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Agency workers contemplating taking action

FRUSTRATED agency workers facing job losses at a London hospital are contemplating industrial disruption, the Star can reveal.

GMB members employed by Mitie at St George’s Hospital in Tooting are furious at management proposals to make 40 staff redundant and cut working hours.

The subcontracting giant is also investigating changing workers’ job roles so that hospital cleaners may also be serving food to patients.

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