss national income poverty level. This is an issue the SSP is highlighting and that the Geneva politicians are sensitive to.



UNI Global Union has a long-standing Global Agreement with ISS that guarantees workers the right to organize and bargain collective agreements, wherever the workers are located in the world. UNI Property Services contacted the head office of ISS in Copenhagen earlier this week to see if they and UNI can assist in resolving this dispute.