Striking security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital held a rally on Friday 4 March, with a further rally planned on Friday 11 March, as the strike nears its full 44 days.
The rally heard speeches from striking workers and supporters from a variety of unions, including RMT, whose members’ strike on London Underground had concluded the previous day. A delegation from the United Voices of the World union (UVW), including a striking GOSH worker, had visited the RMT picket line at Oxford Circus station.
The rally marched from the hospital to the offices of the GOSH charity to call on the hospital’s charity arm to support the workers’ demands. Security guards are demanding parity of conditions with directly-employed NHS staff. UVW also recently a delegation to a GMB protest at Lewisham Hospital on 7 March, where outsourced workers employed by ISS are fighting for a pay increase to £11.05 per hour.
GOSH strikers say they are prepared to take further action once their current strike concludes.
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