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Merseyrail cleaners suspend strike action after improved offer
Merseyrail trains lined up on the track at Kirkdale Depot

STRIKES by outsourced cleaners at Merseyrail have been suspended following an improved offer from their employer, RMT announced today.

The union says that outsourcing firm Churchill Services had previously refused to make an acceptable offer, prompting the announcement of strikes on Friday and Saturday this week.

Now that the industrial action has been suspended, the offer will be put to a referendum, which will close on April 10. RMT is strongly recommending acceptance.
 
General secretary Eddie Dempsey congratulated the cleaners for standing firm in their campaign for better pay, terms and conditions.
 
He said: “This is a great victory for some of our lowest-paid workers, with an improved offer of nearly 7 per cent, 20 days of sick pay and improved overtime rates.

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