Preston, Lancashire. UK Business: 21 Jan 2022. RMT Union members take Strike Action. Avanti employees demonstrate against meagre wage increases outside Preston Railway station. Cleaners who clean trains on Avanti West Coast services are outsourced to Atalian Servest, who it is alleged pay less than the Real Living Wage and get no company sick pay. Atalian Servest employ more than 300 cleaners on Avanti West Coast services. Credit ; MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews
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Railways union RMT says that outsourced employees of Atalian Servest are paid below the real living wage and have no company sick pay, resulting in cleaners ‘frequently’ working when unwell. It also claims that the company’s latest offer in negotiations amounted to an ‘insulting’ additional 6p per hour for most staff. General secretary Mick Lynch said: “Our cleaner members on Avanti West Coast trains have been left with no choice but to take further strike action. “Previous strike action in January was solidly supported across both days. “We have now called two 48-hour strikes to remind privateer Atalian Servest that this issue is not going away and their latest paltry offer was an insult to our members.