Ballots of low-paid health and care workers employed by private companies see majorities for strikes
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Meet the Birmingham homecare workers fighting for their jobs
“We’re not standing for it because we’ve got children.” Birmingham council’s homecare workers are not taking proposed changes to their contracts lying down
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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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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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General election 2017: Social care
With just a few days to go, UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on the issues most important to our members
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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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Swansea signs up to ethical care
Council’s ruling Labour group pledges to introduce UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter after May’s council elections
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Fighting for the future of homecare
A group of homecare workers from Haringey have made headlines with their battle for the minimim wage
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15-minute care makeover from hell
Claire Sweeney stars in our new short film with a difference
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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…
Older people are not getting the homecare they need
“How can you deliver high quality care when you are given such a short time to do all this? You have to get your ‘client’ up, assist with washing, baths, drying, dressing, empty commodes,…Read more…
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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More money for social care is needed
Adult social care is in crisis, but UNISON has a solution – find out how UNISON’s proposal to use a £2.4bn business rate surplus in England would affect funding in your area
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Inverclyde signs up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter
Health and social care partnership commits to achieving fair work, better pay and improved quality of care on eve of Living Wage Week
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‘Social care is at a tipping point’
Check our campaign briefing for SOS Day on 16 Novembers for ways you can get involved
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What kind of way is this to run a decent and compassionate care service?
The blame for the social care crisis must be laid at the government’s door. Ministers must get tougher with enforcing the law so firms aren’t able to cheat their staff. More money must be put into…Read more…
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 gives evidence on growing social care funding crisis
The crisis in adult social care is set to worsen due to a growing funding gap, UNISON has told the Communities and Local Government Committee.
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