Online event will take the place of cancelled conference and will be centred around social care and the need for a national care service
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Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes of the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest: HEROES Unite’s manufacturing members This week,…Read more…
Track and trace doomed to fail unless sick pay raised
Any attempts to control the coronavirus pandemic through test and trace efforts are doomed to fail unless statutory sick pay (SSP) is increased as a matter of urgency, the TUC has warned. A new poll…Read more…
‘New Deal’ for social care call
The scale of the adult social care funding crisis in England was revealed today (September 7) in a new analysis from the TUC, which shows that annual spending on adult social care is still £600m…Read more…
Pandemic public inquiry call
The damning report by MPs into hospital patients in England being discharged into care homes without a Covid-19 test reinforces the need for a public inquiry, sooner rather than later, into the…Read more…
More lessons from the pandemic – Scottish Care Service
Today, the Jimmy Reid Foundation has published the second in their series of papers on ‘Reconstructing Scotland after COVID-19’. As with the first paper, they seek to put forward policies that…Read more…
Frontline care and health workers face thousands of pounds of government visa charges
It’s perverse that ministers ignore the contribution of care and NHS support staff
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Care staff death rate a national scandal, says UNISON
Social care needs top-to-toe reform
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UNISON welcomes NI pledge on COVID sick pay
Department of Health will provide funding for care homes to pay staff 80% of their salary when on sick leave for coronavirus
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Blog: a long way to go on equal pay
On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea looks at the fight we still face
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‘Totally unacceptable’
Thousands of social care staff in England could be falling through the net when it comes to the provision of the £60,000 payment in the event of death due to Covid-19. Serious concern was expressed…Read more…
‘They must be properly rewarded’
During the coronavirus epidemic, council workers are among those who are the glue holding the nation together at a time when it is on the brink of all falling apart. From refuse collectors to care…Read more…
‘We are worth more’
Today (Monday May 4) Unite has launched a social media campaign with a powerful video highlighting just how vital our council worker members have been in keeping our communities working during the…Read more…
Heroes of the year – care workers
This week, on the first anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, UNITElive is featuring some of the top stories we have covered on the pandemic and our members’ contributions, concerns and…Read more…
Care sector should look to the NHS for inspiration
We must grasp the chance to fix the broken care system
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What do carers think of #ClapForCarers?
‘When the clapping dies down, UNISON will still be fighting for care workers to be properly treated: paid living wages, with proper job security and career structures.’
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Thousands of public service workers contact UNISON with ‘harrowing’ stories around protective kit as government asked to step up over Easter
Ministers need to get to grips with supply problems
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‘I am not going to stop working’: on the care frontline during COVID-19
‘Everybody is worried about the virus. Carers are worried for themselves, and worried for our clients too’
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Care staff still not getting the safety kit they need, says UNISON
Thousands need protection against coronavirus
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Protection equipment for care workers is essential, says UNISON
Christina McAnea urges staff to use new hotline for reporting kit issues
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