Homerton Hospital workers secure living wage and sick pay victory

Homerton Hospital’s cleaners, porters and security staff will be paid the London living wage and NHS sick pay “from day one” of a renewed, five-year contract with facilities firm ISS.
However, hospital workers will still not get NHS equivalents for their wages, pensions, overtime or annual leave.
Since December 2019, UNISON has been running a campaign alongside GMB to persuade hospital chiefs to bring the outsourced services back in-house, ensuring parity for the lowest-pa