Don't go to UK to be a scab for Sodexho

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday August 09, 2002 15:50 by h

Sorry about formatting but this is important for those planning to travel work in Glasgow

> Finally, in Glasgow, Royal Infirmary cleaners, porters
> and cooks are being shafted by the sinister Sodexho.
> They’re paid much less than fellow workers who are
> employed directly by the NHS and are demanding a £1000
> lump sum in compensation.
>
> ******************************************************
>
>
> >From the pages of Resistance#14, regular monthly
> buletin of the Anarchist Federation Ireland, now
> available in text and PDF format at:
>
> http://www.afireland.cjb.net
>
> To subscribe, contact the AFI at:
>
> ireaf@yahoo.ie
SNIP
Hi all
I don't normally post to this list but the word on Merseyside is that Irish
workers are being recruited as [unknowing] scabs - see below.
Any information that list members can pass on about this would be
gratefully received - to Greg on Labournet please - his e-mail is in the
extract below.
Obviously anyone contemplating going to Glasgow should be dissuaded/
advised as to the situation.
Gra
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Dropkin"
> hi,
>
> first, please keep an eye on labournet.
>
> planning for tomorrow is still up in the air because I do not know when I
> will find out the position inside the hospital. This means I'll have to
> reproduce the leaflet assuming we're going ahead, but not know for sure.
>
> yesterday went very well at the Royal, using the strike bulletin as of
> Monday afternoon. 8 am turned out to be a good time to catch many
different
> staff arriving for work. I understand there's quite a buzz inside and some
> people are talking about putting in their own claim for parity with NHS.
>
> However, scabs are still going from the Royal - don't know re Women's yet
> but assume yes - and up in Glasgow the word is that Sodexho are going all
> out to break the strike. They are bringing in young workers from Ireland
who
> apparently do not know they are coming over to scab.
>
> Any contacts in Ireland should be used IMMEDIATELY on this point.
>
> So let's be ready for tomorrow 8 am but I will get back to you.
>
> later,
>
> Greg
> > For those who missed the previous post - Sodexho managers from the
> > > Women's
> > > Hospital have been flown up to Glasgow to scab the strike by low paid
> > > UNISON
> > > members there.
> > >
> > > Can we discuss this please?
> > >
> > > Sodexho is a major PFI contractor also involved in running
> Harmondsworth
> > > Detention Centre and was administering the Refugee Vouchers, and they
> run
> > > private prisons I seem to recall.
> > >
> > > Greg