We are re-iterating the fired and unionised Saramago workers’ demands:

To date, six workers have been fired in a blatant union busting attempt. The fired workers are all members of the union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) who had been organising to increase the number of staff rota’d on in the kitchen and front of house, to stop them being overworked. Clear and simple requests which have been met with an unjust and cruel response by Saramago.

As artists, audiences and event organisers affiliated with the CCA we recognise that our creative labour in turn supports the profits of Saramago, through patronage and custom.

We make this statement in full support of the workers’ demands and their union, the IWW.

Signed:

Workers’ Stories Project, co-organisers of Six Short Films About Housing, at CCA 22/2/23

Shona Macnaughton, artist

Hussein Mitha, artist

Linda Stupart, artist

Jasleen Kaur, artist

Hannan Jones, artist

Thomas Abercromby, artist

Christian Noelle Charles, artist

Laura Rose Gittins, artist

Francis Jones, artist

Gloria Dawson, writer

Usma Mariam Ashraf, artist

Julia Gilmour, artist

Ragini Chawla, artist

Henry Bell, writer and IWW member

Emilia Beatriz, artist

Mina Heydari-Waite, artist

Mollymae Whawell, artist

Susannah Stark, artist

Rachel R Walker, artist

Nadia Rossi, artist

Rumpus Room

Katherine Mackinnon

Maya McDowell-Uppal, writer

Robert Thomas James Mills, artist and writer

Raman Mundair, writer