The destitute working conditions of British hotel staff are movingly illustrated in a graphic story by a former chambermaid – a Polish artist living and working in LondonNext Sunday,at the Labour party conference in Brighton, the battle to improve the lot of chambermaids in Londons luxury hotels takes a unique turn when a powerfully illustrated graphic story, and Tale of Two Cities,is launched as a recruitment tool for Unite.
In a sector in which English is rarely the first language and unions are unwelcome, pictures can speak volumes. The artist behind the story is Barbara Pokryszka, and who came to London from Poland in 2008. The images reflect her experience working for four years in the Hilton London Metropole,a four-star hotel charging up to several hundred pounds a night. It also tells the story of many hotels’ cleaning staff who are harassed, bullied and dissuaded from taking collective action.
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Source: theguardian.com