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OUTSOURCED cleaners at Scotland’s two biggest railway stations have been commended by MSPs in their fight for a living wage.
Cleaners employed by Mitie at Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley are calling for bosses to pay them the real living wage of £9 an hour.
Now Labour MSP Elaine Smith, who chairs rail union RMT’s parliamentary group at Holyrood, has tabled a motion in support of the cleaners.
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY