Eurostar station cleaners fighting massive job cuts to almost a third of their workforce held a “rock-solid and determined” 24-hour walkout yesterday.

The cleaners at St Pancras station in London downed tools at 5am as part of their action against facilities company Interserve, which imposed massive 30 per cent cuts to the workforce after it won the St Pancras-Eurostar cleaning contract from Network Rail.

Rail union RMT says cleaners are also sick of a workplace culture of aggression and bullying from bosses who expect the same standards of work and output but with a third less staff.

RMT is calling for an agreement on staffing levels at St Pancras, a fair and reasonable workload and for the workforce to be treated with dignity and respect.

Acting general secretary Mick Cash said: “On the concourse at St Pancras a glass of wine at the Champagne Bar can cost up to £30, with a bottle ranging anything up to a grand and yet the people who clean up the mess left behind are subjected to threats of job cuts, a culture of bullying and intimidation and working conditions that are simply disgusting.”