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.
21. UVW members occupy GOSH’s offices on Friday (4 February), asking for a meeting with hospital management
Photo: Ethan Shone/NationalWorld
22. Striking workers hold banners and hand out leaflets outside GOSH’s offices on Friday (4 February)
Photo: Ethan Shone/NationalWorld
23. Activists from the UVW dance ‘The Macarena’ while occupying the GOSH officers on Friday (4 February)
Photo: Ethan Shone/NationalWorld
24. UVW members and striking GOSH security guards protest outside the hospital’s offices on Friday (4 February) while activists occupy the building
Photo: Ethan Shone/NationalWorld