As we go to press, talks are underway between Unite the Union and Serco over the long-running Barts hospitals dispute.
24 days of strike action, with bold pickets, rallies and demos, have brought the greedy profiteering company to the table.
The low pay and back-breaking over-work of cleaners, porters and catering staff in the NHS has been given a national platform as a result of the magnificent strike in four east London hospitals.
Long-standing trade union activists have fought alongside migrant workers, women and men. Hundreds of workers across the trust have joined a union for the first time. Workers have found a new confidence in standing up to their bosses.
This story is from the Issue 962, 14-20 September 2017 edition of The Socialist.
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