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These exploited workers were laughed at and told that ‘unions do nothing’…
… but Croydon hospital workers have won — so can you! HELEN O’CONNOR tells the remarkable story of how they organised from scratch to win a groundbreaking 24% pay rise and a sick pay scheme

CROYDON hospital domestics and porters were desperate and downtrodden before they started their successful campaign for pay justice. 

G4S workers were left starving and unable to pay their bills, particularly if they incurred injuries at work or they were sick during the pandemic. 

G4S was paying them the minimum wage and they struggled even to get statutory sick pay also set at poverty level. 

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