{"id":39884,"date":"2022-07-11T10:02:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T10:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjgh\/?p=39884"},"modified":"2022-08-09T09:41:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T09:41:46","slug":"open-letter-to-london-school-of-hygiene-tropical-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjgh\/2022\/07\/11\/open-letter-to-london-school-of-hygiene-tropical-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter to London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following is an open letter calling the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine\u2019s (LSHTM) Senior Management to meet essential workers\u2019 demands of fair treatment and pay, and to ask for the immediate annulation of disciplinary sanctions faced by some workers engaged in union activities and campaigns.<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Dear Professor Liam Smeeth, and Senior Managers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,<\/p>\n

We are members of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) community and of the wider academic community. We are academics, researchers, employees, students, alumni and collaborators.<\/p>\n

We are writing to share solidarity with our colleagues who are cleaners, porters, post-room and security staff, and fully support their demands<\/a> of fair treatment, pay at a grade 3 like the other in-house maintenance staff, the immediate annulation of the written warnings and a further refusal for the disciplinary actions taken against workers due to trade union activity since the public campaign to raise awareness about their demands started.<\/p>\n

After welcoming the School\u2019s decision to agree to the workers\u2019 request to be employed in-house after their successful campaign led by their chosen union the IWGB, we have been extremely concerned at the recent developments<\/a> regarding the situation of our colleagues and the School\u2019s refusal to negotiate with the workers and their chosen union.<\/p>\n

We were looking forward to welcoming them in August 2022 finally as colleagues with the same treatment that School\u2019s employees benefit from. This is particularly concerning that our colleagues, who are essential workers from Black, immigrant and ethnic minorities background seem treated as \u201csecond class\u201d workers, especially after the publication of a painful report on structural racism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Further, we are truly disappointed of the treatment the workers have faced when they raised their concerns to our community by the means of peaceful public protest. Since then, six workers have been suspended following activities related to their union activities. We understand that they have now received a formal written warning, and one worker has received a First & Final Written Warning. These seem to be disproportionate actions, which put our colleagues under the potential threat to be dismissed and jeopardise their ability to enforce their rights to engage in union activities. We believe that academics and researchers member of the UCU have not faced such treatment during their recent union activities and wonder why there is such a difference in treatment in this occasion. We call for you to annul these sanctions against unionised workers, to recognise the union they chose for their campaign and representation, the IWGB.<\/p>\n

As members of the public and global health community, we teach, conduct research and impact activities worldwide advocating for communities to support community empowerment and action on social determinants of health. Income, employment and working conditions<\/a> are some of the most important social determinants of health, so is labour exploitation<\/a>. We see the lack of discussion between the School, workers and their chosen union, along with salary offers initially outside of the actual pay system in place at the School and the suspension of workers following what may be likened to community engagement and empowerment, as serious causes for widening structural inequalities.<\/p>\n

We call the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to meet the demands of the workers and immediately end the suspension of our colleagues. This situation is impeding the trust and respect of the School and of our community. Beyond that, it jeopardises the ability of researchers and academics to be taken seriously by the public when we disseminate and implement our findings to improve people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

We genuinely hope that this situation that tarnishes the reputation of the School is addressed immediately, before our whole community is affected by it. We will keep ourselves informed about the development of the situation, from both sides, yours and the chosen union. We are waiting for a public announcement from the School after it negotiates with the workers and their chosen union directly.<\/p>\n

The following members of the community<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Sabah Boufkhed, LSHTM alumni, Lecturer in Global Health, University of Manchester<\/span><\/p>\n

Karl Blanchet, LSHTM academic, Professor<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Sham Lal, LSHTM academic, Assistant Professor, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Hugo Legge, LSHTM academic<\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Ibrahim, LSHTM academic, Research Fellow, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Daniel Cauchi, LSHTM academic, Distance Learning Tutor at LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Neha Singh, LSHTM academic, Associate Professor, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

David Macleod, LSHTM academic<\/span><\/p>\n

Prof Jim Todd, LSHTM academic<\/span><\/p>\n

Kallista Chan, LSHTM academic<\/span><\/p>\n

Nada Abdelmagid, LSHTM academic, Assistant Professor, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Francesco Checchi, LSHTM academic, Professor<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebecca Penzias, LSHTM academic<\/span><\/p>\n

Lauren D’Mello-Guyett, LSHTM academic<\/span><\/p>\n

Emilie Koum Besson, LSHTM academic, Research Fellow – IDE department<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Agata Pacho, LSHTM academic<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Tom Shakespeare, LSHTM academic, Professor of disability research (EPH\/LSHTM)<\/span><\/p>\n

Lambert Felix, LSHTM academic<\/span><\/p>\n

James Smith, LSHTM academic, Honorary Research Fellow<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Yoko Laurence, LSHTM academic, Research Fellow, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Poppy Mallinson, LSHTM academic <\/span><\/p>\n

