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Why everyone should get behind the brave GMB members of Croydon Hospital
G4S employees who carry out vital NHS work are struggling to survive on the minimum wage and don’t get decent sick pay. HELEN O’CONNOR says they deserve all our support
Porters and domestics protest at G4S's treatment of them at Croydon University Hospital today

I FIRST met Croydon University Hospital porters and domestics before the pandemic struck. 

Without these vital workers, many of whom are migrants, the hospitals would grind to a halt, so they have industrial power. 

G4S does not value these workers and it does not recognise their union of choice, GMB. 

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