Cleaning the tube - Pay victory for RMT
WORKERS, SEPTEMBER 2008 ISSUE
Tube cleaners campaigning for a living wage, a return to direct employment by rail companies and an end to “third party sackings” by sub-contractors without a disciplinary hearing or right to appeal were outside City Hall, London on 16 July.
Due to strike for 48 hours from 21 August, they called off the action on 20 August after management promised to pay the “London Living Wage” of £7.45 an hour – up from £5.50 an hour.