Tag Archives: Helen O’Connor

Local Labour out of step as Streeting calls for outsourcing

Posted on December 12, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Hospital strike called off after G4S offers 24% pay rise

Posted on March 31, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Union issues warning to G4S: Stop bullying hospital staff!

Posted on March 24, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Hospital ancillary staff in strike ballot over G4S covid pay

Posted on February 22, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Union wins settlement for hospital cleaners and porters

Posted on February 20, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Mayday cleaners and porters look to strike over covid sick pay

Posted on February 8, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Mayday doctors give backing to porters in covid pay dispute

Posted on January 27, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Hospital porters and cleaners say G4S is ‘lying’ over covid pay

Posted on January 26, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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