When four agency workers – all Latin American migrants – turned up for a shift at Sotheby’s auction house one morning, a man was waiting at the door to tell them they couldn’t come in. The day before, they took part in a union protest calling for a liveable sick pay. The day after, they were suspended from work.
Across the table from me in a Wandsworth café, Dani is still coming to terms with outrage and disappointment nearly one month later. “When I came to London, I didn’t expect this kind of treatment. I came here pursuing a better quality of life. When you find these things, it’s really disappointing. We’ve been treated like criminals when it’s our human right [to protest].”
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