{"id":83982,"date":"2018-02-08T16:50:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=83982"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:56","slug":"schoonmakers-eur-protesteren-tegen-werkdruk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/02\/08\/schoonmakers-eur-protesteren-tegen-werkdruk\/","title":{"rendered":"EUR cleaners protest workload"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asito\u2019s cleaning ladies staged a protest on the Woudestein Campus on Thursday afternoon. Last week Asito sent the women a letter informing them that they will be given fewer hours to clean the campus. However, in exchange for the hours they are losing, they will be offered work at other locations, or so the company has promised them.<\/p>\n

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According to the cleaners, some ten of them will be given fewer hours. They will either have to go elsewhere to get more hours or resign themselves to reduced wages.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince EUR is going to implement measures designed to reduce the workload of its own employees over the next few years, we now appeal to the university\u2019s values and ask them to reduce our workload, as well,\u201d the cleaning ladies wrote in the petition, which they would like to submit to the university\u2019s Executive Board. According to one of the cleaners staging the protest, work that used to be done by three cleaners is currently being done by one cleaner.<\/p>\n

Different and more efficient<\/h2>

According to an Asito spokesperson, it is not true that the cleaning budget has been cut. Rather, the cleaners are assigned to their jobs \u2018differently and more efficiently\u2019. The spokesperson was unable to say what exactly that meant with regard to the cleaners\u2019 duties. At the very least it means that they will be given fewer hours to complete their work at EUR. However, they will be considered first if they apply for any other Asito jobs at other locations. The spokesperson was unable to confirm that Asito has signed a new agreement with the university.<\/p>\n

The EUR recognizes that it has a social responsibility towards the cleaners, as stipulated in the Code Responsible Market Conduct signed by the EUR. \u201cWe have regular consultations with Asito, the EUR has received the petition and listened to the employees\u2019 stories, which we can not discuss in terms of content, but we take this into account in our discussions with Asito\u201d, said a spokesperson.<\/p>\n

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