After rejecting a pay offer that falls well below the union's demand for £15/hour (and included a load of "productivity" strings to boot), cleaners on TransPennine Express have voted by a 90% majority to strike.
The workers are employed by the contractor Bidvest Noonan, and also struck in 2024 and 2023 in pursuit of their pay demands.
With nationalisation, or at least a form of it, looming, RMT has an opportunity to mobilise outsourced worker members to demand both improved terms and conditions, and direct employment.
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