Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Cat Smith (Labour), on Thursday, 29 June 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 17 members in total.

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Working conditions of rail workers employed by Carlisle Support Services

That this House pays tribute to the important public-facing work of outsourced Revenue and Gateline staff employed by Carlisle Support Services on Northern Trains stations; notes with concern that these staff are enduring a rising tide of passenger violence, including cases of serious assault; is dismayed that these keyworkers are employed on exploitative annualised hours contracts that guarantee them only a small proportion of their rostered hours, leaving them in perpetual fear of losing hours of work if they raise issues in their workplace; is shocked to learn that despite working alongside Gateline staff directly employed by Northern Trains Ltd, Carlisle Support Services staff have vastly inferior contracts, pay rates and conditions; believes that Carlisle Support Services workers should have proper employment contracts that reflect their normal rostered hours as well as sick pay and travel facilities equivalent to Northern Trains staff; calls on Carlisle to negotiate improved pay and conditions with the RMT without delay and further calls on Northern Trains to bring these workers in-house when the contract ends and employ them directly..

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1399 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Ian Mearns

Grahame Morris

Kate Hollern

Charlotte Nichols

Mick Whitley

Subjects

Conditions of employment Railways Staff Northern Carlisle Support Services

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk