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AGENCY workers on Great Western Railway (GWR) have announced strike action against a “scandalous” shift change which they say will have them each working an extra 60 shifts a year.
Workers employed to clean new trains supplied by Hitachi by the subcontracting giant ISS will strike for two days from Thursday 11 July over the imposition of new shift patterns.
A ballot for strike action returned a 100 per cent Yes vote and they are demanding that the current work patterns be kept.
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY
