OUTSOURCED Merseyrail cleaners voted to accept a new pay offer today, bringing a successful end to their dispute.

Cleaners employed by private firm Churchill secured a 6 per cent pay rise backdated to April 2023 and a further 5 per cent from April 2024, their union RMT announced. 

Workers will also get improved sick pay and an uplift to a £15 minimum hourly rate from April 2025.

The deal was made after the workers threatened a two-day strike.

RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said: “They have won better pay, better conditions, and the respect they deserve.

“But this win should not have taken strike action to settle as cleaners working on Merseyrail should not be outsourced in the first place.

“Merseyrail needs to be brought back into full public ownership, and that means bringing cleaning staff back in-house where they belong.

“As long as profiteering contractors like Churchill are involved, workers will always be fighting uphill.”