Next government must make social care a priority
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Next government must make social care a priority
The article Care has gone into a tailspin under this government first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Next government must make social care a priority
The article Care has gone into a tailspin under this government first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A national care service and a fair pay agreement for care staff are needed to reform the care service
The article Care sector couldn’t function without its migrant workforce, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A national care service and a fair pay agreement for care staff are needed to reform the care service
The article Care sector couldn’t function without its migrant workforce, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A UNISON event at parliament sought to ignite the political will in Westminster to make a national care service a reality
The article MPs pledge to support a national care service first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A UNISON event at parliament sought to ignite the political will in Westminster to make a national care service a reality
The article MPs pledge to support a national care service first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON hosted the Fabian Society’s National Care Service Summit, bringing together stakeholders to discuss the practicalities of creating a national care service
The article Making a national care service – from roadmap to reality first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON hosted the Fabian Society’s National Care Service Summit, bringing together stakeholders to discuss the practicalities of creating a national care service
The article Making a national care service – from roadmap to reality first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Just imagine that you go for a job as a carer (nearly always low paid) then find out you have to pay for your criminal record check (DBS), not your employer! 42% of employers in a recent UNISON survey recharge their employees for these statutory …Read more…
Julia Mwaluke has led a successful local campaign to get over 100 care employers to pledge to pay workers the foundation living wage
The article UNISON vice president leads organising team in care pay wins first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Julia Mwaluke has led a successful local campaign to get over 100 care employers to pledge to pay workers the foundation living wage
The article UNISON vice president leads organising team in care pay wins first appeared on the UNISON National site.
This is incredible to many people (myself included) that some employers charge their workers the cost of having a DBS check? These are mostly low paid care workers doing difficult jobs and some of them work for different employers, all of whom wa…Read more…
“Insourcing, insourcing, insourcing is the solution to market failure”, delegates hear
The article Care workers take centre stage at local government conference first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Wirral, Knowsley and Liverpool councils have committed to paying carers Foundation Living Wage
The article Social carers in Liverpool secure living wage first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Care workers in Powys have been stripped of their paid break times and must now work longer hours
The article Care workers in Powys face fire and rehire first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON members have secured the Living Wage for care workers in six out of ten Manchester councils
The article Greater Manchester care workers win Living Wage award first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
St Monica Trust workers line up five strike days
The article Care staff announce strikes over fire and rehire plans first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Survey shows extent of inadequate sick pay
The article Absence of sick pay for care workers shows system needs reform first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Urgent reform of care is the answer
The article Care bosses taking home 13 times wages of workers, says UNISON report first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Abandoning infection control fund will stop people isolating
The article Infection rates will rise and care workers will abandon sector as financial lifeline ends first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…