Outsourcing struggles of hospital cleaners at Prospect Park Hospital

by Connor Cameron, Kevin Jackson // We feature this interview with a trade union rep about a recent dispute of outsourced hospital cleaners. It shows that workers cannot rely on the paid (or unpaid) union officials in the long-run, but have to become active themselves and create their own forms of organisation. This dispute is only one of many - you can read a short summary of current struggles in the NHS in the introduction to the interview.

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The Big Union Contract Fights Coming in 2025

In some of the most exciting fights of 2024, strikers shut down ports on the East Coast and backed up plane orders on the West. The coming year is full of expiring contracts that could keep the strike wave rolling. ALIGNED TO FIGHT The list includes some big contracts lined up so unions can bargain and possibly strike together. California teachers in dozens of districts covering tens of thousands of educators have lined up their contracts to expire in June. These include unions in Los Angeles (35,000), San Diego (7,000), San Francisco (6,500), and Oakland (3,000).

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