Heidi Hopkins, LSHTM academic, Associate Professor, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Madeleine Cochet, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Ioana Vlad, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Angela, LSHTM alumni, Research Fellow, University of Bath<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Tessa Roberts, LSHTM alumni, Research Fellow<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Courtney Scott, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Esteban Hadjez B., LSHTM alumni, Profesor de Salud P\u00fablica, Universidad de Valpara\u00edso – Chile<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarosh Naqvi, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Hayley Smith, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Charlene Degen, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Laura Anselmi, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Donna Alabdulbaqi, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Julia Shen, LSHTM alumni, Project leader, Healthcare practice, Boston Consulting Group<\/span><\/p>\n

Nuri, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Gimma, LSHTM alumni, Former LSHTM Academic Staff<\/span><\/p>\n

Belene, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Rik Viergever MD PhD, LSHTM alumni, social entrepreneur<\/span><\/p>\n

Isobel Braithwaite, LSHTM alumni, PhD researcher, UCL Institute of Health Informatics<\/span><\/p>\n

Fran Bury, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Liam Crosby, LSHTM alumni, Public Health specialty registrar, London<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahimza Thirunavukarasu, LSHTM alumni, Public Heath registrar<\/span><\/p>\n

Sara Bainbridge, LSHTM alumni, Specialty registrar in public health<\/span><\/p>\n

Nurul Maretia Rahmayanti, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Antigoni Karkanaki, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Petra schoenweger, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Tom Yates, LSHTM alumni, Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases, University College London<\/span><\/p>\n

Benedetta Pongiglione, LSHTM alumni <\/span><\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9s S\u00e1nchez P\u00e1jaro, LSHTM alumni, Researcher at National Institute of Public Health (Mexico)<\/span><\/p>\n

Katie Waldo, MSc, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristin Murphy, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Isabella J\u00e4ntti, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Owen Pullen, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Shahida Chowdhury, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexandre Robert, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Jason Glaser, LSHTM alumni, CEO of La Isla Network<\/span><\/p>\n

Seona Cha, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Miriam Peters, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Agnes Bangali, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Penelope Milsom, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Rory Gibb, LSHTM alumni, Research Fellow, University College London<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Jo\u00e3o Martins, LSHTM alumni, Public Health registrar<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Ciaran Kennedy, LSHTM alumni, Public Health Specialty Registrar<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Temitope Fisayo, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Muna Abdullahi, LSHTM alumni, Research Analyst, Beacon Targeted Therapies<\/span><\/p>\n

Nilani Chandradeva, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Pablo Ruiz Cuenca, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Kim Jeong, LSHTM alumni, Distance Learning Tutor<\/span><\/p>\n

Cristina Leggio, LSHTM alumni, Public Health Microbiologist, UK-PHRST<\/span><\/p>\n

Mae Chester-Jones, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Dani Bancroft, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert Fain, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Rita Issa, LSHTM alumni, GP and Clinical Research Fellow, UCL Institute for Global Health<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel Burns, LSHTM alumni, Research Fellow in Epidemiology, UCL<\/span><\/p>\n

Lauren Wedekind, LSHTM alumni, MD\/PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Jasmine Burton, MPH, MBA, LSHTM alumni, CEO of Wish for WASH<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiona Mortell, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Hana\u00e2 Benjeddi, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Ngozi Erondu, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret Dunne, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucy Cullen, LSHTM alumni<\/span><\/p>\n

Julius-Cezar MacQuarie, LSHTM other staff, LSHTM seminar leader<\/span><\/p>\n

Marieme Fall, LSHTM other staff<\/span><\/p>\n

Jenny Mathew, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Soledad Cuevas Garcia-Dorado, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Elaine Flores, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

David Lugo Palacios, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Tate Oulton, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Ludoviko Zirimenya, LSHTM researcher, Clinical Research Scientist<\/span><\/p>\n

Dorothy Boggs, LSHTM researcher, ICED Research Fellow, Staff PhD candidate<\/span><\/p>\n

Mervat Alhaffar, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Thais Gonzalez Capella, LSHTM researcher, Research assistant and PhD student (GHD\/PHP)<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Kerrie Stevenson, LSHTM researcher, Public Health Doctor (Registrar), LSHTM and NHS<\/span><\/p>\n

Hannah Rickman, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Rahaf Abu Koura, LSHTM researcher, Research Fellow<\/span><\/p>\n

Veronika Reichenberger, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Sali Hafez, LSHTM researcher, DrPH candidate and DrPH representative<\/span><\/p>\n

Mihaly Koltai, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel Scott, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Maureen Seguin, LSHTM researcher, Research Fellow in Public Health and Policy<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Annie Tremp, LSHTM researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

Frederik Federspiel, LSHTM student, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. med. Timm Haebel, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Prima Alam, LSHTM student, PhD student, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Romain Clercq-Roques, LSHTM student, PhD student, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Georgia Gore-Langton, LSHTM student, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Frederick Sarathchandra, LSHTM student, PhD Student<\/span><\/p>\n

Luke Brandner-Garrod, LSHTM student, PhD Student\/Insectary Technician<\/span><\/p>\n

