Responding to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on the social care workforce published today (Thursday), UNISON’s assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “This damning report exposes the government’s lamentable approach to social care, which is letting down elderly and disabled people, as well as the dedicated staff looking after them. “Years of underfunding mean local councils […]
Community delegates recognise work of Care Workers for Change campaign in defending care services and organising a fragmented and casualised workforce
Announcement comes as part of plans to bring social care and NHS services closer together
Decision comes after a lengthy campaign by UNISON
If a society is judged on its ability to care for those who need support, what does it mean to turn caring into profit?
UNISON responds to the Public Accounts Committee report
UNISON has branded 1st Call Home Care a disgrace after finding the Plymouth care firm failing to pay workers a month’s wages. The company, which employs around 100 staff across six care homes in Plymouth, claimed the lack of pay was “a glitch”. Despite promises to deal with the issue by the end of Friday, […]
Care workers in Cornwall who look after people in their own homes are to be given more support to do their work. Cornwall Council has today signed Unison’s Ethical Care Charter which sets out a series of commitments to protect the rights of homecare workers and ensure dignity in care delivery through a consistent, well […]
Some 120 UNISON members in Bath and north east Somerset take action over employers’ ‘work-for-free’ proposals
New report published in run-up to government green paper
I was invited because I had taken part in the development of the residential care charter in 2016. Most of the care workers present at the meeting were from areas around London or […]
Sirona has halted its plans to restructure working patterns that would leave carers "owing" bosses 30 minutes of work per shift. The agreement came after Bath and North East […]
Whilst UNISON enjoyed the sun and the World Cup as much as the next union, we also didn’t let them stop us working as hard as ever on behalf of our members. Here are just some of our highlights from July
She is a single mother and worries about providing for her daughter Amina. “During these six-weeks holiday we’re normally going away and doing little camping trips and days out and stuff, but […]
The month was book-ended by continuing industrial action from Birmingham care workers, who face having their hours and […]
