Outsourced security guards at the world-famous Great Ormond Street Hospital in London are taking strike action against the hospital and their employer, Carlisle Support Services.
The strike, which is scheduled to last six weeks, began last week after hospital management failed to meet an extended deadline to engage with the worker’s demands.
Jeremy Corbyn was among those who turned out to the strike rally on Thursday (3 February) to offer support to the workers.
NationalWorld spent three days with the workers and activists from the United Voices of the World trade union, to find out more about the dispute.
Photos by Ethan Shone/NationalWorld.
13. UVW member and GOSH security guard Samuel Awittor addresses the strike rally on Thursday (3 February)
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14. UVW co-founder Petros Elia invites one of the hospital’s management team to speak to the crowd on Thursday (3 February), but is blocked by security
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15. The striking workers are employed on outsourced contracts by Carlisle Support Services
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16. UVW co-founder Petros Elia addresses the strike rally on Thursday (3 February)
Photo: Ethan Shone/NationalWorld