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CLEANERS whose jobs were privatised at HM Revenue & Customs on Merseyside are on strike for a week over pay.
The cleaners, who are members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), were outsourced to contractor ISS.
They have asked the company, which has profits in excess of £200 million, to pay them £10 an hour. They also want holiday entitlements and full sick pay from day one of employment.
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
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