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Cleaners, porters, store operatives and food service assistants will head to the picket lines on Monday following a row over workplace conditions and low wages, accusing Guys and St Thomas's Trust of failing to address the complaints.
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Cleaners → head → complaints
Staff have a number of long-running complaints that the trust’s management have failed to address, the union claims.
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union → have → that
This includes accusations of racist and bullying behaviour by facilities management, as well as issues over bank contracts, hours, a failure to provide safety equipment for security staff and adequate welfare facilities such as showers or changing rooms.
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This → include → showers
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust say negotiations are currently ongoing, adding that pay levels are not set by the Trust but by the wider NHS.
Strike action will take place between Monday, October 19 and Wednesday October 21.
Further strikes are planned for the Autumn if management do not return to the negotiating table, Unite says.
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Unite → say → table
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "Guys and St Thomas's is one of the country's biggest NHS trusts but is treating its staff with utter disdain.
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Guys → say → disdain
They cannot survive living in London on poverty-level wages.
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They → survive → wages
"Our members are the backbone of the hospital - keeping it clean, feeding patients and staff or keeping the public safe - but they are paid barely above the minimum wage.
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they → keep → wage
This cannot continue and they have the full support of their union in this dispute."
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they → continue → dispute
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And workers have pledged to strike again in the New Year if their concerns are not addressed.
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concerns → read → Year
Here’s a breakdown of the scheduled strike action:
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breakdown → ’ → action
Unite lead health officer for London, Tabusam Ahmed, said: "It is heartbreaking to hear the struggles of these workers in their work places including having to put up with bullying and disrespect.
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It → say → bullying
“Alongside multiple other failures of management, our members have been left with no option but to take strike action.
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members → leave → action
The trust has the power to resolve our pay dispute and work with Unite to build a culture of dignity and respect.
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trust → have → dignity
“This dispute will inevitably have a huge impact on service delivery across the trust, but this is entirely of the trust’s own making."
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this → have → making
A spokesperson for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust said: “It is unfortunate that Unite has called these strikes in the middle of ongoing negotiations.
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Unite → say → negotiations
“We would urge them to call off this action so we can continue making progress on a fair deal for our highly valued staff.”
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we → urge → staff
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