BATTLE AGAINST INTERSERVE BULLYING STARTS AT WATERLOO

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: november/december 2014 :: RMTnews 5 Interserve staff across London Underground are being balloted for both strike action and action short of a strike over a complete refusal by the company to treat the staff with dignity. The ballot was launched as cleaners employed by Interserve at Waterloo station in London took 24-hour strike action against the victimisation and dismissal of RMT members, failure to follow agreed procedures, underpayment of wage and the bullying and harassment of staff. RMT has also received reports of shocking racism by local Interserve managers that the company has refused point blank to address, including one manager telling a member of staff that Interserve “should not employ black people”. The union is also angry at a repeated refusal by Interserve to deal directly with the union over the staff grievances which has led to a breakdown in trust and normal industrial relations. RMT general secretary Mick Cash said that it was clear that Interserve was not prepared to treat their workforce with even the most basic levels of human dignity. “RMT’s executive has seen the reports on the appalling way that our members and representatives are being treated by Interserve, through the constant placing of barriers in the path of union representatives and through the dreadful mismanagement of wages. “The majority of these issues appear to affect the whole of this company as the situation on London Underground mirrors that experienced by Interserve members at Waterloo. “As a result we are now moving to a ballot of Interserve staff on London Underground for industrial action,” he said. BATTLE AGAINST INTERSERVE BULLYING STARTS AT WATERLOO