18 July 2025
RMT Press Office:
London to Essex train company c2c will come into public hands on Sunday but outsourced cleaners, will remain with a private contractor, RMT has said.
The union fully supports Labour's plan to create Great British Railways and to unite track and train under a single publicly owned body, benefiting railway workers and passengers alike.
However, cleaners working for Bidvest Noonan on c2c trains and stations, will not enjoy the same benefits of public ownership as their colleagues directly employed by the train company.
During the 2024 election campaign, Labour pledged to undertake the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation which would benefit thousands of RMT members.
RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said:
"It is great to see c2c being taken into public ownership in an important step along the road to Great British Railways.
"However, the injustice of outsourcing must end so all railway workers can reap the benefits of public ownership and greedy private contractors can no longer extract obscene profits from the industry.
"Our members working for Bidvest Noonan deserve decent pay and the same terms and conditions as their colleagues and we will fight tooth and nail to achieve it.
"Labour is doing the right thing bringing track and train into public ownership but it must keep its promise to insource thousands of workers on the railway and in the wider economy too."
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