David Simons, LSHTM student, PhD Student, RVC, LSHTM and UCL<\/span><\/p>\n

Susan Abarca Salazar, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Hristina Vasileva, LSHTM student, PhD student, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Kathryn Boyd, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Louis Walsh, LSHTM student, PhD Student<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Bickford-Smith, LSHTM student, PhD student LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Rhodri Edwards, LSHTM student, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

REBECCA ROSCOE, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Gwen Chang, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Monica Sharman, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Kerry Littleford, LSHTM student, Public Health Specialty Registrar<\/span><\/p>\n

Alicia Showering, LSHTM student, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Katie Patrick, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Jamie Fagg, LSHTM student, Specialist registrar in Public Health and current distance learning student<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna Deal, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Tilly Alcayna, LSHTM student, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Esther Rottenburg, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Page Light, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Zahra Omole, LSHTM student, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristen Renneker, LSHTM student, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Sophie Chung, LSHTM student, Student, LSHTM<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Lee, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Alexander Hamilton, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Aleysha Rattray, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Maxine Pepper, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Elise Digga, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Davinia Springer, LSHTM student, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Owen Hart, LSHTM student <\/span><\/p>\n

Milena Wuerth, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Sara Cavagnis, LSHTM student<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Halima Mohamed, Do not wish to share, Public health specialist<\/span><\/p>\n

Mouna Khaity, Do not wish to share<\/span><\/p>\n

Julia Hartviksen, Other member of the academic\/research community, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Manuela Irarr\u00e1zabal, Other member of the academic\/research community<\/span><\/p>\n

Adrija Dey, Other member of the academic\/research community, Senior Research Fellow<\/span><\/p>\n

Ekabali Ghosh, Other member of the academic\/research community, PhD student, SOAS<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Sean Griffiths, Other member of the academic\/research community, Professor, University of Westminster<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Sebastian Groh, Other member of the academic\/research community, Research Associate, UCL<\/span><\/p>\n

Edward Hadfield, Other member of the academic\/research community, PhD student, University of Westminster<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Lindsay Bywood, Other member of the academic\/research community<\/span><\/p>\n

Aoife keohane, Other member of the academic\/research community, Programme Lead, KCL<\/span><\/p>\n

Kia-Chong Chua, Other member of the academic\/research community, Lecturer in applied health statistics, King\u2019s College London<\/span><\/p>\n

Siddharth Chakravarty, Other member of the academic\/research community, PhD student, QMUL<\/span><\/p>\n

Maddalena Italia, Other member of the academic\/research community, Research Fellow (UCL)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sophie, Other member of the academic\/research community, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Emel Yorganci, Other member of the academic\/research community, PhD student<\/span><\/p>\n

Pippa Catterall, Other member of the academic\/research community, Prof at University of Westminster<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Virginie Le Masson, Other member of the academic\/research community, Research Fellow, University College London<\/span><\/p>\n

Yousaf Nishat-Botero, Other member of the academic\/research community, PhD Student<\/span><\/p>\n

Mauro Pucheta, Other member of the academic\/research community <\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Catherine Arthur, Other member of the academic\/research community, Lecturer, University of Manchester<\/span><\/p>\n

Mara Nogueira, Other member of the academic\/research community, Lecturer in Urban Geography, Birkbeck College<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Stephanie Rinaldi, Other member of the academic\/research community, Research Programme Manager, University of Manchester<\/span><\/p>\n

Louisa Acciari, Other member of the academic\/research community, UCL<\/span><\/p>\n

Claire Marcel, Other member of the academic\/research community<\/span><\/p>\n

Shailza Sharma, Other member of the academic\/research community, PhD Student, University of Exeter<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Roisin Read, Other member of the academic\/research community, Lecturer in Peace & Conflict Studies, University of Manchester<\/span><\/p>\n

Christina Timehin, Other member of the academic\/research community, Public health registrar<\/span><\/p>\n

Yamina Boukari, Other member of the academic\/research community, Research Fellow, University College London<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Jessica Hawkins, Other member of the academic\/research community, Senior lecturer in Humanitarian Studies, the university of Manchester<\/span><\/p>\n

Alessandro Tirapani, Other member of the academic\/research community<\/span><\/p>\n

Christy Braham, Other member of the academic\/research community, <\/span><\/p>\n

Otto Wolf, Other member of the academic\/research community, PhD Student<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Piyush Pushkar, Other member of the academic\/research community, Clinical lecturer, University of Manchester<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Aleksandra Herbec, Other member of the academic\/research community, Senior Research Fellow, University College London<\/span><\/p>\n

Antoine Burgard, Other member of the academic\/research community, Lecturer in humanitarian studies<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristen Meagher, Other member of the academic\/research community, <\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Davide Pero, Other member of the academic\/research community, Associate Professor in Employment Relation\/HRM, University of Nottingham<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Vera Weghmann, Other member of the academic\/research community, University of Greenwich<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: <\/strong>The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has responded to the content of this post. Please see LSHTM\u2019s published response\u00a0<\/strong>here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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