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HELEN O’CONNOR explains how brave GMB members are battling Mitie to try to prevent it eroding standards in St George’s Hospital – and why everyone should get behind these workers in their fight for pay justice

I FIRST encountered Mitie when I became an officer for the GMB union back in 2018. 

They held contracts in Epsom and St Helier NHS and in St George’s NHS. Things came to a head when workers in St Helier hospital found that they weren’t paid wages owed before Christmas and we decided to alert the press. 

The news took off locally and led to Mitie bosses offering staff cash out of the safe to calm the crisis. 

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