Overwhelming majority of health workers say they want to vote for strike action
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Strike on the cards at Dorset hospitals in outsourcing dispute
Overwhelming majority of health workers say they want to vote for strike action
The article Strike on the cards at Dorset hospitals in outsourcing dispute first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Oxfam workers protest
Unite members at Oxfam have taken to the streets to protest today (3 June) outside their London, Manchester and Oxford offices against redundancy and outsourcing plans, and calling on the charity to “Practise what you preach” The outsourcing targets workers in the charity’s publishing team – which manages the production of globally respected research and […]
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No place for the profit-motive in the NHS
A letter published in today’s Swindon Advertiser. Andrew Milroy (Americans should stay away from the NHS) was certainly right about … MoreRead more…
Health workers in East Suffolk and North Essex launch strike appeal
More than 350 workers at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have launched three weeks of strikes to stop their jobs being outsourced
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Health workers in East Suffolk and North Essex launch strike appeal
More than 350 workers at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) have launched three weeks of strikes to stop their jobs being outsourced
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Colchester Hospital support staff vow to keep striking against outsourcing
Hundreds of cleaners, porters, housekeepers and other support staff will follow an August strike with a further five days in September, in bid to remain in-house
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Colchester Hospital support staff vow to keep striking against outsourcing
Hundreds of cleaners, porters, housekeepers and other support staff will follow an August strike with a further five days in September, in bid to remain in-house
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Why insourcing isn’t always a win
Health conference hears of situations where ‘insourcing’ actually means bringing a private company into the NHS to provide services
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Why insourcing isn’t always a win
Health conference hears of situations where ‘insourcing’ actually means bringing a private company into the NHS to provide services
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‘We risked our lives – it wasn’t easy’
Workers at Barts NHS Trust and outsourcing company Synergy have taken strike action this week in protest at the failure to pay them the £1655 lump-sum payment NHS workers were offered for working during the pandemic. In the film below, we hear from the striking Unite members – mainly low-paid domestic and catering workers — who […]
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Avoid outsourcing services unless there’s a clear public benefit, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says essential public services should be run for the public, not for profit
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Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home
Staff at two Liverpool hospital sites who work as cleaners, porters, caterers and in other domestic services will be transferred in-house on 1 April
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Parking attendants set to strike
There’s a real chance of free parking for car drivers in West London happening this month, as Unite parking attendant members give their full and unanimous support to industrial action.
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OCS workers secure major victory after 26 days of strike action
The outsourced workers have won a pay rise of over 14%, an extra week’s leave and the same sick pay as their directly-employed NHS colleagues
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UNISON wins insourcing of Serco staff in five London hospitals
Christina McAnea praises the ‘welcome move’ that means nearly 2,000 facilities management staff will return to Agenda for Change conditions
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University of Cambridge in outsourcing row
The University of Cambridge, one of the wealthiest and most illustrious institutions in the country, has been accused of ‘salami slicing’ over its plans to outsource up to 50 maintenance and estates’…Read more…
Outsourcing in disguise
Unite rep and delegate Gary Cummins spoke out on Sunday (September 26) against local government outsourcing to the private sector and warned that Labour must be vigilant against outsourcing in…Read more…
Dudley Hospital Covid risk shame
Unite is warning because of systematic failures by outsourcing giant Mitie, which holds the facility management contract for the NHS Dudley Hospital Trust, staff and patients could be exposed to…Read more…
Unions hold last-ditch talks to avert Cumberland Infirmary strike
Mitie, the hospital trust and Health Management Carlisle are squabbling over who is responsible for paying 150 workers unsocial hours payments that have been missed for a decade
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