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RMT Eurostar Cleaners fight for justice

22nd September 2009

There is an important fight for justice and respect being waged by RMT members working for the Carlisle Group cleaning the Eurostar trains at St Pancras International.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday last week RMT members delivered a rock solid 48 hour strike and a noisy, high-profile picket line in their dispute over a living wage and against bullying and harassment.

It is clear that both Eurostar and the Carlisle Group were embarrassed by the action and the publicity it attracted and that they are feeling the heat.

Today RMT has upped the stakes in the campaign. Eurostar is a global brand and so, in association with the Labour Start website, we have launched a global campaign to pile pressure on the company’s and to shine a spotlight on the way that our cleaners are being treated.

You can send a message direct to the Chief Executive of Eurostar in just a few seconds by clicking on this link:
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=575

Please take a few moments to support this brave and determined group of RMT members.

Tags: for a people's railway (8)

Background

Rail bosses are using the recession as an excuse to attack jobs and conditions and cut back on services and essential rail works, and hike rail fares - as LEAP research suggested they would. Thousands of jobs are being threatened or have been lost. At the same time rail fat cats are raking in big profits and bonuses on the back of the most expensive fares in Europe. Make no mistake: as the recession worsens so will the attack on rail workers and rail services. [continue...]