UNISON’s national delegate conference votes to enact a detailed ten-point plan to fight for social care and the NHS
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UNISON vows to highlight crucial value of social care
New report published in run-up to government green paper
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Government should heed MPs’ advice over health and social care
Commenting today (Monday) on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee report on integrated care, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Competition and the internal market…Read more…
Care workers strike against pay cuts
Some 120 UNISON members in Bath and north east Somerset take action over employers’ ‘work-for-free’ proposals
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Adult social care has no funding, no strategy and no long-term solutions, says UNISON
UNISON responds to the Public Accounts Committee report
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The NHS continues to be ‘alarmingly under-funded’, says health conference
UNISON will continue to campaign for the funding needed to deliver ‘a comprehensive, safe and high quality service’
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York council agrees to sign Ethical Care Charter
Decision comes after a lengthy campaign by UNISON
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Organising to raise the bar
Community delegates recognise work of Care Workers for Change campaign in defending care services and organising a fragmented and casualised workforce
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Damning NAO report “exposes government’s lamentable approach to social care”
Responding to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the social care workforce published today (Thursday), UNISON’s assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “This damning report exposes…Read more…
Hartlepool signs up for ethical care
North-East council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter
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Pay justice delay
Unite which represents thousands of social care workers has sharply criticised the announcement by the government today (November 2) about how workers underpaid for sleep over shifts while on duty…Read more…
Raising the standard of residential care
We need to put dignity and respect at the heart of the residential care system. That means better care for residents and supporting the workers who care for them.
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UNISON comments on the NHS ‘rent a room’ scheme
This scheme looks like another dangerous experiment
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Sheffield signs up to the Ethical Care Charter
Yorkshire council becomes the largest local authority to sign UNISON’s charter
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Unison Retired Members Conference 10-11 October 2017
The branch retired member’s secretary attended the National Retired Members Conference in Llandudno 10-11 October 2017. Topics discussed include: WASPI Issues faced by the disabled Social care provision The problems of means testing The report is well worth a read … Continue reading…Read more…
Why on earth have social care workers not been getting the National Minimum Wage?
Enforcement of the NMW for sleep-ins temporarily suspended in social care Last month the government announced it was waiving historic financial penalties and temporarily suspending enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for workers required to ‘sleep-in’ on their employer’s premises…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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UNISON criticises government announcement for social care providers
Commenting on the government’s announcement of additional support for social care providers, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “This announcement is a huge blow for low-paid…Read more…
Care companies must pay back pay to staff who do sleep-ins, says UNISON
Charities and care companies that have paid staff one-off payments for overnight sleep-ins should not be exempt from paying the national minimum wage, says UNISON. Claims for back pay could cost the…Read more…
Fifteen minute care makeover hell
Watch this clip from Claire Sweeney’s new exploitative ’15 minute Makeover’ show where a care worker has to get a vulnerable person ready for the day in, you guessed it, in just 15 minutes! Find out more https://savecarenow.org.uk/petition