The government needs to step in and change the law following today’s (Friday March 19) Supreme Court ruling that carers, who have to sleep at their workplace in case they are needed overnight, are…Read more…
Providing care near the end of life, yet still undervalued and underpaid
Clap for carers was a ‘cute idea’, but care workers would rather be paid properly for what they do
The article Providing care near the end of life, yet still undervalued and underpaid first appeared…Read more…
‘Crass and insensitive’
When work and pensions and secretary Therese Coffey said in an interview this week that her relative anonymity meant she was doing her job well, she may not have anticipated how her shocking comments…Read more…
Care workers ‘deserve much better’
As the government announced on Tuesday (July 21) that less than 20 per cent of public sector workers would receive a pay rise, Unite has highlighted the millions of essential workers who have risked…Read more…
Return to austerity?
This week’s public sector pay announcement – where less than a fifth of public sector workers were granted a pay rise – was followed almost immediately by the government warning of continued…Read more…
Heroes of the year – care workers
This week, on the first anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, UNITElive is featuring some of the top stories we have covered on the pandemic and our members’ contributions, concerns and…Read more…
‘I am not going to stop working’: on the care frontline during COVID-19
‘Everybody is worried about the virus. Carers are worried for themselves, and worried for our clients too’
The article ‘I am not going to stop working’: on the care frontline during…Read more…
Care workers ‘too rushed’ to help vulnerable people wash, eat or visit the toilet
Vulnerable and disabled people are going without a wash, proper meals and trips to the toilet because care workers are too rushed to do their job properly, according to a report published today…Read more…
Why on earth have social care workers not been getting the National Minimum Wage?
Enforcement of the NMW for sleep-ins temporarily suspended in social care Last month the government announced it was waiving historic financial penalties and temporarily suspending enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for workers required to ‘sleep-in’ on their employer’s premises…Read more…
Satirical film starring Claire Sweeney highlights ‘absurdity’ of 15-minute care visits
Satirical film starring Claire Sweeney highlights ‘absurdity’ of 15-minute care visits Former Brookside actress and 60 Minute Makeover presenter Claire Sweeney features in a satire – commissioned by…Read more…
Care cuts crisis leaving older people without adequate care, says UNISON
Vulnerable older people are being denied regular showers and visits to the toilet because of cuts to social care budgets, a UNISON report has warned today (Friday). The Damage: Care in Crisis is…Read more…
‘UNISON means? Confidence, learning and not getting a pay cut’
Hat tip to UNISON efocus on this article about top UNISON activist (Newham resident & my branch member) Mitsy Harman-Russell.
“Careworker Mitsy tells her story
“I first got involved with UNISON six years ago when they cut our pay from £9 per hour to £6.
“I work with elderly people…Read more…