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Porters, domestics and hostesses across south London hospitals set for strike action
Hospital workers attend a rally outside the Royal London Hospital, east London, as porters and cleaners start a 2-week strike over pay in January 2022

PORTERS, domestics and hostesses across south London hospitals are set for a wave of industrial action to protect services from “eye-watering” cuts. 

Staff employed by outsourcing giants Mitie and Sodexo across St George’s NHS Trust voted overwhelmingly this week to be formally balloted for strike action. 

The GMB members, based at St George’s Hospital in Tooting and Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton, are angry over their low pay and proposed changes to their contracts. 

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