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These ill-thought-out rules have worsened the staffing crisis hampering the NHS and social care and caused significant upset. 

UNISON’s general secretary on a ‘challenging and demanding year’ as the union continued to navigate the pandemic – and her goals moving forward

Date

31 January 2022 5:00pm–6:00pm

Join our online event to keep the pressure on commissioners and employers to pay the living wage in Suffolk. Tell me more! Care staff continued caring for Suffolk’s most vulnerable residents during the pandemic despite three-quarters not even earning a real living wage. And many have been taking home even less during the pandemic when […]

Dozens of elderly people, including those with dementia, face a distressing Christmas over Derbyshire County Council’s proposals to close seven care homes. UNISON members were outside County Hall in Matlock yesterday (Monday 6 December) opposing plans that will see around 70 residents having to find alternative accommodation. The union, which represents carers who will be […]

Government has not delivered bold, ambitious plan that is needed

Date

17 January 2022 6:00pm–7:00pm

The final session in our Know Your Rights trilogy of events for social care staff looks at how to raise issues at work. Tell me more! As a social care worker, you’ll have more than your fair share of issues at work. But being part of UNISON means you don’t have to suffer alone. UNISON […]

Date

10 January 2022 6:00pm–7:00pm

Know Your Rights, UNISON Eastern’s series of events for social care staff, continues with your rights to health and safety at work. Tell me more! Everyone is entitled to a healthy and safe workplace – not just morally entitled legally too. But sadly many workplaces aren’t up to scratch when it comes to health and […]

Date

14 December 2021 6:00pm–7:00pm

Know Your Rights, UNISON’s new event series for social care staff, kicks off with a session on travel time for domiciliary workers. Tell me more! UNSION won a four-year legal battle in 2020 to confirm that domiciliary care workers are on the job while travelling between visits – and therefore staff minimum wage calculations need […]

Date

27 November 2021 10:30am

Location

Thomas Wolsey Theatre Car Park, Ipswich

Come along and support Social Care Workers, join us at the Thomas Wolsey Theatre car park at 11.30am for a rally through Ipswich. ending up at the University of Suffolk to listen to guest speakers. All are welcome to support our campaign for social care workers to be paid a real living wage. Why are […]

Care workers are preparing to march through Ipswich this month as they push for a real living wage and proper sick pay. The 27 November march and rally, organised by UNISON Suffolk County branch, will highlight the incredible contribution care workers made during the pandemic, says UNISON. Care staff continued caring for Suffolk’s most vulnerable […]

Slick ad campaign glosses over exploitation and lack of sick pay

Tim Roberts explains how Eastern region care workers are organising in his latest blog

Social care staff in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire are launching a new campaign for a living wage and proper sick pay next week. Frontline care staff will be joined by Christina McAnea, general secretary of care workers’ union UNISON, and Sara Johnson of the Living Wage Foundation to launch Who Cares? on Monday evening, calling on […]

The government must act now because social care matters to us all. “This country cannot afford to lose any more care staff. Each and every one of us has a loved one who may well need their […]

Why we’re campaigning for a real living wage in care