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Railway cleaners to launch first national strike
RMT Assistant General Secretary Eddie Dempsey, speaking at a protest outside the Transport Department (DfT), London, calling for fair pay for rail cleaners. Picture date: Wednesday December 7, 2022.

RAILWAY cleaners are to launch their first national strike on Friday as they push for £15 an hour and better conditions.

Transport union RMT members at private contractors cleaning trains for several rail operators will be involved in the industrial action.

And ISS cleaners on London’s Dockland Light Railway will walkout today and tomorrow over pay, rosters and working conditions.

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