Despite the CCG’s apparent desire to do so, GMB Union cannot accept a return to the private fiasco of the Coperforma years

“Staff now simply have no faith in Thames Ambulances Service Ltd guarantees, promises or assurances, they mean as little to ex-employees now, as they clearly do for the company…

“The first step now is to work together to find the right alternative which will see an outcome deliver both our joint Union’s membership’s non-negotiable resolve to remain NHS…

How our NHS has been subjected to incremental privatisation

“The implementation of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and the unfair transfer of concerned staff must cease in all or any of its proposed forms by the Trust” says GMB Southern

It also still remains the case that the members are significantly worse off than if they were directly employed by the Trust, says GMB Southern

"GMB members have come out in their droves to show the Trust that they will not accept any plans to privatise their jobs to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary", says GMB Southern Region

"GMB is clear that the exploitation of hospital workers will only cease when NHS workers are transferred back in house on full NHS pay terms and conditions", says GMB Southern

GMB members left with no choice other than to strike to protect their jobs and patients safety and to show Chief Executive Neil Dardis and HR Director Janet King that staff will…

"Our members have drawn a line in the sand and crossing it into the private sector through the Trust creating a WOS is a step to far", says GMB Southern