Message of solidarity from the cleaning ladies of Louvre Hôtel (France) to the 595 cleaning workers in strike in Greece.

The 20 cleaners of the Louvre Hotel went on strike in 2012 to demand a pay rise and better working conditions and obtained all of their demands after 28 days of struggle. On the 20th of September, they responded to the appeal of solidarity sent by the women cleaners of the Greek Ministry of Finance in Athens, who have been struggling for more than a year.

The Greek cleaners were sacked on 17 September 2013 and their jobs given to private contractors. Since then, they have been unemployed and fighting to get their jobs back. Their wages, when they worked, were only between 205 to 757 euros a month. Since the day they were sacked they have fought back and have organised a 24 hour picket, every day, of the Finance Ministry for nearly a year.

On the 20th of September, actions of solidarity took place all across Europe, especially in England, France and Belgium.