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Staff including porters and cleaners employed by healthcare facilities firm OCS paid less than NHS colleagues

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

“Splitting workers within the same Trust between different employers makes no sense and adds further complications to […]

UNISON represents the majority of the workers who had planned to go on strike. Media contacts: Kieran Pearson M: 07432 741595 E […]

UNISON to present its case to trust for services to remain in-house

indefinite strike planned from 26 August if there is no resolution to outsourcing dispute

July might have meant the start of the summer holidays proper, but UNISON and our members are still on the case

Picket lines mark the start of seven days of action against plans to transfer members to a wholly owned subsidiary private company

“While there now is a requirement for trusts to report any plans for subsidiary companies, the guidance fails to ensure such plans are truly transparent and made public from the […]

A two-day strike by hospital workers in Bolton, Lancashire, scored a clear victory for members who were being denied the Agenda for […]

As a result, they’re an attack on the terms and conditions of public service workers. UNISON’s fight against subcos has already been a success. Powerful strike action in Wigan […]

Mr Prentis also made a point of name checking the long-running strike action by Birmingham care workers against their Labour council’s plans to cut their hours and pay. Then there is the strike by […]

There’s no good reason to pay staff a pound less than others doing the same job, just because they’re employed by a subco. UNISON will stand with these striking workers – and others fighting unfair subcos – every step of the way as they fight for the wages they deserve.

‘I’ve never had to go on strike before, but we’re all standing together and I’m not scared’ – hospital domestic Andrea Lea

“Bolton’s hospital workers are only asking for the same that has been agreed nationally for staff doing the same jobs […]