(London Midland, East Coast mainline, London Underground), two Carlisle Cleaning contracts (Transpennine Express, London Dockland Light Railway), one Churchill contract (Newcastle Metro Tyne and Wear underground) and one Initial contract (London Underground). Since its actions are less detrimental as they do not affect transports, the IWGB, the other union organizing these workers, is doing like Australian and American unions, which target clients to get to the contractors. By Gregor Gall,...
Great Britain: unions are stepping up their campaigns to improve the wages and conditions of their members in contract cleaning by taking industrial action
Each dispute has been long running and marks a stepping up of the ante by the union. The strikes will be preceded by a national rally in London and followed by a mass lobby of Parliament and demonstration outside of the office of the regulator, Transport for London.
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