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Anni Albers exhibition at Tate Modern:
Cleaners worry about future at Goldsmiths As the dust settles on the decision to bring staff in house, Goldsmiths Cleaners fear a painful transition the latest, which would be two months
hear us, they want to make us happy. That’s
earlier than the anticipated date in March
what our people have been waiting for.”
Cleaning staff at Goldsmiths College claim
2019. They were also successful in organ-
next spring.”
they have faced increasingly worse con-
ising an urgent public meeting to discuss
ditions from their employer Integrated
the transition, as demanded in the letter.
Madeleine Drury
However, they also expressed deep concern over what they see as increasingly
Service Solutions (ISS) since the College’s announcement to move cleaning provi-
Since the victory, cleaners had received
sions in house. Cleaners complained of
minimal communication from Goldsmiths.
The Leopard goes on a tour of the Anni
conditions under ISS in a letter addressed
However, six meetings have now been ar-
Albers exhibition, where we take a look
to Goldsmiths’ senior management team
ranged between the SMT and Unison, who
at the life of a pioneering female artist, as
(SMT) that urgently called for a quicker
are representing the cleaners, which are
well as discuss her work while it’s on show
transition process to in house management.
scheduled to take place before Christmas.
the influences throughout her life that led
The letter sent on 24th October demanded
One cleaner spoke to The Leopard of their re-
to her choice of artistic method, which be-
that Goldsmiths’ SMT bring forward the
lief that Goldsmiths’ SMT had accepted the
come so famous both during and after her
in-housing process and have the clean-
terms of the letter: “With the glory of God,
lifetime.
ers on new contracts by January 2019, at
Goldsmiths are listening to us, they want to
unfair...
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at the Tate Modern, and explore some of
A word from the Environmental Officer Goldsmiths Environmental Officer bike lockers and bike pumps etc. Dr. Nicola Hogan has been “greenGreening Goldsmiths’ overarching aim is to ing” the campus since 2012. provide students with a campus that not only
Full Review on Page 15
Since starting in her role as Space, Environ-
looks good and provides students with an
mental and Sustainability Officer she and the
environment that is conducive to teaching,
larger estates team have installed a selection
learning and research but is also sustainable
of sustainability-supporting features includ-
and ethical in its operations.
ing bike racks, drinking water fountains,
Any student wanting to get involved in helping to “green” our campus, can do so by participating in any of the project listed on Page 4.
