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Cleaners' demo: Clean Up Outsourcing

Demonstrate on 26 February: clean up outsourcing!

RMT London Transport Regional Council is uniting with three other unions organising outsourced workers for a day of direct action against outsourcing.

Along with the Independent Workers’ union of Great Britain (IWGB), the United Voices of the World (UVW), and the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) branch at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), RMT members will demonstrate on Tuesday 26 February to demand rights for outsourced workers, including direct employment.

Cleaners demo for 29th January cancelled

Submitted by Admin on 25 January, 2019 - 16:31

Dear Colleague

CANCELLED: CLEANERS DEMONSTRATION 29TH JANUARY

We have been advised by our parliamentary group that due to the likelihood of a series of Brexit votes on 29th January it will be extremely difficult to hold an effective the demo and rally because of large amount of activity outside parliament on that date and also our rally taking place at the same time as Brexit votes taking place. 

RMT have secured 550 cleaner jobs on ABM

Submitted by Admin on 24 January, 2019 - 15:06

Dear Colleagues,

RMT Secures 550 Jobs

I am pleased to announce that RMT have secured 550 cleaner jobs on ABM the chosen London Underground cleaning contract supplier.

This is an important victory in the fight for jobs and workplace justice for London Underground cleaners as the TFL contractors ABM were forced by a sustained campaign of union pressure to reinstate 550 posts into their headcount.

ABM plan to cut one in three tube cleaners - 1000 jobs

Submitted by Admin on 15 January, 2019 - 02:19

RMT warns of loss of 1000 cleaning jobs on London Underground and confirms lobby of Parliament

TUBE UNION RMT today warned of a thousand cleaning job losses on London Underground and announced that it will be lobbying Parliament on the 29th of January in support of decent jobs, on decent pay and conditions provided in house and with the cuts axe lifted from above the heads of the cleaning workforce.

In 2017 London Underground again outsourced Tube cleaning; this time on a five year contract to Global Corporation ABM.

National Industrial Organising Conference of Transport Cleaning Workers

The National Industrial Organising Conference of Transport Cleaning Workers conference takes place on the 11th of May 2019. If you would like further information please speak to you branch secretary for more information.

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National Industrial Organising Conference of Transport Cleaning Workers 2019

Our Ref: BR1/28/1

7th January 2019

Dear Colleague

National Industrial Organising Conference of Transport Cleaning Workers 2019

Join us on 29th of January at the Cleaners' Rally of Parliament

Submitted by Admin on 7 January, 2019 - 19:26

Solidarity with our Tube Cleaners

RMT Parliamentary rally and demonstration

TUESDAY 29th JANUARY 2019

London Underground cleaners have been invited to come to the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 29th January to meet with some MPs. The MPs want to hear from cleaners about their issues. The best people to talk to the MPs are the cleaners themselves.

RMT calls on London mayor to ensure cleaners wages are paid

Submitted by Admin on 7 November, 2018 - 11:14

Subject: NON-PAYMENT OF WAGES – PREMIER WORK SUPPORT (ABM CONTRACT)

That we note the completely unacceptable treatment of our cleaner members; getting paid on time for work done is one requirement that is sacrosanct to all our members, and we will not allow this non-payment of wages to continue or responsibility for this to be avoided by Premier Work Support or ABM via some paper-thin manoeuvre, where each blame the other and our members rights fall down between the two!

ABM threaten RMT over job massacre article

Submitted by Admin on 31 October, 2018 - 12:02

Subject: STAFFING LEVELS – ABM (LONDON UNDERGROUND CONTRACT)

Threats from ABM Regarding Alleged “Defamation”!

That we note a letter has been received from the Company, that while not directly refuting our position that ABM are seeking to reduce the workforce by almost a third, makes the direct threat “to take further action” against the union if we address this issue in a publication ever again!