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OUTSOURCED staff working on London’s Docklands Light Railway began a 48-hour strike against plummeting take-home pay today.
Cleaners, security staff, revenue protection workers and travel safety employees downed tools after rejecting an “insulting” 1.8 per cent wage offer – less than a fifth of the economy’s 40-year high double-digit inflation.
Employer ISS is underpaying the workers compared to others on equivalent roles across Transport for London services, RMT stressed.
General secretary Mick Lynch said: “The level arrogance on display is staggering.
“This multimillion-pound company already pays staff poorly and with inflation running at over 10 per cent, this offer shows what contempt they hold their staff in.
“RMT will be relentless in its representation of contracted out workers, who are some of the most exploited in the transport system.”
He repeated his calls for Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan to “end the injustice of exploitation of contractors by bringing these workers back in-house.”
An ISS spokesperson said the firm is in an "ongoing, constructive dialogue with RMT and we hope for a swift resolution."
