WEST COAST TRAIN CLEANERS STRIKE FOR PAY JUSTICE

4 RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: february 2022 :: RMTnews Heroic train cleaners working to keep Avanti West Coast trains clean and safe for passengers launched strike action last month in pursuit of fair pay. The cleaners, who have worked throughout the pandemic to keep essential transport services running, are employed by Atalian Servest Limited, a multi-national outsourcing company based in France. Like many outsourced cleaners, they are paid £9.68 per hour, less than the Real Living Wage and have no company sick pay, meaning that they frequently come into work when sick because they cannot make ends meet. Atalian Servest has refused to make an offer that would raise pay above the Real Living Wage rate of £9.90, offering only an extra 2p per hour to cleaners outside London. According to RMT research, last year Atalian Servest Ltd’s holding company paid a dividend to its French parent Avanti West coast Atalian Servest picket line Liverpool Edge Hill Depot WEST COAST TRAIN CLEANERS STRIKE FOR PAY JUSTICE RMT research reveals dividend pay out would have given workers a decent pay rise AnnuAL sALARy bILL Approx. Workforce on £9.60 per hour £11 per hour £12 per hour £15 per hour Avanti West Coast contract Atalian Servest c. 330 £5,813,808 £6,606,600 £7,207,200 £9,009,000 Funding required £840,840 £1,441,440 £3,243,240 Dividend paid by Atalian Servest Holdings Ltd £10,800,000 to overseas parent company, 2020