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The campaign to Save Our Local Services goes on

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON responds to TUC analysis saying insecure work up by a quarter since 2011

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 […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Adult social care is the biggest pressure on councils

Research reveals the pressure on councils

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Give all councils greater share of business rates to fund social care, says UNISON

But Surrey has been told it can hold on to more of the cash it raises in return for abandoning a referendum on increasing council tax by 15 per cent. The £1.8bn cost of allowing similar […]

Article, News on the UNISON South East site.

Fund care to lift women workers out of poverty, Welsh councils urged

UNISON Cymru/Wales writes to all country’s councils on International Women’s Day

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Blog: Our social care system is in crisis and the Conservative Party just doesn’t have the answers

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.

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Mencap to pay care workers minimum wage for sleep-ins

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 […]

Press release on the UNISON National site.

The residential care system is failing the elderly, says UNISON

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 […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON vows to build care campaign

And delegates heard from a service user when Chris Nykiel of Leeds local government told them: “As a […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Home care: Low paid workers told to wait for back pay

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 […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Home care: Low paid workers told to wait for back pay

Government move a ‘cruel blow’ to carers denied the minimum wage for sleep-ins

Article on the UNISON South East site.

Sheffield signs up to the Ethical Care Charter

Yorkshire council becomes the largest local authority to sign UNISON’s charter

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Stirling becomes latest council to sign up to Ethical Care Charter

Scottish council signs charter committing it to standards for care workers and those they care for

Article on the UNISON National site.

Hartlepool signs up for ethical care

North-East council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter

News on the UNISON National site.

Care sector ‘is vital for our society and our economy’

UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar

Article on the UNISON National site.