Flawed regulations threatened to blight the retirement of millions
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Your safety at work is our priority
Union will push government to prioritise the ‘forgotten key workers’ in the vaccine rollout
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Blog: Why Heart Unions Week is so important
Heart Unions week isn’t silly self-indulgence – it’s a chance for us to grow, be stronger and achieve more for our members
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Government failings over protective kit meant lives were lost
Care workers were forced make their own safety kit, buy it themselves or go without
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Pay staff fairly to tackle care recruitment crisis
Care work is fulfilling but tough and isn’t to be taken on a whim
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Outsourcing must end to restore public services
Privatisation and outsourcing have failed the public and workers
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Government must step in to prevent vaccine strong-arm tactics towards care staff
Companies should be informing not intimidating employees
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‘Stand up for care workers!’ is the passionate call from UNISON rally
Rally hears speakers from across the political spectrum, together with NGOs and celebrities, calling for social care to treated on a par with the NHS
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Blog: Now is the time to end this national scandal
Care workers need a living wage and the country needs a national care service. It’s time to Pay Fair for Care
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Blog: The moral case for vaccine access
I’ve written to the UK government urging it to end its opposition to making COVID vaccines available to all
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Blog: We all need to carry on being the light
In unprecedented times, the chance that Holocaust Memorial Day offers us, to reflect on past atrocities and current hatreds, is needed as much as ever
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Ministers must deliver a long-term plan for the social care sector
The care system is fragmented, underfunded and understaffed
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Blog: I promise to work across all parts of our union, for all our members
‘A challenging time to take up the reins as general secretary, but I’m also fortunate to have the legacy of a strong, growing union’
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Christina McAnea elected UNISON general secretary
Absolutely fantastic news! Congratulations to the first ever female General Secretory of any of the biggest 5 UK trade unions. Commiserations to the 3 other candidates (and especially to Roger McKenzie who ran a good, clean campaign). What we need to d…Read more…
Christina McAnea elected UNISON general secretary
Christina McAnea has today been elected as general secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest union. Voting in the ballot was as follows: Paul Holmes 45,220 (33.76%) Christina McAnea …Read more…
Care workers looking after sick and elderly still not getting regular Covid tests, says UNISON
Government failing on pledge to test staff every seven days
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‘One job’ rule without pay pledge could plunge care staff into poverty and put residents at risk
Government must guarantee staff can work additional hours or get compensation for lost wages
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Care workers left high and dry by chancellor
Government money not enough to fix broken care system
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Shockingly poor government planning left health and care staff vulnerable to the virus
Ministers reacted too slowly when buying protective kit
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“Woman hopes to make history by becoming first female boss of major trade union” Daily Mirror
“For more than 150 years trade unions have campaigned for better conditions and workers’ rights.But no major industrial union has ever been led by a woman.Christina McAnea is hoping to change that. She is standing to be the general secretary of …Read more…