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Contracted out cleaners
working on trains across the
country took 48-hour strike
action earlier this month.
RMT members working as
cleaners for the likes of Atalian
Servest, Churchill and Bidvest
Noonan are demanding £15
an hour, company sick pay,
decent holidays and good
pensions from contractors who
are raking in profits worth
millions of pounds.
The train companies that
will be affected are Avanti
West Coast, GWR,
Northern, GTR and South East
Trains. Cleaners working on
the Network Rail High Speed
contract will also be taking
part in the stoppage.
The latest round of strikes
are part of the union's
campaign to see justice done
for contracted out cleaners,
who are some of the most
exploited railway workers in
the country.
RMT general secretary Mick
Lynch said that cleaners do a
vital job making sure the
health, safety and welfare of
passengers is taken care of on
a daily basis.
"It is almost criminal that
many of them struggle to
make ends meet and have
dreadful conditions of work
while the contractors they are
employed by collect millions
in profit every year.
"RMT is campaigning
vigorously to end this super
exploitation and injustice.
"Our members will
continue their industrial
campaign, until they have
achieved fair pay and good
conditions of work.
"Train companies should
also hang their heads in
shame for allowing contractors
to exploit workers who keep
their trains clean.
"Ultimately all cleaning
contracts currently with private
companies on the railway must
be bought back in house as a
matter of urgency," he said.
CLEANERS DEMANDS ARE:
•
A minimum wage of £15
per hour
•
A Company sick pay
scheme of at least six
weeks’ full pay and six
weeks’ half pay
•
Staff travel facilities
•
An increase to pension
contributions
ACTION INCLUDES ALL
CLEANER MEMBERS AT THE
FOLLOWING COMPANIES:
•
Atalian Servest
(Alstom/Avanti West Coast)
•
Atalian Servest (Great
Western Railway)
•
Bidvest Noonan (Northern
Trains Contract)
•
Churchill (Network Rail
High Speed Contract)
•
Churchill (GTR Contract)
•
Churchill (South East Trains
Contract)
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Write to Secretary of State
Mark Harper asking him to
intervene and make sure rail
cleaners get a fair pay offer.
Use the QR code below.
CLEANERS ACROSS RAIL NETWORK
TAKE STRIKE ACTION
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