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Railway cleaners protest outside Department for Transport, demanding end the ‘scandal’ of poverty pay
A cleaner uses a fogging machine to clean a train carriage during the night

RAILWAY cleaners protested outside the Department for Transport (DfT) today, calling on the government to end the “scandal” of poverty pay.

Members of rail union RMT working for 10 outsourced contracts around the UK network will be taking strike action on December 22, 23 and 31.

They are calling on Transport Secretary Mark Harper to ensure that sub-contractors make pay offers to tackle “endemic low pay” in the industry.

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