Care workers, registered nurses and staff at residential homes run by one of Bristol’s biggest care home providers will begin to vote tomorrow (Friday) on whether to go on strike in a dispute over new contracts and conditions.
Carers who work for the St Monica Trust have already indicated they would be prepared to take industrial action in the row with bosses at the Bristol-based charity, and now a formal ballot that lasts three weeks is to begin.
The St Monica Trust, one of the charities under the umbrella of the Society of Merchant Venturers, run five retirement villages and four care homes in and around Bristol. The dispute only affects staff and residents of the four care homes - John Wills House and Garden House in Westbury-on-Trym, Russets and Sherwood care home in Sandford, North Somerset, and Charter House at the Chocolate Factory development in Keynsham.
