UNISON will continue to campaign for vital local services to be properly funded after successful day of action focused on social care raised awareness with MPs
UNISON will continue to campaign for vital local services to be properly funded after successful day of action focused on social care raised awareness with MPs
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 […]
UNISON Cymru/Wales writes to all country’s councils on International Women’s Day
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
The total bill has been estimated at between £160m and £400m and the government has given the employers extra time to pay up, after many said they faced […]
Government move a ‘cruel blow’ to carers denied the minimum wage for sleep-ins
The council has also pledged to work with care providers to help them move further towards paying the living wage (currently £8.45 an hour) to all of their employees. The Ethical Care […]
She said the move “shows commitment to a highly skilled workforce and those they care for.” Adopting the charter means the council will guarantee appropriate pay […]
UNISON’s charter also commits councils to moving away from 15-minute care visits and to help ensure that those needing care see the same care workers regularly, benefitting both the […]
UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar