The campaign, led by the union’s local government service group, focused on social care for the day of action – pointing out that the services have lost almost £2bn from their budgets in […]
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Responding to TUC analysis published today (Tuesday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Homecare workers are under severe pressure to provide top-notch – and often intimate – care, while building vital personal relationships with the people they care for. “But with many on zero-hours contracts, it makes it a lot likelier they won’t be regularly caring for the […]
Research reveals the pressure on councils
All local authorities in England should be allowed to keep a greater share than they do currently of business rates so they can afford to fund social care properly, says UNISON today (Wednesday). The union is urging the government to grant councils better terms along similar lines to a deal agreed earlier this month with […]
Extreme financial constraints in the non-profit care sector have seen carers’ supplements for sleep-ins at service users’ homes slashed, along with holiday pay, bank holiday pay rates and […]
Their proposals threaten a further demolition of the welfare state, which will leave all but the very poorest forced to cough up for their care.
Mencap has agreed to pay care workers above the national minimum wage for sleep-ins, following a successful campaign by UNISON. The charity has been in dispute with UNISON over its failure to pay care staff the minimum wage when providing on-call night care. Some carers had previously been paid a flat rate of £25 for a […]
Elderly and vulnerable people in residential care homes are being left in re-used continence pads, denied trips to the toilet and kept indoors for days on end because of severe staff shortages, according to a survey published today (Sunday) by UNISON. The vast majority (83 per cent) of care workers say they are so rushed […]
Conference pledges to campaign on funding crisis and step up action to organise workers
It also wrote off historic fines and penalties for underpayment before today. “Each year, care workers are collectively cheated of £130m in […]
Government move a ‘cruel blow’ to carers denied the minimum wage for sleep-ins
Yorkshire council becomes the largest local authority to sign UNISON’s charter
Scottish council signs charter committing it to standards for care workers and those they care for
North-East council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter
“Our government and our country must show they care about those who care for our loved ones,” he added. Care is one of the largest industries in the UK – and it faces a […]