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Unite delegate and executive council (EC) member Suzanne Abachor spoke passionately in support of a composite calling for insourcing of the public sector. Suzanne, who herself is an outsourced worker, made her powerful intervention on the third day of TUC Congress on Tuesday (September 15). Suzanne spoke of her experience as an outsourced worker, who […]
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Time for ministers to make good on insourcing promise
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Time for ministers to make good on insourcing promise
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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.
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.
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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A letter published in today’s Swindon Advertiser. Andrew Milroy (Americans should stay away from the NHS) was certainly right about … MoreRead more…
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
The article Health workers in East Suffolk and North Essex launch strike appeal first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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
The article Health workers in East Suffolk and North Essex launch strike appeal first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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
The article Colchester Hospital support staff vow to keep striking against outsourcing first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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
The article Colchester Hospital support staff vow to keep striking against outsourcing first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Health conference hears of situations where ‘insourcing’ actually means bringing a private company into the NHS to provide services
The article Why insourcing isn’t always a win first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Health conference hears of situations where ‘insourcing’ actually means bringing a private company into the NHS to provide services
The article Why insourcing isn’t always a win first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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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Christina McAnea says essential public services should be run for the public, not for profit
The article Avoid outsourcing services unless there’s a clear public benefit, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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
The article Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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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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
The article OCS workers secure major victory after 26 days of strike action first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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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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…