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UNISON represents more than 100 care workers at Adferiad which has offices in Swansea and Conwy. The recognition deal comes hot on […]

A body known as the Social Care Workforce Partnership (SCWP) has been created to improve pay and […]

If ministers had even a basic grasp of the sector, they would have reformed it long ago

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 […]

Next government must make social care a priority

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

“Ministers must also tackle rogue employers who drive down conditions for care workers, leading to the highest vacancy rates in the UK economy. “These changes are hardly the plan to […]

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.