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SECURITY guards at a Berkshire hospital are to launch a new wave of strikes and will protest on Saturday against a profiteering private employer.
The workers are calling for their jobs to be taken out of the privateer’s hands and back “in-house” into direct NHS employment.
Security guards at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading have staged sporadic strike action since December last year.
More strikes are planned from July 12 to 31, after an 84 per cent vote for renewed action.
A march and rally will take place on Saturday, assembling at the hospital at noon.
The 20 workers are employed by contractor Kingdom Services Group and are members of Unite.
They want “modest basic pay” of £12 an hour for security guards and £13 for supervisors.
Unite regional officer Jesika Parmar said that the workers were being treated “in a shabby way over pay and health and safety concerns.”
“Now is the time for the trust to jettison the flawed privatisation model of Kingdom Services Group and bring back the security guards ‘in house’,” she said.
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has been approached for comment.
