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Tag Archives: GMB
Hospital’s domestic staff claim ‘racist’ treatment over pay rises
GMB union members working at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital are demanding equal pay for equal work and an end to outsourcing which they see as “an institutionally racist practice”. The union members are being balloted over strike action. Cleaners, caterers and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon, Croydon University Hospital, G4S, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Mayday Hospital, NHS
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Housing service job cuts ‘could cost lives’ warns GMB union
Officials at one of the largest trades unions at Croydon Council accuse the authority of putting people’s lives at risk with a “restructuring” – meaning job cuts – in their housing and homelessness department. The GMB says that job cuts … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Council’s striking homelessness staff take their fight to Gove
Senior officials have been accused of deliberately sending in false data on homelessness, potentially costing Croydon as much as £3m per year. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Council staff working in Croydon’s housing and homelessness department have today … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Housing, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Susmita Sen, Tony McArdle
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Levelling Up, DLUHC, GMB, Homelessness, Housing, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Rachael Baylis, Susmita Sen, Tory
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GMB suspends hospital strike action after 17% pay offer
Strike action this week by cleaners, caterers and other ancillary staff at a south London hospital has been suspended after they were offered a 17per cent pay rise by their outsourcing employers. GMB members employed by ISS at SLaM, the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health
Tagged GMB, Helen O'Connor, SLaM, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
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Hospital ancillary staff to continue strikes after ‘partial victory’
The GMB union, which represents cleaners, caterers and ancillary staff at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, says it is about to “escalate” its industrial action after what it describes as a “partial victory” on pay. The dispute will … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health
Tagged Beckenham, Bethlem Royal Hospital, GMB, Helen O'Connor, SLaM, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
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Housing staff start strike action over latest council job cuts
One of the biggest trades unions representing staff working in the borough has warned Croydon Council that it risks making a bad situation worse if it goes ahead with plans to impose widespread job cuts in its already stretched housing … Continue reading
Hospital workers to march on Downing Street for better terms
Cleaners and caterers across South London and Maudsley NHS Trust are taking a week of strike action as they escalate their dispute. The workers, members of the GMB trades union and employees of ISS, are also planning to march on … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Bethlem Royal Hospital, GMB, ISS, SLaM, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust
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Council accused of ‘botched’ consultation over housing cuts
Croydon Council managers have been accused of carrying out a “botched” restructure of its housing and homelessness team, where at least 26 jobs are to be axed. Not for the first time, the council is said to have failed to … Continue reading
Union claims success as school governors drop academy plan
Staff at a Croydon special school are claiming a victory after the board of governors dropped its plans for academisation. Red Gates School in South Croydon, which specialises in educating children with severe learning disabilities, received a Good/Outstanding Ofsted rating … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Red Gates School, Schools
Tagged GMB, Red Gates School, South Croydon
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Council’s payroll staff vote to strike over redundancy plans
Chief exec accused of ignoring ‘serious whistleblowing complaint’, as one-quarter of staff in one council section are facing losing their jobs – and all those to be made redundant are BAME women Members of the GMB union working in the … Continue reading
Council facing strike in payroll over discrimination claims
One-quarter of staff in one council section are facing losing their jobs – and all those being made redundant are BAME women Union members in Croydon Council’s payroll department at Fisher’s Folly are being balloted over strike action in response … Continue reading
‘Restructuring’ has housing workers facing £3,000 pay cut
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the latest shocking cost-cutting measures being imposed on council staff Croydon Council could be heading for a series of strikes later this year, after senior managers at Fisher’s Folly moved to cut some … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Susmita Sen
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, GMB, Housing, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Neighbourhood Safety Officers, Tory, Unison, Unite the Union
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Kenley Primary support staff in strike ballot over backpay
Support staff at Kenley Primary School are being balloted by their trades union over possible strike action. The dispute is over changes to the staff’s terms and conditions, which has created issues over unpaid backpay, and which the GMB union … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kenley, Kenley Primary, Schools
Tagged Collegiate Trust, GMB, Kenley, Kenley Primary School, Rachael Baylis
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‘Stand up for the people and get fair funding for Croydon’
Hear the impassioned speech made at the Town Hall budget meeting on Wednesday night by union official RACHAEL BAYLIS on behalf of the 25,000 people who have already signed the petition
‘Save Our Services’ call as unions join Council Tax protest
The Croydon Trades Council has joined the campaign to stop Mayor Jason Perry’s 15per cent Council Tax hike, and is encouraging council workers and members of all trades unions in the borough to attend tomorrow night’s protest outside the Town … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Croydon TUC, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, ASLEF, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon Trades Council, Croydon TUC, CWU, FBU, GMB, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rachael Baylis, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Unison, Unite the Union
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NHS issues advice for ambulance and nurses’ strike days
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health
Tagged Croydon NHS, GMB, NHS, Royal College of Nursing
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Local Labour out of step as Streeting calls for outsourcing
Labour councillors in Croydon joined a union-organised march calling for Mayday Hospital’s ancillary jobs – porters, cleaners and food staff – to be brought back in-house and taken out of the hands of private outsourcing giant G4S, just as Keir … Continue reading
GMB Rally Against NHS Privatisation, Croydon UH, Dec 10
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon University Hospital, GMB, Mayday Hospital
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Local government unions secure 10.5% wage deal for workers
Jason Perry, Croydon’s part-time Mayor, has another budget pressure to deal with, as the cost-of-living crisis created by the mismanagement of the economy by his chums in the Conservative government has seen the biggest pay rise in more than a … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Croydon Council, GMB, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Short, Unison, Unite, Unite the Union
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Exec pay outstrips workers’ salaries by more than 100 times
A report published today shows that levels of chief executive pay are now 109 times that of the median full-time worker in Britain. Research by the High Pay Centre has found that the pay of the CEOs of Britain’s biggest … Continue reading
Hospital strike called off after G4S offers 24% pay rise
Some of the lowest-paid workers at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital are today claiming victory – and a 24per cent pay increase – after a six-month-long battle with outsoucing giants G4S. And they didn’t even have to resort to strike action. Cleaners … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health
Tagged Croydon University Hospital, G4S, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Mayday Hospital
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Union issues warning to G4S: Stop bullying hospital staff!
One of the largest trades unions representing staff at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital has accused outsourcing giant G4S of trying to bully its members out of taking strike action. Efforts to intimidate hospital porters and cleaners, including some of the lowest-paid … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged G4S, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Mayday Hospital
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Hospital ancillary staff in strike ballot over G4S covid pay
Porters and cleaners at Mayday Hospital are to be balloted by their union, the GMB, over whether to take strike action over pay rates and access to sick pay. The workers, who are employed by outsourcing giants G4S, voted overwhelmingly … Continue reading
Union wins settlement for hospital cleaners and porters
The GMB trades union, which is in dispute with the employers of porters and cleaners at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital over covid sick pay, has suspended a protest on similar issues at nearby St George’s Hospital in Tooting after management there … Continue reading
Mayday cleaners and porters look to strike over covid sick pay
Cleaners and porters working at Mayday Hospital are being balloted by the union for strike action in their battle with their employers, outsourcing giant G4S, over the refusal to pay sick pay when staff get covid or have to self-isolate … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon University Hospital, G4S, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Mayday Hospital
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