St Mungo's must pay £18,000 to victimised former employee
Shocking facts
The homelessness charity St Mungo’s has been told to pay almost £18,000 to a former staff member who was found to have been victimised after an abandoned bullying investigation from 14 years
St Mungo's: strike continues, pickets canceled.
Unite calls off final day of St Mungo’s picket lines in response to Coronavirus crisis
Unite has said that it is calling off the final day of planned picket lines and rallies tomorrow (18 March) in the St Mungo&r
St Mungo's worker ‘We just want to be listened to’
Taking action
Homeless people are among the most vulnerable groups in society – indeed while the average person in the UK can expect to live well past 75, the average rough sleeper in Britain will be lucky to liv
St Mungo’s CEO slammed for weaponising coronavirus
Stop blaming staff for your leadership mistakes
Unite has warned the CEO of the homeless charity St Mungo’s, Howard Sinclair, to ‘stop blaming staff for your leadership mistakes’ as hundreds of worker
St Mungos worker: Why I am Striking
St Mungos workers put vulnerable service users first
St Mungo’s CEO Howard Sinclair taken to the Dai
St Mungos Strike Fund Appeal
Workers at the homelessness charity St Mungo’s are gearing up for three days of strike action from March 16 to 18 inclusi
St Mungos: One workers experience of its sickness policy
Serious equalities questions
A draconian approach to sickness is one of the issues involved in the dispute at the homelessness charity St Mungo’s. The organisations HR department repeatedly unite managers, union
St Mungos: 83% vote for strike action
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Unite members in St Mungo’s have voted to strike unless management comes to its senses. They have voted to defend the
Unite appeals to St Mungo’s board
Race to bottom
Unite has appealed to the St Mungo's board of trustees to ‘help rebuild trust’ by persuading senior management to reconsider its position and join last-ditch talks, ahead of the strike ba
More concern at St Mungos 'eroding' workers organisation
Engaging expensive consultancy
News that St Mungo’s Chief Executive Howard Sinclair has been corresponding with an expensive consultancy about how to stop people joining the union and VIEW
St Mungo’s apologise for sharing rough sleeper information
Executive still in place after role in deportations
St Mungo’s Chief Executive Howard Sinclair has apologised for sharing information about migrant rough sleepers with the Home Office saying, “The executive
Equal Pay: St Mungos victimise female worker
Low ethical standards
Homelessness workers across the sector continue to express dismay at the low ethical standards of senior management at St Mungos which can undermine the important work carried out by its staff.
St Mungos ballot result
St Mungos members:
Thank you to everyone who returned their ballot paper.
78% of you voted in favour of strike action. This is a very strong indication of h
St Mungos: Why I'm voting yes part3
St Mungo’s members share their stories
In the third of our series of first-hand accounts from Unite members at St Mungo’s on why they’re voting for strike action, we meet two more members* w
St Mungos: Why I'm voting yes for action
Why Im voting yes
"This strike is about similar issues to the strike in 2014. The success of that strike has protected terms and conditions since then and we need to stand together now
St Mungos: further talks
Unite in further Acas talks with homeless charity St Mungo’s after no progress is made
A second round of talks aimed at resolving a long running dispute between the UK and Ireland’s largest unio
St Mungos: talks to avoid strike action.
Unite in crunch talks with homeless charity St Mungo’s to avoid strike vote
Crunch talks between Unite and the homeless charity St Mungo’s are set to take place tomorrow (Friday 12 July) at the conciliation service Acas i
BAME workers discipined by St Mungos
Deepening problem
When Unite looks at figures for disciplinaries we almost always find more frequent use of disciplinary procedures and higher penalties being doled out to black and minority ethnic workers. Where a dr
Fighting an attack on annual leave at St Mungos
"Hey Howard, Leave our annual leave alone"
Workers in St Mungos have been faced with a reduction in annual leave, and Unite is supporting their fight back. They are angry that, once ag
St Mungo's Broadway victory - fantastic new Reel News video
A spectacular victory - and a potentially very significant one - for St. Mungo's Broadway housing workers, just as they were about to embark on 10 straight days of strike action. Management were forced into conceding virtually all the strikers demands and abandoning their plans to savagely cu
St Mungos Broadway Strike Off! We Win! And Victory Rally Details
Following a day locked in talks at ACAS, the Unite SMB reps and Regional Officer, Nicky consider that they have received an offer from SMB management
St Mungos Broadway strike - talks at ACAS today
Adam Lambert, Nicky Marcus and Jon Hughes will be attending talks at ACAS with representatives from the executive team of St Mungo’s Broadway this morning. They will update via twitter and updates wil
St Mungos Broadway staff in ten day strike
St Mungo’s Broadway staff to strike for 10 days in battle to maintain quality services at housing charity
Unite statement
Staff at St Mungo’s Broadway (SMB) are preparing for 10 days of
St Mungos Broadway workers vote for ten day strike
Unite members at St Mungos Broadway have voted for a further ten day strike from November 5th.
