The Bank of New York Mellon have given in to the pay demand from Latin American cleaners after a formal claim declaring potential strike action was handed in to their Canary Wharf office. The trade unionists, organised with grassroots group the United Voices of the World, will now be paid the London Living Wage of £10.20
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