Croydon University Hospital could “grind to a halt” if cleaners and porters go on strike, a union has warned. GMB Union members are voting on whether to strike as a dispute over sick pay rages on. It comes six weeks after staff protested outside the hospital in London Road.
Workers are entitled to ask for a pay rise after a gruelling pandemic and faced with a severe cost-of-living crisis, Keir Starmer has said as official figures showed wages falling in real terms. The Labour leader’s call came in contrast to comments by the Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, who warned this month that wage rises […]
The Government is facing growing calls to grant “Covid heroes” a bigger pay rise after recommending NHS staff are restricted to an increase of just 1 per cent.
