This is from the United Voices of the World Facebook page

We have just been informed by Imperial Trust, the Trust that runs St Mary’s hospital, that they have terminated the current process to re-tender their facilities management contract that was due to expire on 1st April, without awarding the contract to a new company.

This is huge news, and means that in-housing all facilitates staff at St Mary’s hospital and Imperial Trust and making them NHS employees, as demanded by UVW, is now firmly on the table.

Negotiations have already begun and will conclude by 31st January 2020. These negotiations commenced in response to UVW’s members (cleaners, caterers and porters) taking 9 days of strike action with 6 more originally planned for this year, and an all out indefinite strike declared for the New Year. The strikes have been suspended pending negotiations.

If our members are made NHS employees they will be the first group of workers in the country to force an NHS trust through strike action to in-house its facilities staff.

Dignity, respect and equality now!

Never backwards, always forward!