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
privatisation
Privatisation and outsourcing have failed the public and workers
Campaign group We Own It wants people to invite their MP to join the toast on Friday, to build support for a proper, public track and trace system
Striking drug and alcohol rehabilitation workers in Wigan and Leigh in dispute over failed pay promises and staff shortages, halt campaign because of coronavirus
UNISON campaigning sees Middlesbrough council drop privatisation plan
Workers should stay within NHS, survey shows
Members working in the English NHS across the country have been fighting attempts by health trusts to transfer them to wholly owned subsidiaries
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Facilities staff at Wexham Park and Heatherwood hospitals in Berkshire, and at Frimley Park in Surrey have announced dates for strike action, in an escalation of their campaign to stay in the NHS. Their employer Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) plans to privatise up to 1,000 NHS cleaners, caterers, porters, security and estates staff […]
It’s time to draw a line under a system that continually wastes time and money
Privatisation demeans, damages and destroys. Privatisation was never a necessity, nor will it ever be. The toxic mix of privatisation and austerity was a political choice, but there is an alternative to this wanton profiteering.
Privatisation failed in the 80s, again in the 90s and it’s still failing today
Picket lines mark the start of seven days of action against plans to transfer members to a wholly owned subsidiary private company
Grayling’s botched reforms have finally been abandoned
Time to return services to public control
Responding to the transfer of more than 700 staff at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Trust to a new private arm’s-length company this week