When UNISON’s community service group held it’s conference in Glasgow last week, pay for social care workers was top of the agenda
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When UNISON’s community service group held it’s conference in Glasgow last week, pay for social care workers was top of the agenda
The article Care workers put their lives on the line for £8.72 an…Read more…
Slick ad campaign glosses over exploitation and lack of sick pay
The article Improving pay is the way to solve care staffing crisis first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Pay hike and total overhaul required
The article Urgent action needed to fix care staffing, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
When prime minister Boris Johnson unveiled plans to ‘fix’ social care this week, totally absent were those at the very heart of it – the millions of carers, both paid and unpaid, without whose…Read more…
Action needed immediately to stop staffing crisis
The article Ministers must end jab compulsion to prevent care home catastrophe first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Labour’s move to close legal loophole is welcome
The article Exploitation of care workers must end, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Pingdemic’ should not be used to bully staff back to work
The article Isolation changes must happen with boosted safety measures, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Undervalued and underpaid workers could walk away
The article Compulsory jabs risk driving staff away and are the wrong approach first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Big mistakes were made with dire consequences
The article There was no protective ring around social care first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Action needed to deal with staff burnout
The article Wage and sick pay reform needed in health and social care first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Living wage and proper sick pay essential
The article Post-pandemic contract would give low-paid care workers a better deal first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite has urged the government to carefully examine the pitfalls, as well as the advantages, of requiring care home staff to be compulsorily vaccinated for Covid-19.
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Everyone should be offered jab but not coerced
The article Government must try harder on vaccines before leaping to the law, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Sick pay issues and heavy-handed employers increasing problems
The article More must be done to protect care homes from infection spread first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
General secretary to call for an end to the pay freeze, real living wage for care workers and proper investment in local government
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UNISON welcomes announcement that care workers who haven’t had a dose yet can make an appointment
The article Vaccine booking system now open to frontline care workers first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Three out of four care workers don’t earn the living wage. UNISON vice president Sian Stockham is one of them and she’s leading the national fight to raise carers’ pay
The article ‘I…Read more…
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, UniteLIVE has regularly highlighted the ‘heroes and zeroes’ of this crisis. Today we present you the top heroes of the year, alongside the worst zeroes, in no…Read more…
High vacancy rates show system is broken
The article Overhauling care sector is the answer to staff shortages first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite member Kofi Opoku This week Unite paid special…Read more…