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Striking rail cleaners swept in to occupy the Swindon headquarters of train company First Great Western (FGW) in a dramatic protest over poverty wages yesterday.
Over 50 noisy protesters peacefully entered the building in Swindon to deliver a letter to FGW managing director Mark Hopwood.
The cleaners, who are employed by subcontract giant Mitie, travelled in from London, Bristol and Swansea.
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY