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Thousands of care staff in Wales will see their pay and working conditions improved thanks to a major step forward by unions including UNISON.

But instead, the inept approach to the awarding of care visas has given dodgy employers total freedom to exploit overseas staff at whim. “Thankfully […]

But it shouldn't be like this. "Only a national care service and a fair pay agreement for staff can start to turn things around. But that's not a five-minute […]

A litany of broken promises and a complete absence of action best sums up ministers' appalling […]

Care staff in Swansea are being urged to share stories of working through the pandemic for the UK Covid inquiry by public services union UNISON.

A care company fully owned by Norfolk County Council wants to shortchange its staff by over £500, UNISON said today. Arm-length firm Independence Matters is refusing to pass on the full nationally agreed local government pay rise for the first time since it was set up in 2013, says the union. The company provides support […]

Date

26 February 2024 3:00pm–4:00pm

Location

Online

Social care workers are getting together to improve the sector. All UNISON members working in social care in the east of England are welcome to attend — it doesn’t matter if you’ve been a member for years or you’ve only just joined, it’s important you come along and make your voice heard. One of the […]

The ban means overseas care staff will be much less likely to come to work in the UK. But migrant workers are still very much needed

What’s needed is the proper reform that can only come from a national care service.” Notes to editors: – UNISON is the UK’s […]

Higher pay needed to boost workforce

Government accused of playing roulette with essential services just to placate its backbenchers and the far-right

“What’s needed is a national care service that’s adequately funded, with proper standards and fair pay for its workforce.” […]

The crisis at a Cambridgeshire care company shows why the government must drop plans to cap overseas care staff numbers and act to stop employers exploiting those already working in the UK, says UNISON today. The union says proposals reportedly being drawn up by immigration minister Robert Jenrick to curb migration would be disastrous for […]

The care system would implode without migrant care staff.

Instead of seeking solutions to serious problems, ministers are demonising migrant workers and seeking scapegoats