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
UNISON member and care worker Nicole Stanfield Caile went to Parliament recently to put the case for care workers
Strike action on hold pending further talks
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
Birmingham council wants to cut the hours – and pay – of its enablement team that works to help vulnerable people stay in their homes
There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work
