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O
ver 1,000 contracted
cleaners across the rail
network took strike action on
the last day of 2022 in the first
national strike of its kind.
Cleaners working for the
likes of Atalian Servest,
Churchill and Mitie are
demanding £15 an hour,
company sick pay, decent
holidays and good pensions
from contractors who are
raking in profits worth millions
of pounds.
ISS cleaners on Docklands
Light Railway (DLR) also took
two days of action over pay,
imposed rosters and attacks
on working conditions.
Rail companies who use
contracted out cleaning
providers such as Avanti West
Coast, GWR, LNER and
TransPennine Express will be
affected by the action.
RMT general secretary Mick
Lynch said that it was the first
time that cleaners had been
taken out on strike across the
rail network.
"It is a testament to our
members fearlessness and
determination to see justice
done on pay and working
conditions.
"These multimillion pound
companies who super exploit
workers who were rightly
hailed as heroes during the
pandemic, should be removed
from operating in Britain, if
they do not come to a
negotiated settlement on our
members' modest demands.
"It is a national disgrace
that many languish on the
minimum wage, with no
company sick or holiday pay
while doing such an important
job of keeping our stations
and trains clean.
"These cleaners' strikes are
just the beginning of our
industrial campaign for the
most exploited workers on our
railways,” he said.
CLEANERS TAKE NATIONAL
STRIKE ACTION