Threat of strike over outsourcing of council service
Dozens of staff working for the council's learning disability accommodation service could go on strike, after a decision to outsource the service to charity Grace Eyre on July 1.
UNISON, along with the GMB, said it has raised ‘multiple concerns at every level’ over the decision, which will see up to 50 staff move over to the charity. It also said its members had not been consulted properly over the move.
Sue Beatty, UNISON branch secretary for Brighton and Hove, said: “Whilst it is impossible to ignore the financial pressures which face the council, their decision does not look beyond a desire to reduce the cost of these services.”
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