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Unison: No more strikes over NHS contrad transfer'
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After much conflict over the 'creeping privatisation of the NHS, Unison has backed down over the jobs transfer to DHL. Chris Tindall reports.
UNISON SAYS IT has no plans to stage any more strike action following the government's decision to contract out the NHS Logistics operation to DI IL.
Two days of strikes took place at the end of September as workers protested over concerns that their contracts would be affected by the deal, which went ahead on October. But a union spokeswoman says the transfer of the contract means a re-ballot over further action would have to take place, because it is dealing with a new employer DHL. And that would only happen if it was in a dispute with the German firm. She adds: 'At this point we don't have [a dispute] with them. [A reballot] would have to be based on a particular problem we were having. We will be watching what's going on and be involved in talks to make sure staff are protected."
A DHL spokesman says staff have been told that there will be no depot closures over the next five years.
It has no plans to make any redundancies, but if forced to then it will try to redeploy workers within the business.
He adds: "In the event that we are required to redeploy members of staff. all existing NHS policies and procedures,including the rules surrounding protected pay in a redundancy situation, will continue to apply after 1 October."
• For more on lime regulations see our legal feature on the DFIL/ NHS supply chain situation on page 36.