Why Rail Cleaners are on Strike during the Jubilee The people who clean your trains and stations are taking strike action today because cleaners need a better deal. We don’t want to be on strike during the Jubilee. We’d like to be celebrating too. But our bosses – men who make £millions out of Britain’s railways – have left us no choice.
The truth is that on Britain’s railways, cleaners are treated like dirt to turn a profit: • • • • •
We are all outsourced to a company called Churchill. Churchill is a LOW-PAY employer. Many of us are on the legal minimum wage. We get NO SICK PAY. Throughout the pandemic they were given extra tasks to make trains and stations cleaner but NO EXTRA STAFF. The cost-of-living crisis has meant that many of us are more than £1,300 worse off than we were last year.
We cannot live like this. It’s time for justice for cleaners!
Profiteers on the pandemic Our bosses at Churchill can afford to pay us more. Last year, they made a profit of £10 million. In 2020, while the country struggled with the virus, they paid out a £12 million dividend to their shareholders. But they won’t make us a fair offer to settle our dispute. We worked right through the pandemic to keep trains safe and hygienic to run. We’ve tried negotiating and we’ve been forced to take strike action. Now we’re forced to take action during the Jubilee.
We know passengers value cleaners. Please support us today and tell Churchill their cleaners deserve justice.
How you can help Email Churchill’s Director and founder joel.briggs@churchillservices.com and tell him you support Justice for his Cleaners. Or tweet #Justiceforrailcleaners to @Churchill_Group and tag @RMT_Union
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