London Underground cleaners stage two-day strike [View all]
Source: The Guardian
London Underground cleaners have begun a two-day strike in protest at being paid below the capital's living wage.
The staff cleaners are also paid well below the rate offered to agency cleaners brought in as cover for the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day action.
The Rail Maritime and Transport union issued a message appealing to agency workers not to break its members' strike which was posted in English, Polish and Russian. The RMT said its members, on £8.30 an hour rather than the £8.55 an hour estimated as the London living wage, should be on £12.50 an hour.
A leaflet distributed at stations by the striking workers explained their action: "We will not tolerate low pay in this day and age, nor being treated like second-rate people.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/31/london-underground-cleaners-strike
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