They’re a threat to jobs and terms and conditions. They’re a slippery slope towards backdoor privatisation. That’s why this strike action - which has so much support amongst staff and the local […]
Trust announced that it has scrapped plans to create a wholly-owned subsidiary after angry response at staff meetings
Wholly-owned subsidiary pays staff less than directly-employed workers after failing to implement NHS pay rise
Voting papers dispatched today in vote over action on pay parity
The letter warned that privatisation does not work in the interest of patients or staff, and cited the recent collapse of Carillion […]
But as the general secretary wrote in his blog: “We will never stop fighting for better funding, better management and better pay for all our public services.” […]
UNISON warns that outsourcing hospital staff will create two-tier workforce as trust starts a month of consultations
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys trust becomes latest to abandon plans to transfer staff to private wholly owned subsidiary company
The government has made £800m available to fund the agreed Agenda for Change pay rise in England, and trusts can apply to use this money to fund pay rises for staff in their […]
This whole policy has been a damaging distraction. Valuable resources that could have gone on improving care have been wasted.
Last week, the regulator NHS Improvement told NHS trusts in England to stop setting up wholly owned subsidiaries until further guidance is issued. In a ballot of UNISON […]
Outsourced ‘subco’ workers reject latest pay offer as still below NHS pay
‘I’ve never had to go on strike before, but we’re all standing together and I’m not scared’ – hospital domestic Andrea Lea
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
Two months of industrial action and campaigning shows why we need to go for growth, executive hears
