Preston, Lancashire. Geschäft in Großbritannien: 21. Januar 2022. Mitglieder der GMT Union ergreifen Strike Action. Avanti-Mitarbeiter demonstrieren vor dem Bahnhof Preston gegen magere Lohnerhöhungen. Reinigungskräfte, die Züge auf den Diensten der Avanti Westküste reinigen, werden an den atalian-Servest ausgelagert, der angeblich weniger als der Real Living-Lohn bezahlt und keine Krankenkalente des Unternehmens erhält. Quelle: MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews
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21. Januar 2022
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Preston, UK
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Press Release "Heroic train cleaners working to keep Avanti West Coast trains clean and safe for passengers will begin strike action tomorrow in pursuit of fair pay. The cleaners, who have worked throughout the pandemic to keep essential transport services running, are employed by Atalian Servest Limited, a multi-national outsourcing company based in France. Like many outsourced cleaners, they are paid £9.68 per hour, less than the Real Living Wage and have no company sick pay, meaning that they frequently come into work when sick because they cannot make ends meet. Atalian Servest have refused to make an offer that would raise pay above the Real Living Wage rate of £9.90, offering only an extra 2p per hour to cleaners outside London. According to RMT research, last year, Atalian Servest Ltd’s holding company paid a dividend to its French parent company of £10.8 million, a sum that would pay for more than 300 cleaners to get a pay rise to £11 an hour 12 times over and £15 an hour three times over. RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said, “The people who clean our railways are heroes who risk their lives and health every day to keep our essential services running but the way Atalian Servest is treating its workers on West Coast trains is an utter disgrace. “While the dividends keep flowing overseas, cleaners are expected to put up with poverty wages and live in fear of destitution if they get sick. It’s shameful that we’re driven to strike action to win such basic justice but if that’s what it takes, so be it. “Atalian Servest need to make these heroes a better offer and Avanti need to take responsibility because they are complicit in this gross exploitation.”
