Eleventh hour agreement to discuss alternative options
Eleventh hour agreement to discuss alternative options
“While there now is a requirement for trusts to report any plans for subsidiary companies, the guidance fails to ensure such plans are truly […]
Wholly owned by public bodies like the NHS, these subcos serve to take staff and services out of the public sector to save money. As a result, they’re an attack on the terms […]
Two months of industrial action and campaigning shows why we need to go for growth, executive hears
That defies logic, common sense and fair play – and it proves that all too often, a subco is a way of imposing lower pay on already […]
The union members said ‘No’ to a new pay offer from a wholly-owned subsidiary of their NHS trust called […]
Strike by ‘subco’ staff will start on 11 October
UNISON warns that outsourcing hospital staff will create two-tier workforce as trust starts a month of consultations
UNISON members have won the battle to keep their NHS jobs, after threats to transfer workers to a wholly owned subsidiary were made in April 2019
July might have meant the start of the summer holidays proper, but UNISON and our members are still on the case
“Saving money has been the sole motive for outsourcing jobs to private companies. Cash-strapped trusts have seen it as an opportunity for solving their financial woes. “But they […]
Industrial action vote follows offer of 2% – well below Agenda for Change agreement – for workers transferred to NHS subco
Staff including porters and cleaners employed by healthcare facilities firm OCS paid less than NHS colleagues
There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work
Wholly-owned subsidiary pays staff less than directly-employed workers after failing to implement NHS pay rise