During the last two years the call for an amnesty for illegal immigation has become wide spread. Who are those calling for such an amnesty? Surprisingly many are party leaders and others political leaders seeking the UK to adopt similar policies to France, Italy, Greece and Spain.

SEMINAR FOR RMT REPS & ACTIVISTS
Tuesday 23rd September
15.30 – 18.00 Boardroom, Unity House

RMT’s battle to achieve acceptable pay and conditions for cleaners has highlighted difficult issues of immigration law. The bosses are using these extreme reactionary laws to exploit workers. In some cases they claim workers have no employment rights - even after years of work.

Tube cleaners have recently secured better wages. RMT cleaners are also fighting back elsewhere in the railway industry, and we ask for your help in supporting those who clean Eurostar. Please read the appeal from the union's Euro Passenger Services branch secretary below, and take a few minutes to send off the email that he suggests.

We are holding a picket and demonstration this Friday 29th August at the Oval cricket ground

Following from the very succesful strike action on Monday we are carrying out another action this week. OCS are one of the major corporate sponsors of the Oval Cricket ground and have a stand named after them. It just so happens that this is the stand where all the major wining and dining of the corporate clients from the business world goes on.

RMT press release, issued today

A 48-HOUR strike by more than 700 RMT members working for four cleaning subcontractors on London Underground scheduled to begin at 05:30 tomorrow morning has been suspended after a breakthrough in talks that will deliver the London living wage to all Tube cleaners.

After days of intensive talks at conciliation service ACAS, workers on Tubelines contracts will receive an initial 60p an hour increase from September 1, and will receive a further £1.30 hourly increase from April 1 2009.

RMT press release, issued today

OVER 700 RMT members working for four cleaning subcontractors on London Underground are to strike for a third time in their campaign to win the London living wage.

Workers at ISS, ITS, ICS and GBM, who despite statements from London Mayor Boris Johnson are still paid nearly £2 an hour below the LLW of £7.45, will not book on for shifts that commence between 05:30 on Thursday August 21 and 05:29 on Saturday August 23.

Wednesday 13 August. Meet 11.30am, London Bridge to catch train to Maze Hill, Greenwich. To demonstrate outside ISS cleaning company head offices.

Just found out that several cleaners have been summonded tomorrow to present their national insurance numbers, part of their move to dismiss cleaners who took part in the strike and intimidate others as the next strike approaches. We don't expect or advise cleaning members to come, but we want to be there instead!

Please come and support the demonstration.

Stations reps - please help publicise this meeting by printing the attached leaflet and giving it to cleaners at your station.

RMT – Supporting Cleaners, Condemning Cleaning Companies

NI .... Immigration Issues .... Sexual Harassment Bullying ... Increase in work ... Disciplinaries ... Disgraceful eating & changing accomodation

Do Not Suffer in Silence - Come to the Cleaners Meeting

RMT press release, issued today

Leaving Tubelines and ITS cleaners on poverty pay ‘not tenable’, says union

ALL TUBE cleaners should be paid the London living wage, the Underground's biggest union said today after the mayor of London appeared to backtrack on his pledge yesterday that all cleaners on Metronet contracts would be paid at least £7.45 an hour by next month.