When we stand together, shoulder to shoulder, nothing can stop us

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis joined members from Sodexo at the North Devon NHS Trust, to celebrate their victory in a battle for better pay and improved terms, in line with the Agenda for Change national agreement.

Speaking at the rally Mr Prentis said: "This dispute will be known throughout the country as a tremendous victory for these UNISON members." And he declared that it shows that when we stand together shoulder to shoulder nobody can stop us".

Their success is the first major example of UNISON's Three Companies Project, which targets the multi-national private companies Compass, Aramark and Sodexo that are now winning the majority of public sector contracts in the NHS and schools.

The key to the project is to organise not just in one company, but in all the companies across the industry, so that one can't undercut the other with different conditions of service. Mr Prentis vowed that "we will go into these multinational companies and we will recruit, we will organise, we will unionise and we will get the rate for the job."

Victory for Sodexo workers at North Devon NHS Trust

Sodexo members win stunning victory

Watch the rally video

See Dave Prentis speaking about the Three Companies Organising Project

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