5 June 2024
RMT Press Office:
Super-exploited workers at Northern Rail will take strike action this Saturday June 8 over poor pay and dreadful working conditions.
There will be picket lines at Manchester Victoria station (all entrances) from 0900 hrs and at Wigan Wallgate station from 0900 hrs.
RMT members who are employed by Carlisle Support Services work at Northern Rail gate lines but are paid less than directly employed staff and cannot enter the company pension scheme or receive sick pay from their employer. The contractor also does not recognise RMT for the purposes of collective bargaining.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that members are the first to interact with the travelling public and if there was any abuse anti-social behaviour or assaults, they are on the receiving end.
"All these workers want is to be treated equally and get the same pay and conditions as their colleagues in Northern Rail.
"RMT will continue our industrial campaign for as long as it takes to get justice for our members," he said.
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