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TRAIN and station cleaners in Merseyside will strike on Friday over wages, work rosters and attacks on holiday pay.
The workers are members of rail union RMT and are employed by contractor Mitie on Merseyrail services.
They will stage a protest outside Mitie and Merseyrail’s Liverpool Headquarters at Rail House, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool L1 1JF at 8am.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “It is frankly disgusting that this wealthy company, which is rolling in cash when it comes to boardroom salaries, is attempting to consign its front-line cleaning staff to a lifetime of poverty pay.
“These are the same cleaners who disinfected and decontaminated stations to keep services running at the height of Covid, at serious personal risk, who are now facing a financial kicking.
“RMT would appeal to the people of Merseyside to join us in this fight for pay justice for your local rail cleaning staff.”
Mitie, which has public-sector contracts in transport, health and social care and the government’s failed coronavirus test and trace operation, was invited to comment.
