Solidarity rally – supporting striking NHS workers!

After 3 weeks of strike action, the UNISON members at Bradford District Hospital have heroically voted for indefinite strike action in opposition to the Trust’s plans to transfer ALL ancillary and support staff into a wholly owned subsidiary company (WOSC). The strike begins on Monday 26th August from 6am onwards.

This strike has now assumed huge importance (read the I News report here). The government plan to allow NHS regulators to begin breaking up the NHS workforce into privatised segments is very quickly unravelling. These plans have already been pushed back in most Trusts thanks to determined union resistance. A victory for the Bradford strikers could see the whole mad scheme thrown in the bin.

The picket lines have been very well supported from Day One. The strikers are united, determined and confident but they need our support for this next critical stage of the dispute.

Health Campaigns Together is calling on all our supporters and affiliates to join the solidarity rally on the first day of the strike. We need messages of support and your banners and placards. We are appealing to you all to make the special effort to join us. The NHS is not for sale!

If you would like to travel by train to Bradford on Monday morning, please email [email protected], to meet up with KONP North East members.

If you can’t make the rally, you can always donate to the striking workers hardship fund by sending a bank transfer to:

Name: Unity Trust
Sort Code: 608301
Account Number: 49021215

Or a cheque to:

Bradford Health Services Branch

Unison Office
Field House
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Duckworth Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RJ