First day of outsourcing strike sees police called to St George’s

South London medical school says Metropolitan Police were called out for protest

St George’s, University of London has confirmed that police were called to a protest by striking security staff at its campus.

In a statement released 13 January, St George’s medical school said it had asked the workers on strike—who are employed by a third party—to move their protest away from the university’s main entrance to a nearby road. The strike marked the first of 15 days of non-consecutive planned action at St Georges by the United Voices of the World Union.