Scottish Power profits have increased by 41% year-on-year in its generation and supply business for 2014. This comes after the Competitions Authority said the Big Six providers, including Scottish…Read more…
“The Tories have become the political wing of the Hedge Fund Party”
This story in the Guardian is petty shocking. This email below was sent out on Tuesday by Labour General Secretary Iain McNicol.
Of course the real scandal is these Hedge funds managers are only making this money in the first place by ripping off you…Read more…
House-building picked up in 2014 – but what will happen this year?
Is house building really recovering, as the government asserts, or is this just a good spin? Housing Minister Brandon Lewis welcomed new figures* showing a rise in the numbers of homes being built across the country, saying “Today’s figures show we’re on track and turning this around….Read more…
Four things you can do to help Barnet care workers
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn There are 4 things all of our supporters can do to help
1. Ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 778
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UNISON NEC – the other report
http://www.unison.org.uk/news/the-most-important-election
The link above is to the official report of yesterday’s meeting of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC).
It rightly focuses on the two most important topics which we discussed.
First,…Read more…
It’s not my hobby, it’s my profession: Fair pay for musicians
Spare a thought for freelance musicians this Fair Pay Fortnight, and what it must be like to fight for fair pay every day that you work. Working musicians are frequently being asked to work for…Read more…
Fidelity, the Tory-friendly fund manager
As the latest info from the Electoral Commission reveals, Fidelity is still funding the Tories. £25,000 donated in November took their total for 2014 up to £120,000.
They are also still paying Tory MP Sir John Stanley for advice on “business opportunities and risks” at the rate of £1,800 a month…Read more…
TUC: David Cameron wants you to believe he’s the workers’ friend. Don’t fall for it
Frances O’Grady Average wages have decreased in real terms under the present government. Expect more of the same – and worse – if the Tories are re-elected Which party is most trusted to be on…Read more…
Legal moves to protect migrant domestic workers
The much anticipated Modern Slavery Bill is entering its final phases, with Report Stage in the Lords scheduled for next Wednesday, 25 February. However, unless the Amendment tabled by crossbencher Lord Hylton, Labour’s Baroness Royall, Conservative Baroness Hanham and the Bishop of Carlisle…Read more…
Wage stagnation has increased the deficit by at least £33bn, says TUC
16 February 2015 The government is collecting £33.4bn less in income tax and national insurance than official forecasts suggested because of the lack of earnings growth in the UK, according to…Read more…
Fair Pay Fortnight: Getting beyond poverty pay
Fair Pay Fortnight (16 February to 1 March) is a campaign from Britain’s unions, calling for a fairer approach to wages across the board, from the poverty pay that’s rife in many sectors,…Read more…
The Great Brain Robbery
At the elementary level of price data aggregation a consumer price index can utilise the ratio of averages or the average of relatives … blah, blah, blah … everyone’s stopped listening. There’s no getting away from the fact that debates on inflation measurement can be a fiendishly…Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Care Workers to take strike action 24 & 25 February 2015.
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn Barnet UNISON Press Release: 19 February 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Care Workers to take strike action 24 & 25 February 2015.
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UNISON Greater London Housing Association Branch AGM 2015
Picture collage from last night’s Annual General Meeting which took place at the iconic Greater London Assembly Building City Hall, which is next to Tower Bridge. Long standing member of our branch and London Assembly member, Murad Qureshi, was our hos…Read more…
Such treatment of staff is a National Disgrace
NATIONAL GALLERY, January 19. Two thirds of staff told jobs will be privatised.
FINE art can be a profitable business, hoarded as private wealth, or patronised for prestige by big business,…Read more…
Shorter inspections will end the stressful ‘cliff-edge’ experience for schools
Sean Harford is national director, schools at Ofsted The title of next Tuesday’s debate is “What’s the top priority: inspection or improvement?” I believe that this is the wrong…Read more…
Time for energy to reconnect with democracy?
This is some of the harm in a dysfunctional energy market. Over the past decade, energy prices have risen at a much faster rate than overall inflation, as our chart shows, with consumers’ gas prices rising faster than electricity. Reports suggest that wholesale gas prices for this year are…Read more…
“The hardest part of the job is supporting service users living with dementia”
It is extremely time consuming although we are expected to do our tasks in
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“travel time is always taken off our rotas so they can cram more calls in”
I work for a large homecare provider. We are always short staffed, so travel time is always taken off our rotas so they can cram more calls in. When we complain the answer is to cut the times of the call down.
I do not think it right, if a client is paying for 30 minutes care and only getting 15 it is wrong. When new care workers start they should have a week’s training, then they should have two week shadowing. They are lucky if they four or five days. We complain to the office there is always an excuse. Complain too much they can cut my hours which I cannot afford. It is a zero hour contract which should be banned.
– Eleanor, homecare worker
“You can’t leave somebody half dressed or without food just because they have run out of call time”
In the last ten years I have seen many changes to the homecare service unfortunately none of them have been for the better. When I first started working in home care if I needed extra time to complete the care it wasn’t a problem. Now we are told if th…Read more…