Forcing unemployed into care jobs with poor wages is not the answer
Forcing unemployed into care jobs with poor wages is not the answer
Social care workers will today (Wednesday) provide key evidence to determine the future of the national minimum wage, says UNISON.
All training is given and is not overwhelming. “The recognition agreement with Adferiad gives UNISON the […]
Fair pay agreement is best way forward
Hundreds of care workers should see their pay and conditions improve after their employer agreed to recognise UNISON, the union said today (Wednesday).
Thousands of care staff in Wales will see their pay and working conditions improved thanks to a major step forward by unions including UNISON
If ministers had even a basic grasp of the sector, they would have reformed it long ago
Commenting on the findings from the British Social Attitudes Survey, published by the King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust which show falling levels of public satisfaction with social care, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said:
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 […]
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.
Higher pay needed to boost workforce
Government accused of playing roulette with essential services just to placate its backbenchers and the far-right