500 signatures reached
To: The Board of Directors, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and AGH Solutions
Demand NHS Terms for NHS Work - Airedale Hospital
GMB members are demanding full alignment for all AGH Solutions workers employed at Airedale Hospital onto NHS Agenda for Change pay, terms and conditions.
Why is this important?
SUPPORT STAFF AT AIREDALE HOSITAL DEMAND EQUAL TERMS FOR EQUAL WORK
Porters, domestics, catering and security staff who work for AGH Solutions (AGHS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, are calling for parity across the workforce.
AGHS uses its subsidiary status to not honour the NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions, despite using the same status to avoid VAT on procurement and other purchasing rules.
Frontline workers are missing out on NHS pensions, sick pay rates, annual leave and Sunday working enhancements. GMB are calling for NHS terms for everyone working across AGH Solutions.
Joe Wheatley GMB Organiser said:
'These workers are essential to the smooth running of the Airedale hospital. Without them patients would not be safe or seen. It cannot be right that they are being treated as second class workers.
'The last thing our members want to do is strike and disrupt patients lives, but we've been left with no choice'
'Its time Airedale and AGHS recognise the skills of these vital staff and get back to serious pay negotiations.'