United Kingdom - Strike by NHS estate workers - August 31, 2026

Strikes by South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust estates staff will escalate over unequal pay, Unite the union said. The workers, including joiners, electricians, plumbers, painters and decorators, are on different pay grades – ranging from band three to band five. Some workers are on band three despite doing exactly the same job as colleagues on band five and having worked in those roles for up to 25 years. Unite said the trust’s two-tier workforce must end. Workers doing the same job must be equally paid. Unite fully supports these workers in taking strike action to end this injustice.

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