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RAILWAY cleaners must be brought into the direct employment of train-operating companies, the RMT AGM heard today.
Delegates unanimously endorsed a call to campaign for sick pay entitlement for all cleaners, and heard warnings that bosses were targeting migrant workers over their immigration status.
London Underground Bakerloo line delegate Jim McDaid said: “What we’ve got is exploitation of the working class in clear view. There’s only one solution and that’s to bring these roles back in-house.
Outsourcing is at the heart of inequality. Only collective unity in the trade union movement can topple the Establishment’s obsession with it, says SAM GURNEY
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
