Over 500 Low-Wage NHS Workers Win £10 Million Contract Deal After Strike Threat

Over 500 low-wage NHS workers win £10 million contract deal after strike threat

Over 500 low-wage NHS workers have won a massive £10m deal after unionising and threatening industrial action. Their union, United Voices of the World (UVW), saw an incredible 98% vote in favour of a strike, forcing the employers at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier (GESH) hospitals to back down. NHS workers for the win The victorious workers consist of cleaners, caterers, porters and patient transport operatives. They were brought in-house for t…

St Helier Hospital workers secure ‘fair pay’ deal following strike threat

Hundreds of the lowest-paid workers at St Helier and Epsom hospitals have won a major victory after exposing what they called ‘Mickey Mouse contracts’ that left them earning less than colleagues doing the same jobs. The hospital trust has now agreed to increase pay and conditions for more than 330 cleaners, porters and caterers after they voted to strike earlier this year. The Trust, which also includes St George’s Hospital, agreed to increase p…

Hundreds of lowest paid workers at St Helier and Epsom Hospitals win major deal

Hundreds of the lowest-paid workers at St Helier and Epsom hospitals have won a major victory after exposing what they called ‘Mickey Mouse contracts’ that left them earning less than colleagues doing the same jobs.

Employer News:Over 500 St Helier and Epsom Hospital staff win £10 million NHS contract deal

Over 500 hundred UVW members force St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospital Group (GESH) to provide full NHS terms and conditions worth nearly £10 million.    Cleaners, caterers and porters were brought in-house four years ago as NHS employees but denied NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) contracts, losing millions in pay, sick leave and other entitlements over the years. A strike ballot that saw 98% […] The post Over 500 St Helier and Epsom Hospital …