GMB are taking the decision to delay announcing the ballot result due to the office being temporarily closed

GMB non-Clinical Services members have overwhelmingly rejected Frimley Health Trust’s individual valuation of staff facing Privatisation to the Trust’s WOS

"GMB Members remain ready to talk but to be clear they remain ready for action if ignored" says GMB Southern

GMB are to gauge the strength of feeling among members in an indicative ballot, before potentially moving forward to a formal ballot and possible industrial action

The company’s refusal to negotiate a pay settlement leaves the GMB union and its members no choice other than seek members’ authority to take industrial action.

“The strikes of course can be suspended or stopped at any time by our members but they will require absolute written guarantees that the WOS has been scrapped and that the trust…

“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 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…