Joint unions warned that previous advice from Scotland’s chief nursing officer increased risks for home and social carers
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UNISON urges an end to the ‘ongoing crisis in social care’
‘A decade of austerity has ravaged social care’, conference delegates are told
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North-west members vote for action over pay
Ballots of low-paid health and care workers employed by private companies see majorities for strikes
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Homecare workers paid less than the minimum wage
Thousands of care workers across England and Wales are being paid less than the national minimum wage because councils aren’t insisting that homecare companies pay for travel time, says UNISON today…Read more…
End threats to pay and hours for Birmingham care workers now
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis is due to show his support this evening (Tuesday) for homecare workers in Birmingham who have been involved in a year-long dispute over their pay and working…Read more…
Birmingham City Council is cutting care workers’ hours at the expense of local people
Dozens of Birmingham care workers are planning to travel to Liverpool today (Monday) to lobby delegates attending the Labour Party Conference over the City Council’s plans to cut their hours.
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Prentis tells Birmingham care strikers ‘we will win’
Birmingham council wants to cut the hours – and pay – of its enablement team that works to help vulnerable people stay in their homes
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Welsh Government cracks down on zero-hour contracts in homecare
UNISON praises ‘one step forward in dealing with the complex issue of precarious employment’
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Magic March
March was a momentous month for UNISON members – not least because of a proposed revamp of NHS pay that could benefit a million health workers.
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Care sector ‘is vital for our society and our economy’
UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar
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Social care scheme helps no-one, says UNISON
Care system is creaking at the seams
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Protecting Haringey home care workers with new charter
Care workers in the London borough of Haringey are to be given the time and support they need to do their work, through a new ethical charter. Haringey Council has signed up to UNISON’s ethical care…Read more…
Low paid care workers told to wait for back pay
Care workers owed up to six years’ back pay after being paid below the minimum wage will have to wait until October for the money they are owed after a government announcement today
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Shifting the balance of power
Devolution is finally reaching the English regions. On May 4 voters get to elect the first tranche of “metro mayors”
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From a council estate to the Houses of Parliament
When Angela Rayner was growing up she went to her gran’s house for a bath on Sundays because her parents couldn’t always afford hot water. She lived in a council estate in a home with no books and…Read more…
Local MPs and care workers protest in Haringey calling for the fairer treatment of homecare workers
MPs and care workers are staging a protest today (Thursday) outside Haringey Civic Centre in Wood Green, calling on the council to do its bit to improve conditions for homecare staff across the…Read more…
Scottish council signs care charter
North Ayrshire becomes latest local authority to commit itself to union’s Ethical Care Charter, committing itself to standards for home care services and working conditions
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Nottinghamshire County Council signs up to Ethical Care Charter
Council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s standards for homecare, carers and those needing care
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UNISON’s biggest ever homecare legal case over workers paid as little as £3.27 an hour
Seventeen home care workers employed across the London Borough of Haringey – backed by their union UNISON – are taking care company Sevacare and the council to court in a dispute involving illegal…Read more…
UNISON urges government to end national scandal over homecare minimum wage cheats
Failure to honour the minimum wage is endemic across the care sector as many homecare workers are unpaid for the time they travel between home visits – which can be up to a fifth of their working…Read more…