The General Secretary of Unite, Len McCluskey, addressed a packed meeting that took the decision. He emphasised the vital importance of the strike not only fo
£160,000 pay off for former St Mungos boss
Inside Housing today reports that Charles Fraser, former CEO at St Mungos, was given a pay off of £160,000 when he left the organisation. Clearly there is no race to the bottom for CEO's!
Staff at St Mungos broadway, created through a merger with Broadway when Charles Fr
Following strike: Councils write to St Mungos Broadway
Following seven days strike action by Unite members at St Mungos Broadway councils two councils have raised questions about the organisation.
Jonathan McShane, cabinet member for social care at Hackney Council, is quoted in Inside Housing as saying: “We hope this
St Mungos Broadway strike raised in Parliament
Islington Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn has raised this Early Day Motion (EDM 394) in Parliament:
"That this House supports workers at the homeless organisation St Mungo's Broadway in defending their terms and conditions and the service that they deliver to some of t
St Mungos Broadway striker writes in the Guardian
On today's Guardian website:
'Why we're striking' – St Mungo's Broadway worker shares motivations
A staff member explains wages aren’t dropping but he’s been on strike this week to protect services at the chari
Strike one - day six
Solidarity increases.
We’ve done it again! SMB Unite has been out again in numbers. And it has to be said that the day was marked by even more acts of solidarity for our dispute and support than yesterday.
On Day six we
Strike Day 5 Report
Doing the Locum – otion.
Day 5 has seen the most incredible examples of solidarity extended towards our members from a range of trade unionists, councilors and commissioners.
Before the rain had stopped and before the d
Strike report - day four
Strike one. Day four.
A rats tail
After a strong showing over the weekend, the day began with picket lines gathering across London and in Bristol. Members were set to maintain the strong presence of the previ
Britian needs a pay rise - picketing goes well
Day two – National TUC demo - Britain needs a payrise.
Picketing goes well.
It was another successful and inspiring day.
Picket lines ran without a hitch at
Day One St Mungo Broadway strike: Amazing day of action
What an amazing day of action! We felt the strength of our collective muscle yesterday in a series of pickets that culminated in a massive rolling protest!
Nineteen picket lines were planned for day one of our seven-day strike, and nineteen picket lines were put i
St Mungos Broadway Strike starts today
Members at St Mungos Broadway will be on strike from 8.00am today. Last minute negotiations at ACAS on Thursday failed to produce significant movement from management. In the absence of movement from management the strike will last seven days.
There are eighteen pickets accr
St Mungos Broadway Urgent Strike Fund Appeal
St Mungos Broadway Strike Appeal
Unite members at St Mungos Broadway (from the Unite Housing Workers Branch) will be taking seven days of strike action in defence of their housing association, staff terms and conditio
St Mungos Broadway in the press
The dispute at St Mungos Broadway is covered extensively on this website - keep visiting for more! It has also been covered in the trade press - we have attached a selection of reports from the last few weeks: click on "Download" below:
Staff Lobby St Mungo Broadway Board AGM
A lively, peaceful protest was held outside the St Mungo's Broadway board meeting yesterday evening at Griffin House in Hammersmith. This was the meeting where the Executive Team took their proposals to reduce staff pay plus other changes to the Board of Trustees for approval.
St Mungo's Broadway Ballot for strike action
New swingeing cuts to pay, and changes to policies and procedures governing working conditions at housing charity St Mungo’s Broadway have prompted a strike ballot of more than 50
Helen Giles - The Root of All Evil
Helen Giles has recently taken over as Executive Director of HR in St Mungo's Broadway following St Mungo's merger with Broadway earlier this year.
Heartless Mungos!
St Mungo's sudden decision to pull out from homeless provision in Hitchin following strike action by branch members at the North Herts Sanctuary has recieved extensive media attention. There is coverage in the trade press and local media, including this VIEW
St Mungos Strike - Hitchin Project
Unite members at St Mungo's North Herts Sanctuary homeless shelter in Hitchin are on strike after charity bosses have refused to honour an agreement made in July to give them the
