RMT WINS LONDON LIVING WAGE FOR LOW PAID WORKERS TUBE CLEANERS

RMT helpline 0800 3763706 :: july/august 2010 :: RMTnews 5 RMT has mounted a long and hard campaign for the cleaners to be paid the London minimum wage and the final group, the Tube Lines cleaners working for ISS, will at last join their colleagues on a decent rate of pay from July. RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said that it was a massive and historic victory for the union and London Underground cleaners. “This will come as a boost for other low paid workers right across the city. “It shows very clearly that if you join a union, get organised and stand up and fight then you can win major improvements to your rate of pay. “For years we have mobilised the cleaners and mounted demonstrations – often in the teeth of the most outrageous intimidation – and now we see the culmination of that all- grades industrial and political pressure with this ground- breaking agreement on pay. “It is a tribute to the solidarity, bravery and resilience of our members and their reps that they have stood firm and won this truly inspirational victory. “We will now focus our energy on the fight for decent working conditions and facilities for the tube cleaners. “With this victory on pay chalked up we move on to our demand for working conditions to match it,” said Bob. RMT WINS LONDON LIVING WAGE FOR LOW PAID WORKERS TUBE CLEANERS RMT secures massive victory as all Tube cleaners paid the London Living Wage of £7.85 per hour backdated to July 1