Skip to main content
Exploited railway cleaners to strike against poverty pay this weekend

EXPLOITED railway cleaners are rebelling against poverty pay by taking strike action against their profiteering private employers this weekend.

Members of rail union RMT employed by profitable contractors Atalian Servest Limited and Churchill are on strike today.

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “This strike by cleaners sends a clear message that our union will fight tooth and nail against super exploitative contractors who refuse to pay key workers properly.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
A sign for the London Underground seen through the closed shutters at Euston station, central London
Transport / 4 September 2025
4 September 2025
Eddie Dempsey
Features / 23 June 2025
23 June 2025

Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY