"Let’s hope the onset of strike action is just the jolt the Council need to wake them up and start negotiations. It’s their move next," say GMB Union

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

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 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…

“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…

"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

“We will not stand by and allow the school to be taken from the local community and local education authority, putting the future of children’s education and staff’s terms and…

“This is a good result for the members, and really shows what results you can achieve when you stand together, united against your employer”, says GMB Southern

“It seems that the cleaners are being treated as ‘second class’ workers who should be seen but never heard”, says GMB Southern

“The Trust are fooling no one in trying to convince staff that they will benefit from being transferred to the private sector”, says GMB Southern