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Campus operations staff at Queen Margaret University chalk up win in campaign against outsourcing threat

University workers vote 2-1 for strike action, but ballot does not meet the threshold for legal strike action

Dispute over outsourcing risk at Queen Margaret University sees 100% vote for action in 75% turn-out

Shadow education secretary sends message to UNISON members voting in ballot on pay

The 31 drug and alcohol support workers in Wigan and Leigh were previously employed by the NHS, but the service, which is commissioned by […]

It also says that workers transferred to it will keep NHS pay, including future pay rises, terms and conditions, such as […]

Hospital cleaners, caterers, porters, receptionists and security workers are among almost 300 employees affected. Most of the outsourced Compass staff involved are only […]

Noisy, colourful and good humoured pickets call for fair pay

UNISON has issued official strike notifications covering workers at St Helens and Knowsley teaching hospitals, Blackpool teaching hospitals and Liverpool heart and […]

Ballot will start in autumn following rejection of employers’ final pay offer

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

Of those new members, nearly 2,500 are young members. Woohoo! But the story of the month wasn’t only about growing – it provided loads of […]

- In July 2018, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust reversed plans to transfer 900 workers to NHS subsidiary firm WWL Solutions. This followed a long-running campaign and dispute led by […]

Outsourced Doncaster and Bassetlaw hospital members plan 11 days of strikes in May to win health service pay rise

The company has cut care support workers’ top-up payments pay for sleep-in shifts. This is costing some staff as much as £2,000 a year […]