RMT members start rolling strike action at Chubb Security, Eurostar
RMT European Passenger Services Branch (EPS): September 9, 2005
RMT has called a further series of rolling strikes by security guards employed on Chubb Security's Eurostar contract as part of the union's campaign against low rates of pay, as demanded by the strikers at a mass meeting on Friday 26 August.
RMT members picket Chubb Security's Eurostar terminal at Waterloo on Saturday 27 August
Our Chubb members held two 3.5 hour strikes at Eurostar terminals at Ashford and Waterloo International stations on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th August.
RMT strikers at mass picket outside Waterloo International Terminal
The strikes were rock solid with all of our members walking off the job at both sites at the appointed times.
RMT picket lines were well supported and enthusiastic
The picket lines were fully supported by all striking members and supporters. Our members were replaced by scabs lodged in hotels and bussed in by Chubb and for the strikes.
RMT strikers are determined to win decent rates of pay
A mass meeting was held on Friday at Waterloo and the strikers expressed their determination to win a better pay deal for the stressful high intensity work that they perform screening passengers and baggage for the Eurostar service.
The meeting agreed to call on the RMT Council of Executives to announce a programme of rolling strikes to intensify pressure on Chubb and Eurostar to fund a new pay deal.
-- Notes --
Security guards at Waterloo International terminal will strike from 08:30 to 10:30 and 17:45 to 19:45 on, Friday September 9 and on Saturday September 10, and from 06:45 to 08:45 and 18:15 to 20:15 on Sunday September 11.
Their colleagues at Ashford International will strike from 05:30 to 08:00 and 16:30 to 18:00 on Friday and Saturday, and from 08:00 to 10:30 and 16:30 to 18:00 on Sunday.
At North Pole International action will be between 20:00 and 24:000 on all three days.
Further strike action has been announced for the weekend of September 16-18 as follows:
Waterloo International: Friday September 16, 08:30 to 10:30 and 17:45 to 19:45; Saturday September 17, 08:30 to 10:30 and 17:15 to 19:15; Sunday September 18, 06:45 to 08:45 and 18:15 to 20:15
Ashford International:� Friday September 16: �05:30 to 08:00 and 16:30 to 18:00; Saturday September 17, 05:30 to 08:00, and 16:30 to 18:00; Sunday September 18, 08:00 to 10:30 and 16:30 to 18:00
North Pole International: from 20:00 to 24:00 on September 16, 17 and 18.