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Tag Archives: Helen O’Connor
Trust to spend thousands on taxis to break ambulance strike
A south London NHS hospital trust is set to spend tens of thousands of pounds on Ubers and other private hire transport as they attempt to break a strike by union members, according to the GMB. Members of the union … Continue reading
Posted in Health, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Ambulance, Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, GMB, Helen O'Connor, St Helier Hospital
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Cleaners and porters preparing to protest at Croydon hospital
More than 100 workers will stage a demo outside Mayday Hospital tomorrow to protest against the transfer of their employment from one multi-national to another. Members of GMB union will be protesting the transfer of their jobs from G4S to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon University Hospital, G4S, GMB, Helen O'Connor, ISS, Mayday Hospital, Outsourcing
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Cleaners and porters call off Mayday strike after G4S pay offer
A two-day strike of porters and cleaners working at Croydon’s biggest hospital which was due to begin today has been suspended following an 11th-hour pay offer from the NHS’s outsource contractors, G4S. The GMB union representing many of the ancillary … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon, Croydon University Hospital, G4S, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Mayday Hospital
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Croydon hospital cleaners and porters to stage 48-hour strike
Cleaners and porters employed by outsourcing giant G4S at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital are to stage a 48-hour walkout from midnight on Sunday. The members of the GMB union are demanding the same pay and conditions as staff employed by the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon NHS Trust, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon University Hospital, G4S, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Mayday Hospital
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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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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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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
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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Mayday doctors give backing to porters in covid pay dispute
Doctors at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital have pledged their support to porters’ and cleaners’ fight for covid sick pay. The doctors – who represent the British Medical Association on the local negotiating committee – are backing a GMB protest to be … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon NHS Trust, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Mayday Hospital
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Hospital porters and cleaners say G4S is ‘lying’ over covid pay
The GMB trades union is warning private contractor G4S that denying full sick pay to cleaners, porters at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital may result in strike action. The union has also accused G4S of lying over the simmering dispute over terms … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, GMB, Helen O'Connor, Mayday Hospital
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