The news comes after Sirona announced it would be handing back the contract to provide community resource centres and extra care facilities in September […]
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Seminar hears that government has been in office for almost 10 years, yet has not even produced a green paper on social care
UNISON members could lose £2,000 a year under plan by private company
There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work
The findings are based on survey responses from more than 1,000 care staff working in private and local authority care homes across the UK. They present a worrying picture of residents – who […]
Christina McAnea says ministers must show they ‘care about social care’
Care workers will make the case for a real living wage direct to Essex County Council candidates today as part of an online Citizens Assembly. They are joining more than 100 community leaders seeking a number of commitments from candidates, including making the council an accredited Living Wage organisation, and ensuring all care contracts in […]
‘When the clapping dies down, UNISON will still be fighting for care workers to be properly treated’
Government move a ‘cruel blow’ to carers denied the minimum wage for sleep-ins
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, […]
In the motion care worker members gave heartfelt testimony of their experiences working throughout the pandemic
Pay hike and total overhaul required
Call comes after the government ‘names and shames’ companies in England and Wales for flouting minimum wage legislation
Christina McAnea says Boris Johnson hasn’t delivered nearly two years on from pledge
UNISON and Mencap write to Boris Johnson urging investigation into sleep-in pay