Nearly 700 porters, cleaners, and facilities staff at Barts NHS Trust, the largest NHS Trust in England, have won their dispute over a £1,600 Covid lump-sum payment. These workers, members of @unitetheunion, who were previously outsourced, engaged in extensive strike action to secure the payment. Additionally, hundreds of healthcare assistants across Teeside, members of Unison, have won a substantial pay rise and five years of back pay after a year-long dispute. These assistants had been working above their pay bands without appropriate remuneration, leading to extensive strike action.
Hundreds of healthcare assistants are to receive a wage rise and back pay in a resolution to a year-long dispute. https://t.co/oXGsuqWKJM
Healthcare staff settle year-long pay dispute https://t.co/5zmiDUZ2mz
BREAKING: Hundreds of healthcare assistants across Teeside, members of @unisontheunion, have won a substantial pay rise and 5 years of backpay following extensive strike action. The workers were previously working above their pay bands without any remuneration for it.
NEW: Around 700 porters, cleaners and facilities staff at the largest NHS Trust in England, members of @unitetheunion, have won their dispute over a £1,600 lump-sum payment that they were previously denied. The long-running dispute saw months of strike action at Barts NHS Trust.
NEW: Following extensive strike action, nearly 700 porters, cleaners and facilities staff at Barts NHS trust in East London have won their dispute over a £1,600 Covid lump-sum payment that they were initially denied as previously outsourced workers.
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