Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union

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The Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU) is an independent grassroots trade union which represents cleaners in Britain. [1]

The CAIWU was founded in 2016. [1] Since 2021, the union has been led by its General Secretary, Alberto Durango. [2] As of December 2023, CAIWU had 1,830 members. [2]

The union mainly organises precarious migrant workers, with around 90% of the CAIWU's members being immigrant workers, the majority of which are Latin Americans. [3]

In 2024, the CAIWU criticised the Starmer ministry for renegading on a promise to end outsourcing. [4]

José García Oliva created the Latin American Protest Archive, which included protest materials such as posters, leaflets and placards created by members for CAIWU campaigns. [5]

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  1. 1 2 Però (2020) , p. 906
  2. 1 2 Annual Return for a Trade Union — Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union — 2023 (PDF) (Report). Trades Union Certification Officer. 31 December 2023. p. 3.
  3. ↑ Però (2020) , pp. 901, 905–906
  4. ↑ Cooke, Millie (2 August 2024). "Cleaners in Parliament facing mass redundancies despite Labour pledge to 'serve working people'" . Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Broome, Henry (22 August 2024). "'We Are Not the Dirt We Clean'". Tribune.

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