If ministers had even a basic grasp of the sector, they would have reformed it long ago.
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Government’s approach to care visas allows dodgy employers to exploit migrant staff
If ministers had even a basic grasp of the sector, they would have reformed it long ago.
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UNISON Community Annual Seminar & Conference – Day 1
On Friday our annual Community Seminar/Conference started in Chester. I was brought up only 8 miles away from Chester (Welsh side of the border) and have many fond memories of this lovely and historic city. Walking from the railway station to the…Read more…
Care changes are a start but won’t solve staffing crisis
What’s needed is the proper reform that can only come from a national care service.
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Care changes are a start but won’t solve staffing crisis
What’s needed is the proper reform that can only come from a national care service.
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Council funding boost will do nothing to fix deep-rooted problems in social care
What’s needed is a national care service that’s adequately funded, with proper standards and fair pay for its workforce.
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Council funding boost will do nothing to fix deep-rooted problems in social care
What’s needed is a national care service that’s adequately funded, with proper standards and fair pay for its workforce.
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Matt Hancock’s actions during the pandemic left the care sector exposed, says UNISON
The Conservatives had been in power for ten years when Covid struck.
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The social care crisis is worsening by the minute, says UNISON
Ministers must take responsibility and pledge to deliver a well-funded national care service with nationwide pay scales.
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Ignoring the social care crisis will worsen the broken system, says UNISON
Deep-rooted staffing problems will only begin to be resolved by addressing endemic low pay in the sector.
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Clarion UNISON AGM 2022 – Re-elected as National Convenor
I was really pleased to be re-elected (unopposed) this evening as the UNISON National Convenor at our AGM held in person in London Bridge HQ and virtually on msn teams. Our most active steward, Joseph Ogundemuren, was also elected to the new position o…Read more…
UNISON Labour Link Parliamentary Reception for London Councillors hosted by David Lammy MP
Picture collage from last weeks reception in the Jubilee Room in Westminster Hall. Many, many thanks to Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP and his staff for hosting this event and for David giving a passionate speech and Parliamentary report…Read more…
Boost wages to reform broken ‘bargain-basement’ social care system, says UNISON
Vacancy rates are rocketing because care workers are underpaid for a difficult and skilled job.
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Underfunded adult social care will continue to lose staff unless ministers act, says UNISON
Nothing short of a complete overhaul of the care sector will do.
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Ministers must adopt Migration Advisory Committee recommendations to beef-up care staff numbers, says UNISON
Care employers are losing people in droves to warehouses, supermarkets and online retailers able to pay more for less stressful work
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Somerset decision risks Covid care home spread, says UNISON
No one with Covid should be going in to work.
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Government must do more to persuade care staff to have the jab
Attempting to force staff to comply by threatening their livelihoods is just plain wrong
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uCVS19 Conference speech 10. “Alexa did you takes our jobs The rising threat of Automation and computerisation in the Housing Sector”
This was my speech to UNISON Community Conference yesterday on Motion 10.
“John Gray, speaking on behalf of the Service Group Executive in favour of motion 10 as amended.
Conference,
This is all disturbing and challenging but negative changes in e…Read more…