Tube cleaners win fight for London living wage
Wednesday 07 July 2010
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EmailTube union RMT said on Wednesday that it had secured a massive victory for low-paid workers as London Underground cleaners won their fight for the London living wage.
The union confirmed that all Tube cleaners will now be paid the wage of £7.85 per hour backdated to July 1.
RMT leader Bob Crow said: "This is a massive and historic victory for RMT and our London Underground cleaners and will come as a boost for other low-paid workers right across the city.
"It shows very clearly that, if you join a union, get organised and stand up and fight, then you can win major improvements to your rate of pay.
"For years we have mobilised the cleaners and mounted demonstrations - often in the teeth of the most outrageous intimidation - and today we see the culmination of that industrial and political pressure with this ground-breaking agreement on pay.
"It is a tribute to the solidarity, bravery and resilience of our members and their reps that they have stood firm and won this truly inspirational victory."
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